Frontiers: Extraordinary Music from Downtown New York & Birmingham

Presented by Birmingham Conservatoire and Third Ear a major festival of music, celebrating the sounds and cultures of downtown New York and Birmingham, takes place this spring (22 March-5 April & 2-8 June 2014).

Chroma Jewellery Collective

With a shared goal to create vibrant and colourful jewellery that make a statement the Chroma Jewellery Collective is a group of four British emerging contemporary designers all based in Birmingham’s historical Jewellery Quarter.

Grayson Perry Tapestries @BM_AG

Following the BAFTA award-winning Channel 4 series ‘All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry’ BM&G is the first Midlands venue to display the series of six tapestries that were produced alongside the programme.

@NewArtWM

Want to know what’s hot in the art world? The best place to find out is to look at what new and emerging artists are up to. That’s why Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Grand Union and Wolverhampton Art Gallery have come together to present New Art West Midlands, an exhibition across four galleries showcasing the talent and new work of emerging artists in the West Midlands.

Culture Calendar: February

Our run down of Cultural events happening in February…

Area – New Art West Midlands Special Edition

To celebrate the fine artistic talent of the region for this edition we teamed up with New Art West Midlands to showcase some of the fine works on display until May. Take a look at the digital edition here or pick up your copy in the usual spaces as well as at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.