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More to Explore invitation to 45 Books: Creative Writing Workshops for Men

This is the first part of a larger creative project of by Dan Whitehouse which taps into Doris Lessing's belief that "Writing is a machine for exploring experience,” and aims to explore issues surrounding masculinity, self-care, and cultural migration, through the lens of Dan's personal journey.

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Could you be a Cultural Collaborator?

At Creative Black Country, alongside our friends at CoLab Dudley, we have been working with colleagues across the creative and cultural sectors; members of the local creative and artistic community and locally-based practitioners, as well as the local authority to develop a new Cultural Strategy for the borough that will help more people take part in creative activity.

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Dudley Creates - Sound Aloud

As part of Dudley Creates artist Gavin Rogers worked alongside women and LGBTQIA+ people living in and around Dudley to finding their voices together and discover the possibilities of Netherton Tunnel - a 3 km Victorian tunnel that passes along the canal and under Dudley.

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Dudley Creates - On the High Street

During the Summer in Halesowen shoppers, residents, workers and passers-by were invited into an empty shop unit in the Cornbow Centre to participant in a pop-up studio where David Rowan and Joseph Potts, assisted by Kelly Hadley, had photography and filming equipment ready to capture people’s portraits and hear about people’s thoughts and memories of the town.

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GET INVOLVED - A Bottle of Dudley 's Legacy

If you are aged between 13 and 21 you are invited to help produce a public art installation comprising of 60 bottles (to represent the 60th anniversary) removed from the local canal which, once cleaned and sealed, will contain a personal statement about what locals love or want to protect in Dudley.

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Radio Public launch and exhibition

On Saturday 9 July, Dudley High Street will burst to life with opportunities for unusual encounters and dipping into some hands on doing and making. They are all part of the Radio Public Festival, a free, one day celebration and exploration featuring sound, installations, walks, talks, performances, workshops and transmissions. You are warmly invited.

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DUDLEY Creates Commissions - now open

Creative Black Country (CBC), alongside our partner Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council and support from CoLab Dudley, are offering small commissions of £750 - £4000 for projects that develop creative activity with and by local communities across the Dudley borough.

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Invitation to the 2022 creative project planning evening, 8th December 5pm-8pm

We’d like to invite you to an evening of creative project planning for Dudley in 2022 where we are bringing together creatives, organisations and people who are interested in creating a culture programme across the borough next year - and we’d love your input.

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Art Track public art commission opportunities for artists

Art Track: Metro Art Programme is a one-year pilot project to create an expanded programme of designs for public art commissions and public engagement activities for the new Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension which is due to open to passengers in 2024.

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Write, Create and Perform—for girls and women with Rupinder Kaur

Write, Create and Perform—for girls and women. Weekly 2-hour workshop sessions over six weeks led by writer-performer Rupinder Kaur. CBC’s Dudley Creates team is inviting girls and women to take part in a series of weekly online creative workshops with Rupinder Kaur starting Tuesday 2nd November from 6.30pm - 8pm.

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