Just the fab stuff…
Possibly returning in late 2010, but no news at August 2010: Typographic Horizons (typography festival for Birmingham).
February 2011.
Stoke Your Fires animation festival, with digital media fringe. Stoke-on-Trent.
Programme forthcoming.
4th-6th November 2010.
FLIP Animation Festival. Wolverhampton.
Also usually accompanied by workshops, events and talks. Details soon.
Probably November 2010.
Brilliantly Birmingham. Birmingham.
The International Contemporary Jewellery Festival. Dates tbc. Submission deadline: 3rd September 2010.
Autumn/Winter 2010.
Various research seminars, free lectures, and conferences at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. Birmingham City University, Birmingham.
See online programme for details.
29th October – 27th November 2010.
Hereford Photography Festival. Hereford.
Programme to be released soon.
18th – 22nd October 2010.
Hello Digital: Birmingham’s ‘Digital Week’. Birmingham.
Included a Eurocities ‘Knowledge Society’ Forum (19th-20th October – Aston Lakeside); Beyond 2010: Live SMART. Work SMART. Learn SMART (20th-21st October – International Convention Centre); and a Local Government Day, ‘Sharing Experience in Shaping Public Service: The Journey Continues’ (19th October – Town Hall). Plus a business event for local small firms.
5th – 21st October 2010.
Birmingham Book Festival. Birmingham.
Programme to be released in late August.
16th – 17th October 2010.
Portfolio reviews at the British International Comics Show. Birmingham.
“This is your chance to show your stuff to top commissioning editors in the field [...] demand for places will be very high, and we always receive far more applicants than we can accommodate”. Deadline: 1st September 2010.
9th October 2010.
Black Country Creative Advantage wrap-up event. West Bromwich.
One-day event. Hear about what’s been achieved by this two-year project that melded regeneration with a range of artistic projects, focusing on the centre of the town of West Bromwich.
Autumn 2010.
Animation Forum West Midlands. The Light House, Wolverhampton.
Regular well-attended meet-ups for animators in the West Midlands.
30th September 2010.
Birmingham Creative Networks evening. Birmingham.
“Creative Networks will be welcoming Blitz Games Studios’ Matt Black (Audio Manager) and Richard Blackley (Senior Audio Designer), whose talk will focus on interactive music used in production of the company’s games titles.”
21st September 2010.
Producers’ Forum meeting: Money’s Too Tight To Mention 2. Birmingham.
Date to be confirmed.
Dates in September 2010.
Artists open their studios to the public, throughout Staffordshire.
14th – 19th September 2010.
The British Science Festival. Birmingham.
Organised by the British Science Association. One of Europe’s largest public science events.
7th September 2010.
Flash Camp Birmingham. Birmingham Library Theatre, city centre. 12pm-8pm.
For Flash developers and creatives. Free.
7th September 2010.
Media Education Summit 2010. Birmingham. 10am-3.30pm.
“This national conference will provide valuable insights into the opportunities and challenges for high quality media education now and in the future.”
6th September 2010.
Digital Academic Publishing : researching the field. The Bond, 180-182 Fazeley Street, Birmingham.
Presentation of research that Birmingham City University academics have undertaken into the perceptions of publishers, and identity models for the future [of publishing], and break-out discussions on the future of academic media.
23th – 26th August 2010.
2010 British Glass Biennial. Stourbridge and Wordsley, South Staffordshire.
The major British exhibition of contemporary glass craft.
12th August 2010.
be2camp Brum 2010. Birmingham.
‘Unconference’ about social media, digital tools and the built environment.
29th July – 1st August 2010.
Rhubarb Rhubarb international portfolios event. Birmingham.
The annual international review.
12th – 16th July 2010.
Creative Regions Summer School. Birmingham.
A “week of intense learning for postgraduate students, practitioners and policy makers interested in engaging with the current debates and research surrounding the role of the creative economy”.
12th – 16th July 2010.
Composing for Film & Visual Media. Birmingham Conservatoire. £500 (£450 concessions).
“Open to anyone with a substantial interest in media music scoring, whether advanced enough to score for live orchestra, or looking to investigate scoring for the first time via MIDI. Numbers are strictly limited to 10, so please book early to avoid disappointment.”
July 2010.
Urban Fashion and Music conference. Birmingham.
June 2010.
Various university art & design graduate shows throughout the West Midlands.
27th May 2010.
Adobe bring the new Creative Suite 5 to Birmingham, including Photoshop CS5. Free. Vue Cinema.
6th – 8th May 2010.
Tuning in to African Cities : Popular Culture and Urban Experience in sub-Saharan Africa. Birmingham.
23rd April 2010.
Social Networking in Cyberspace Conference. The Light House in Wolverhampton. £80.
4th – 5th March 2010.
Bloodlines: British Horror Past and Present. De Montfort University and Phoenix Square, Leicester. (Ok, not the West Midlands — but it’s too cool to leave out.)
“As well as panels and keynote lectures, the conference will include screenings, film premieres, and interviews and round tables with directors.”
2nd Apr 2010 (first of three days).
Composition Workshop in Electroacoustics. Elgar Concert Room, Arts Building, University of Birmingham.
With the follow-on 2nd workshop on 23rd Apr 2010, and 3rd on 3rd May 2010.
27th March 2010.
Opening of the New Rhubarb Rhubarb Gallery. Birmingham.
23rd – 24th March 2010.
The Engine Room Pitch. The Bond, Birmingham.
“… an intensive 2 day proposal development and pitching workshop to help you prepare your factual project for UK and international funding … applicants must be West Midlands-based filmmakers. The cost of the workshop is £30 for all attendees. More details from: charlie@sidf.co.uk — please send a one-page proposal for a factual / documentary project (single, series or cross-platform doc) and brief information about yourself. Projects can be at any stage of development, for any platform, as long as it is a factual project.”
Various dates throughout 2010.
MADE’s Talking Cities lecture programme, all to be held in Birmingham.
Various dates throughout 2010.
Screenwriting workshops and writing for animation workshops, all to be held in Birmingham.
February 2010 onwards.
Punch Tuned On Music Seminars. Birmingham.
February 2010.
The Producers’ Forum: The Name of the Game. Birmingham.
“…a panel of experienced producers from the region, as well as ‘emerging producer’ trainer Rebecca Knapp, to give an overview of their business and top tips for success. There will be an opportunity for new producers to network with each other and more experienced producers. All members will be invited to this and the more experienced producers who are not on the panel can use it as an opportunity to meet new producers who they may wish to mentor or give work placements to. Open to all members. Reduced rate for new producers who are not members.”
28th January 2010.
The Second “Meet ‘em Up” of Game Central. Leamington Spa.
“The event will be a Show ‘n’ Tell, and we’re currently looking for developers/designers keen to show off their latest …”
28th January 2010.
Birmingham Music Network: “Fail”. 4pm ’til 6pm at Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham. All invited.
“It has been suggested that birminghamusic.com spent a lot of money and is no longer running. Creative Insight tried and failed. Creative Lauchpad came and went. The Learning and Skills Council had a go and gave up, so did the Chambers of Commerce. Mentoring projects have been set up and then scrapped, music festivals, seminars, workshops and endless consultations have been and gone, compilation CDs have been and gone, websites have been built and taken down, networks were set up and taken apart, even the universities are at it … all these schemes to enhance the region’s music industry. And where has it got us? What has it cost? … It’s a grim history.”
26th Jan 2010.
“What is Collaboration?” Eleven Brindleyplace, Birmingham. 6pm-9pm. £30 + VAT. More information from: caroline@carnyx.com
“How do design agencies, full service agencies, freelance designers and social media experts combine their services to pitch for work and maximise the opportunities for income generation? Emma Gray, Paul Phedon from S&X, and Jake Grimley from Made Media, others tbc”
20th January 2010.
The Entrepreneurial Academic. Birmingham.
One-day training course. £250 per person.
January 2010.
The Producers’ Forum: Small is Beautiful. Birmingham.
“A half day event all about micro-budget film making. We hope to have one or two producers from one of the microbudget schemes such as Microwave or Digital Departures to present case studies. Open to full membership only. Assoc members £25 + VAT, non-members £50 + VAT.” (Seems to be some confusion in the blurb about who is eligible to get a ticket?).
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