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Christmas Greetings from the BCSC
Sending you all warm season’s greetings and all the very best for 2022! Thank you for your support in 2021, The BCSC Team
ArtsFest
Watch Now: Simon Briercliffe in Conversation with Prof. Keith Gildart
We’re happy to bring you the recording of our ‘in conversation’ event with author and BCLM historian, Simon Briercliffe and University of Wolverhampton’s Professor Keith Gildart. Join them as they discuss Black Country identity, rock n roll and industry…
ArtsFest
Watch Our Full Festival Of Britain Series Online!
Maybe you missed it the first time around or perhaps you enjoyed it so much that you want to relive the experience… The BCSC and University of Wolverhampton’s Arts Fest Online are please to present our full Festival of Britain @ 70 series to watch online. Throughout summer 2021, we Read more…
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Newsletter: Autumn and Winter Events
The BCSC Halloween Online Special Thursday 28th October, 7-9pm, Zoom After last year’s spine-chilling Black Country Gothic event, we’re gathering around the virtual fireside again for an evening of spooky science fiction (and science fact!), all with a distinctive Black Country twist. Expect mutants, mummies, monsters, machines and tales of Read more…
Black History Month
Black History Month and Beyond @ University of Wolverhampton
Thu 14th Oct 1pm – What Should Black History Mean To Mixed-Race Britons In this talk Stephen Bush, the Political Editor of the New Statesman, will discuss what he feels Black History Month should mean to Mixed-Raced Britons. Stephen Bush is one of Britain’s leading political journalists, leading the Read more…
ArtsFest
ArtsFest Online Events July
Monday 5th July 6pm Masters in Conversation: Cathy Wade Each of our talks is conducted by a current MA student from the University of Wolverhampton and delves into important questions around art practices and the nature of creativity in the 21st Century. In this online talk we are delighted to Read more…
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ArtsFest Online: June Events
Tue 15th June 2pm Fashion, Textiles and Intellectual Property: Patchwork, Quilts or Veils? – Dr Metka Potočnik Fashion can be utilitarian, or perhaps functional. It can be seen as art, or an expression of its cultural setting. Without doubt, fashion is both fast-changing, as it is eternal. The fashion industry is Read more…
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WATCH NOW! Festival of Britain Season – Dr Jane Webb ‘Revisiting ‘A Tonic to the Nation”
Did you miss last week’s launch of the Festival of Britain @ 70 season? We now have Dr Jane Webb’s excellent ‘Revisiting ‘A Tonic to the Nation’ lecture available for you to watch in full 🙂 Find out more about the Festival of Britain @ 70 Season here.
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ArtsFest Online: Events This Week
ArtsFest Online have an exciting programme of online events happening this week. Tuesday 18th May, 4pm-5pm Lyric Writing Master Class with Xidus Pain No matter what genre of music you are into poetry and song writing connects and transcends. Xidus will answer questions and offer various techniques to combat writers Read more…
ArtsFest
The Festival of Britain Season
The Festival of Britain opened on 4th May 1951. It was intended to lift Britain out of some of its darkest days and present a bold, modern and exciting vision of better times ahead. Some of the nation’s finest creative minds worked on the Festival: artists, designers, architects, artisans, musicians Read more…