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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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…
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 Read more…
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.
The Black Country Studies Centre and Artsfest Online are pleased to present a series of events commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Festival of Britain and its impact in the Black Country. Throughout the summer, we’ll be hosting a number of online lectures and events exploring different aspects of the Read more…
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…
Introducing a new photography project for the region in this presentation and project launch with artist Tom Hicks. Thursday 8th April , 6pm-7pm Yam Cams is a new photography project that aims to inspire people to photograph everyday life in the four Black Country boroughs: Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton. Read more…
Thursday 17th September, 17:00-18:30 Join members of the Centre for Print History and Culture to launch a special edition of the journal Midland History, (Taylor & Francis Online ) which is dedicated to printing history and culture of the Midlands. The Midlands was Britain’s most historically important printing region outside London. Through Read more…
Here’s the first part of our quick round up of the exciting ArtsFest Online events taking place in August… Wednesday 5th August 11:30am-12:30pm Artist Residency at HMP Grendon (Part Two) – talk by Dean Kelland and James Latunji-Cockbill In the second part of this discussion about Dean’s artistic residency at Read more…