Fun with Shakespeare and the Folio!

Wolverhampton Art Gallery volunteers get a special tour of the gallery stores and archive to say ‘thank you’ for everything they do.

In the Dining Room at Wightwick Manor with today’s deaf and hard of hearing guests finding out about volunteering.

Hear more about the ideas and concept for ‘Sound Aloud’ by artist Gavin Rogers who worked alongside women and LGBTQIA+ people living in and around Dudley to find their voices together and discover the possibilities of Netherton Tunnel.

Steve shares what it was like to be part of a group making poetry and an animation having never tried it before with Dudley Creates commissioned project Portrait of a Place.

Jennifer tells us about her experience of taking part in our Dudley Creates commissioned project ‘Sound Aloud’ a project by artist Gavin Rogers.

Since developing CBC’s pilot project ENTER as part of Cultural Bridge in 2021, a partnership programme between UK and Germany, CBC have been rediscovering the importance of building European relationships in the Black Country, and how we do this differently.  

Getting crafty at Wolverhampton Art Festival 2023 in Victoria Street in the city centre.

The Fundraising Fellowship Scheme is back for 2023 and we are very happy to announce that we have a new cohort of six community organisations and projects to support over the next year.

After weeks and weeks of preparation the Welcome to Spring Lantern Parade was finally here and lit up Whitmore Reans in style.

Our great team of volunteers have been pulling out all the stops again, helping out at Gatis Community Space in preparation for the Welcome Spring Lantern Parade on Saturday 25th of March.

Today is International Women’s Day and CBC are thrilled to work with lots of inspirational, talented and dedicated women everyday.

The Volunteering Futures project got off to a cracking start in early February when a group of 15 new volunteers helped out at Wolverhampton Literature Festival.

A short review on the processes used to evaluate and monitor work creative work.

We are delighted to be able to support and commission 10 Cosy Community projects for the end of 2022 and during 2023.

Year 7 Summary - April 2021 to March 2022. With the ongoing challenges of COVD-19 and its after-effects the approach to our work has continued to reflect and react to what our network of artists, creatives, organisations and communities tell us.

Responding to new challenges and supporting sector resilience. The CBC team continued to respond to new challenges, with the impact of COVID-19 on communities and creatives being a key area to address.

Creating new opportunities: Local programming in response to a major national touring show + International showcase for Desi Pubs.

CBC has been on a self-development journey building actions over the years to create work which is accessible. This has been achieved through a number of ways…

It has been an exciting year at Creative Black Country. As we respond to both opportunities and challenges the freelance team, and programme, has grown, we’ve supported a bumper year of co-created community projects and made lots of new partnerships.