An invitation to MEET + MAKE in Stourbridge

Meet & Make invites you to get crafty in Greenfield Gardens, Stourbridge and help create a piece of textile art.

Dudley, Dudley CreatesKerry O'CoyAugust 23, 2021Stourbridge, Dudley, Dudley Creates

Dudley Creates supports Do Fest 2021

Last weekend Dudley Creates supported the Dudley Time Rebels and their activities at this year’s Do Fest.

Dudley’s Time Rebels are mostly local people; doers and creatives of all kinds, from students to grandparents. Alongside CoLab Dudley they have taken up the challenge to nurture imagination and long-term thinking in Dudley.

Dudley, Dudley CreatesKerry O'CoyAugust 3, 2021Dudley, Dudley Creates, Dofest

Do Fest 2021 - join the Dudley Time Rebels

Do Fest Dudley is a 3-day open festival curated by CoLab Dudley inviting the people of the town to get involved in some hands on doing and making.

Dudley, Dudley CreatesKerry O'CoyJuly 12, 2021Dudley Creates, Do Fest, Dudley

Dudley High Street Residencies - Open call opportunity

Dudley Creates is looking to commission creatives to work with communities across the Borough of Dudley in the town centres of Lye, Stourbridge, Coseley, Sedgley and Halesowen.

Dudley Creates, DudleyKerry O'CoyJuly 12, 2021Dudley Creates, Dudley, Commissions, Art Commissions, Opportunity

Dudley Creates - the projects so far

We’ve tentatively started to support a lovely range of projects in Dudley this year. The CBC team and associate producers, Kerry + Laura, have thought a lot about how to approach community-based work that is safe, socially distanced and that adheres to government guidelines.

Dudley, Dudley CreatesKerry O'CoyJuly 5, 2021Dudley, Dudley Creates

Creative Connections - Positive Postcards

The Positive Postcard Project has been bringing optimism and creativity to residents in Stourbridge and the surrounding areas of the Black Country. Supported by Creative Black Country this project is run by Artist Ruth Turnbull working with Holly Grove Art Club to create and send postcards with a positive message.

Corridor of Colour Video

Luke Perry’s Corridor of Colour was a beautiful outdoor gallery of bunting made by Luke, with the help of his neighbours, that lined his street and the High Street in Wollaston.

Dudley, Creative ConnectionsKerry O'CoyAugust 21, 2020Luke Perry, Corridor of Colour, Creative Connections

20x20 Dudley - see all the videos here

We’ve collated all of the 20x20 Dudley videos of our 6 speakers who joined us during August. Take a look below and get inspired by their very different stories, practices and creative knowledge.

Dudley, NewsKerry O'CoyAugust 20, 202020x20, zoom, Covid-19, Colab, Dudley

20 x 20 Storytelling events through August

Join CBC Monday's at 4pm via ZOOM or Facebook to hear fast-paced inspirational presentations from creative practitioners and speakers who will share their work using 20 images with just 20 seconds to talk through each one.

Dudley, NewsKerry O'CoyJuly 30, 2020Dudley, 20x20

Artists wanted to help with Young Sketch Bookers project

Young Sketch Bookers is a new project that will be taking place July to September 2020. The team’s aim is to supply art materials to children during and after the Covid-19 lockdown. And they are looking for artists to offer inspiration to those receiving the packs.

Creative Connections: Young Sketch Bookers by Black Country Arts Council

Black Country Arts Council’s project aimed to bridge the gap between creative projects and community-focused outreach by offering free art packs that were distributed with the help of CBC’s Arts Advisors to groups and communities around the Black Country to help support children to overcome barriers to learning.

Creative Connections: Drumming for Wellbeing and Fun with Sarah Westwood

Sarah brings the joy of group drumming and sound relaxation to people across the UK. Playing drums is uplifting, stimulating for mind and body, and a wonderful way to connect with others.

Creative Connections: Rainbow Kits by Saz’s Ceramics & Crafts

Saz’s Ceramics & Crafts is a successful studio in the heart of the Black Country. Since the lockdown began, the studio has been closed so they have developed Rainbow kits, suitable for adults and children and delivered to particpant’s doors.

Creative Connections, DudleyKerry O'CoyMay 21, 2020Sazs Ceramics, Creative Connections

Creative Connections: Connect Dudley by Rick Sanders

Connect Dudley is an online writing workshop for connecting people during lockdown. Designed by Rick Sanders, a poet and artist living in Lye, the workshop aims to bring people together through writing, asking them to reflect on what lockdown means to them and those around them during extraordinary times…

Creative Connections, DudleyKerry O'CoyMay 20, 2020Creative Connections, Poetry, Rick sanders

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 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.

Dudley, NewsKerry O'CoyApril 2, 2020Colab, Dudley, Laura Dicken

BCSC Study Day - Black Country: Stage and Screen Saturday 14 March, Black Country Living Museum

Join the Black Country Studies Centre for a day of expert talks exploring the performing and cinematic arts in the Black Country. Our speakers will take you on a behind the scenes tour of the Black Country’s global contribution to music, theatre, comedy, poetry and film.

Dudley, Funny Roots, Funny ThingsKerry O'CoyMarch 5, 2020Dudley, Finding Our Funny Roots

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE > March's Creative Communities Get Together

Join us in Halesowen to talk about how we can support your projects with our Creative Communities strand. If you are working in creative ways to engage people, have an idea for a project that needs support, want to connect and meet with like-minded creatives then join us for our informal March get together.

Creative Communities, DudleyKerry O'CoyMarch 5, 2020Dudley, Halesowen

POSTPONED UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR > Join us for the Yam Yam Design Jam - 20-22 March

CBC and CoLab Dudley invite you to join us for the Yam Yam Design Jam - a fun, creative, exciting and dynamic experience which brings together teams of people with all kinds of different skills and talents. Over just one special weekend teams will develop and prototype (try out low-fi versions of) completely new services, products or initiatives inspired by a shared theme.

Dudley, NewsKerry O'CoyFebruary 13, 2020Yam Yam Design Jam, Dudley

The Europeans - a project by Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen

Creative Black Country and Multistory are delighted to be welcoming photographer Rob Hornstra and writer/ filmmamker Arnold van Bruggen to the Black Country and our first project in Dudley.

Dudley, LandmarksKerry O'CoyJanuary 15, 2020The Europeans, DUdley