Where can you go for circus skills fun, nature-inspired screen printing, live music, Japanese Hapa Zome making and creative conversations? The CBC Summer Social is where…

With thanks to Sallyanne Rock of Glass Pen Studios for writing this guest blog post about her experience connecting with Yvonne, our Fundraising Manager, at Creative Black Country.

From West Bromwich to Venice, London, and now Scotland, The Red Lion Desi Pub sign is on show once again.

Creative Black Country and The Space have announced a unique partnership that is designed to offer a range of creative development support to artists across the Black Country.

CBC enjoyed a lovely day with staff at Paycare in Wolverhampton delivering our Workplace Wellbeing Creative Workshops, which is a new initiative.

GUEST BLOG POST - from Kulturvilla Nellie our ‘Cultural Bridge’ partner organisation. Thank you to Stephanie Staib, project lead Kulturvilla Nellie for sharing this post following a visit to the Black Country in June.

Take a look at some of the TOP TIPS that we heard from Arts Council England relationship managers at our recent Fundraising Fellowship event. If you are looking to apply for a project grant these might help…

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.