In this podcast we talk to the multitalented artist and cultural misfit Ni Singh using ‘eclecticism’ as a starting point.

We are looking for local creatives to deliver activities or workshops in a warm and comfortable space for local communities across the Black Country.

Creative Black Country (CBC) is offering micro commissions of up to £2000 for projects to deliver creative activities in a warm and comfortable space for local communities in the Black Country.

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.

On Wednesday 12th October we held our first funding network event in person. Kindly hosted by Black Country Living Museum in their fabulous new Visitors Centre, it was lovely to welcome around 40 people, representing creative groups and organisations from across the region.

Poet Lee Mackenzie and Filmmaker Lauren Hatchard facilitated a workshop at St Peter's Church in Netherton in August 2022, the aim of the workshop was to capture memories of the green spaces and waterways in the area and put a 'pin in the map' of the location they associate with.

In this podcast we learn about togetherness, in discussion with Santosh Kumari, Parveen Bhrigu and Kully Kohli, from the Punjabi Women’s Writing Group from Wolverhampton.

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.

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.

There was a beautiful celebratory procession of the Walk and Draw group’s colourful puppets at Priory Park in Dudley during September as part of our Summer of Creativity commissions.

Over the Summer Katie Holtom has been working with community groups across Dudley to share their stories of the Borough. Through a series of workshops the groups have co-created a zine to showcase a collection of stories and poetry, written by local people, based on the areas they live and the memories they have.

In this podcast I talk to Artist Ishtiaq Hussain & Producer Omar Haq. And learn about the Wolverhampton Six.

In this podcast we talk to collaborating artists Leanne O’Connor & Ewan Johnston.

On 13 August the Roaming Flags of Bumble Hole project concludes with a colourful musical parade. Come and fly a flag for nature!

In this podcast we talk to contemporary artist Sahjan Kooner about his practice and his Offsite 9 commissioned project ‘Frozen Archive for Moon/ish.exe’.

A giant sculpture is about to set afloat on two of Walsall’s most recognisable waterways this month.

Visual Vernacular (VV) Artist Ishtiaq Hussain captures two themes; ‘Medal’ and ‘Queen’ through a powerful visual manner using his entire body, iconic gestures and facial expressions.

In this podcast we talk to Fine Artist and Arts Facilitator Fae Kilburn.

In this podcast we talk to Artist, Producer and Creator of Jambo Cinema Dawinder Bansal.

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.