Fine artist Sue Brisco has been awarded two Open Access Awards; the first was a SEED award for a project call ‘The Seeing Small Microscope and Art Project’ which she produced in collaboration Wildside Activity Centre.

In 2018 Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists, (three poets: Dave Pitt, Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger) applied for an Open Access Award to put on several workshops.

With the 15th January classed as Britain’s most miserable day of the year, according to annual weather stats, and ‘Blue Monday’ (the 21st Jan) close by, employees and visitors to the Black Country Chamber of Commerce will get the chance to add some much needed warming cheer to their week as the Chamber hosts the Funny Things Joke Box.

2018 has been an exciting year for Creative Black Country. The team have been planning, organising, travelling and preparing to bring the Black Country another dose of great quality art and creativity that everyone can get involved with.

With our 100 Masters continually offering us inspiration here at CBC we have put together a little journal to help get your creative juices flowing in 2019.

Here’s a short video of the performance piece we brought to the ZEE Sandwell & Birmingham Mela this year.

Wolverhampton’s comedy festival makes its return in 2019 to bring giggles, guffaws and lols to a venue near you - and they are looking for your help.

The CBC team are thrilled, once again, to have been shortlisted for another award for our 100 Masters project.

Join us to find out about how Dudley borough can apply to become part of a national Arts Council England initiative, Creative People and Places (CPP) for a 4 year long programme.

Our 100 Masters project has won a European Youth Award for ‘Smart Learning’.

Trade School, run by Colab Dudley, have put together their winter season of workshops that range from making a paracord bracelet to an Amish knot rug and tote bags to festive table decorations.

Multistory are hosting a number of events over the next few weeks to celebrate collaborations, book launches and their new festival BLAST!

Join the team at FUNNY THINGS. We’re looking for an Assistant Producer…

Wildside Activity Centre is an environmental and adventurous activity centre in Wolverhampton. This project takes bees as its inspiration using microscopes, drawing, thread and stitch to go beyond the surface to observe and make images of the beauty of the microscopic world of these endangered insects.

We are seeking comedians, performers, workshop leaders and artists to collaborate with us and the communities we are working with, to make Wolves laugh with Funny Things 2019.

We are seeking to commission artists (open to all art forms) to collaborate with us and the communities we are working with, to make Wolves laugh with Funny Things 2019. 

Goscote Greenacres Community Garden brings people together through gardening. The project aims to engage the local community and adults with learning disabilities and their award will help them create a willow tunnel and scarecrows around the garden.

The Orchestra of Chaos is a musical comedy act that has performed nationally and internationally. OOC specialises in engaging with new audiences of any age in unique and traditional locations.

Thimblemill Library will be a Fun Palace for a day of arts and science activities with music, theatre, arts and sciences all under one roof on Sunday 7th October.

PPP is passionate about promoting poetry and spoken word in the Black Country, and have created a collective of artists to do so. We put on popular monthly events in Walsall and regular events in Wolverhampton.