For many people, one of the challenges of working from home during this pandemic has been learning how to use a wide array of different technologies to complete certain tasks and stay connected with people. Here’s some tips from our Dudley Project Administrator, Gavin…
Read MoreSeveral months ago Asylum embarked on their residency programme inviting five West Midlands-based artists to produce a solo show in response to community engagement and research of ‘Heterotopia’s’.
Read MoreCoLab Dudley invite you to join them for the 3rd in their Creative Conversations on the Virtual High Street on Tuesday 7th April at 12.30pm. They have invited photographer Laura Dicken and CBC Creative Advisor to talk through her recent project in collaboration with CoLab Dudley.
Read MoreNext up for Boredom Busters is Creative Producer Liam Smyth who has taken inspiration from some of our 100 Masters alongside a few other Black Country legends…
Read MoreThe Emergency Fund for Freelance Performers (EFFP), aims to raise £10,000 to cover hardship costs of all freelancers working in the Arts who have been affected by job and tour cancellations, insurance with no coverage, and with no access to sick pay, etc. The EFFP has a dedicated volunteer team with wide links within the Creative Arts.
Read MoreThanks to our growing network we are in a very fortunate position to be able to bring together and amplify the many voices of our cultural sector. During these unprecedented challenging times we would like to reach out and see how we support one another to ensure that anyone who works in the arts and cultural sector (whether an individual, an organisation or freelance) can access the support that is available.
Read MoreFollowing announcements by the UK Government asking the population for increased social distancing, we would like to update you with our plans for the upcoming weeks.
Read MoreFirst up for our Boredom Busters series is Project Administrator for Dudley, Gavin Medza who has taken a lovely light-hearted approach to his Black Country recommendations to help lift your mood…
Read MoreCBC and CoLab Dudley invite you to join us for the Yam Yam Design Jam - a fun, creative, exciting and dynamic experience which brings together teams of people with all kinds of different skills and talents. Over just one special weekend teams will develop and prototype (try out low-fi versions of) completely new services, products or initiatives inspired by a shared theme.
Read MoreThis month CBC are heading to Smethwick to talk all things Creative Communities. We’ll be basing ourselves at the lovely Thimblemill Library for the afternoon to talk about our work in The Black Country, hear more about what you’re up to, see how we can connect and hear short Pecha Kucha 20x20 style presentations from some of our former supported groups and partners.
Read MoreThe Diocese of Lichfield are seeking an Artist/Creative/Design professional to help engage with people in these circumstances, designing graphic material which will attract their attention and speak to their situations.
Read MoreThe [ Discursive spaces ] residency project is an annual 6 month program of mentoring and engagement between the physical and philosophical spaces in which our local communities are creating and therefore contributing to its ever expanding [ spaces within spaces ] in the city of Wolverhampton.
Read MoreWe're really excited to get stuck in to a new year, new decade and new area for our Creative People and Places network and we'd love to have a coffee and chat to find out what you're excited about.
Read MoreThe full Literature Festival will take place between Friday 31 January and Sunday 2 February and the full programme now announced with tickets on sale.
Read MoreYou are welcome to join us this Thursday for a warming winter mingle at the Light House in Wolverhampton.
Read MoreThe independent cafe, fashion and grocery store, hairdresser and beauty salon, tailor, market stall, and takeaway are regular sights in Black Country towns and this September they are being celebrated and used as inspiration for a new set of performances.
Read MoreCreative Black Country has been awarded £1,403,154 of National Lottery funding through Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places programme (CPP) to expand its current CPP activity to include Dudley, in partnership with Black Country Living Museum and Dudley Council for Voluntary Service.
Read MoreOur biggest Arts Village to date took over a section of Victoria Park at last weekend’s Ola Sandwell & Birmingham Mela and we had a great time in Smethwick.
Read MoreFor the fourth year Creative Black Country is partnering with the annual Ola Sandwell & Birmingham Mela in association with Lidl, to bring its biggest Art Village to date to the event, which returns to Victoria Park, Smethwick this weekend (20-21st July).
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