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Creative Connections: Corridor of Colour by Luke Perry
Corridor of Colour invites residents to design artwork, text or shoutouts that Luke will turn into creative fabric bunting over nearly 750m of street and High Street for the benefit of all, commuters, leisure walkers and locals.
Creative Connections: Play In a Day by Fizzog Community Trust
For their Creative Connection commission Fizzog Community Trust worked with 5 groups within the Black Country to create a 5 updated and hilarious versions of well-known fairytales.
Creative Black Country joins Actors of Urban Change
Cross-sector partnership between Wolverhampton City Council, The University of Wolverhampton and Creative Black Country receives €13,000 funding for new Youth Lab project.
Bostin' News: Meet the Content Editors
We’re delighted to announce that we have commissioned four content editors and an editorial assistant to help us produce the first edition of Bostin’ News.
Finding Our Funny Roots - Film 02
We're trying to find out what makes Black Country humour so unique so have asked poet Dave Pitt of Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists to find out on our behalf.
Under 25 and live in Wolverhampton? We want to hear from you.
We need your ideas to help reimagine our high streets for the future. If you are aged under 25 years and live in Wolverhampton then please complete this short survey.
Creative Connections: Fragments by Hannah Taylor
During the COVID-19 epidemic, those who are identified at risk of severe illness were sent an official government NHS letter which states that the safest course of action is; ‘To stay at home at all times and avoid all face-face contact for at least twelve weeks from today.’ Fragments is an artistic response to this letter.
OPPORTUNITY: DASH Online Course: Art Influencers
DASH are seeking artists who identify as disabled - including neurodiverse artists for their online course: Art Influencers.
Finding Our Funny Roots - Film 01
Where IS the Black Country? It's an important question and one that you can ask a million people, and if you do, you will get a million different answers. BUT non of them will be Birmingham!
Help us spread some Bostin’ News - content editors wanted
As part of Creative Black Country’s ongoing ‘creative documentation,’ we are looking for four editors to help us spread some Bostin’ News during these extraordinary times.
Looking for help with your ACE application?
If you are thinking of, or planning to put together an application to the Arts Council’s new COVID-19 emergency funding and would like some advice then we’re happy to discuss your ideas and help you with your application.
Space Arts resources for getting your work online
The team The Space Arts have put together some helpful webinars for the next few weeks on how to get your work online.
Creative tips on video calling
For many people, one of the challenges of working from home during this pandemic has been learning how to use a wide array of different technologies to complete certain tasks and stay connected with people. Here’s some tips from our Dudley Project Administrator, Gavin…
Creative Connections Commissions Q&A session
Join Creative Black Country on MONDAY 6th April at 4pm via ZOOM to chat, ask questions and find our more about submitting your idea to our Creative Communities Commissions.
Update from Asylum Art Gallery
Several months ago Asylum embarked on their residency programme inviting five West Midlands-based artists to produce a solo show in response to community engagement and research of ‘Heterotopia’s’.
Creative Conversations - Tuesday 7th April with Laura Dicken
CoLab Dudley invite you to join them for the 3rd in their Creative Conversations on the Virtual High Street on Tuesday 7th April at 12.30pm. They have invited photographer Laura Dicken and CBC Creative Advisor to talk through her recent project in collaboration with CoLab Dudley.
Boredom Busters part 2 - with Liam
Next up for Boredom Busters is Creative Producer Liam Smyth who has taken inspiration from some of our 100 Masters alongside a few other Black Country legends…
The Emergency Fund for Freelance Performers
The Emergency Fund for Freelance Performers (EFFP), aims to raise £10,000 to cover hardship costs of all freelancers working in the Arts who have been affected by job and tour cancellations, insurance with no coverage, and with no access to sick pay, etc. The EFFP has a dedicated volunteer team with wide links within the Creative Arts.
Creative Conversations ON ZOOM - Tuesday 24th March
Tuesdays 12.30pm – 1.30pm join our friends at PAINT DUDLEY as they invite creatives from across the Black Country and beyond to tell us about their work.
Supporting each other
Thanks to our growing network we are in a very fortunate position to be able to bring together and amplify the many voices of our cultural sector. During these unprecedented challenging times we would like to reach out and see how we support one another to ensure that anyone who works in the arts and cultural sector (whether an individual, an organisation or freelance) can access the support that is available.