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May 2021
Festival of Britain Season: Abram Games and the 1951 Festival of Britain
On the 70th Anniversary of the Festival of Britain, Naomi Games will talk about the career of her father, graphic designer Abram Games. Abram Games won the competitions to design a symbol for the ’Tonic to the Nation’ and the Festival stamp. Naomi will give a personal view of her…
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The Nostalgia Series Part 1: Geoff Broadway on Living Memory
Introducing the Nostalgia Series Nostalgia is a contentious issue. Whilst for some it is a harmless, helpful, rose-tinted view of the past, it has also been viewed critically, as a form of regressive, reactionary and sentimental escapism. Yet there is a steadily increasing body of work that reassesses nostalgia in…
Find out more »June 2021
The Nostalgia Series Part II: Nostalgia and Oral History with Dr Rosalind Watkiss Singleton
Introducing the Nostalgia Series Nostalgia is a contentious issue. Whilst for some it is a harmless, helpful, rose-tinted view of the past, it has also been viewed critically, as a form of regressive, reactionary and sentimental escapism. Yet there is a steadily increasing body of work that reassesses nostalgia in…
Find out more »July 2021
Fallen: A Series of Short Films
A sharing of short films by 3rd year University of Wolverhampton Performing Arts undergraduate students inspired by the historic Mother & Baby homes in the Black Country. Students have been supported by the Black Country Living Museum, Black Country Studies Centre & Feral Productions. Premiering free on the University…
Find out more »The Festival of Britain: Black Country Traces with Tom Hicks
Artsfest Online and the Black Country Studies Centre are pleased to present a series of events commemorating the 70 years anniversary of the Festival and its impact in the Black Country. Artist Tom Hicks presents an exploration of the lasting influence of the Festival in the Black Country, focusing on…
Find out more »The Festival of Britain in the Black Country
Artsfest Online and the Black Country Studies Centre are pleased to present a series of events commemorating the 70 year anniversary of the Festival and its impact in the Black Country. What do a javelin, a lighthouse and a ceramic porcupine all have in common? These are just three of…
Find out more »The Nostalgia Series Part III: Dr Tom Mercer – The Psychology of Nostalgia
Introducing the Nostalgia Series Nostalgia is a contentious issue. Whilst for some it is a harmless, helpful, rose-tinted view of the past, it has also been viewed critically, as a form of regressive, reactionary and sentimental escapism. Yet there is a steadily increasing body of work that reassesses nostalgia…
Find out more »August 2021
Opened by Herb: Wolverhampton’s Festival Market Place
Artsfest Online and the Black Country Studies Centre are pleased to present a series of events commemorating the 70 years anniversary of the Festival and its impact in the Black Country. A new location for a market in Wolverhampton was proposed in the 1930s. After World War II a more…
Find out more »The Festival of Britain in Walsall – Sian Macfarlane
Artsfest Online and the Black Country Studies Centre are pleased to present a series of events commemorating the 70 years anniversary of the Festival and its impact in the Black Country. ‘We Are Illuminated’, undertaken with The New Art Gallery Walsall, was a project concerned with the leisure life of…
Find out more »October 2021
Book Launch: The Dereliction by Liz Berry and Tom Hicks
This is the launch event for The Dereliction, a new book by Liz Berry and Tom Hicks. The Dereliction is a love letter to the Black Country. Liz Berry’s poems have been praised for their use of the vernacular, the twang of West Midlands dialect. Her poems are matched with Tom Hicks’s…
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