All the events and tours below are FREE unless stated otherwise. However, for most activities you must book in advance. Please book directly with the event organiser. Thank you.
Late Night Event: Author Clare Morrall reveals her eight favourite works of art, Ikon Gallery.
Wednesday 1st July 2009, 18.30-19.30
Please book on 0121 248 0708. Information: www.ikon-gallery.co.uk
Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HS
Tour: Visual at Baskerville House
Tuesday 2nd July, 12.30-13.30 and Thursday 9th July, 17.00-18.00
Exhibition open daily 30 June - 12 July 2009, 11.30am-6.00pm
Please book tour at katja.ogrin@artsandbusiness.org.uk
Information: www.visualforbusiness.com
Baskerville House, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2ND
Opening Reception ‘Human’: Works by Steve Yeates & Paul Bennett at The Artlounge.
Thursday 2nd July, 18.30-20.30
Please book on 0121 685 2555 / mailbox@artlounge.com
The Artlounge, Level 3 The Mailbox, Birmingham, B1 1XL
Summer party at Ikon Eastside
Friday 3rd July, 20.00-24.00.
Please book on 0121 248 0708. Information: www.ikon-gallery.co.uk
Ikon Eastside, 183 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SE
Opening: Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan, Eastside Projects.
Friday 3rd July, 19.00-21.00
Please book at info@eastsideprojects.org
Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR
Opening: Participation: The Film & Video Workshop Movement 1979 - 1991, at VIVID.
Friday 3rd July, 18.00-20.00
Please book at info@vivid.org.uk / 0121 766 7876
VIVID, 140 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR
Family Saturday: A creative workshop based on the current Ikon Eastside exhibition by Chinese artist Xu Zhen.
Saturday 4th July, 14.00-17.00
Please book on 0121 248 0708. Information: www.ikon-gallery.co.uk
Ikon Eastside, 183 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SE
Tour of Eastside Projects by Elizabeth Rowe. Solo show by Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan, Eastside Projects
Saturday 4th July, 13.00
Please book at info@eastsideprojects.org
Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR
Participation, VIVID: An introduced screening of oppositional and underground film making from the 1980s
Saturday 4th July, 14.00
Please book on 0121 766 7876 / info@vivid.org.uk
VIVID, 140 Heath Mill Lane, Birmingham, B9 4AR
Late Night Event: Author Jim Crace reveals his eight favourite works of art.
Wednesday 8th July, 18.30-19.30
Ikon is open late until 8pm. Please book on 0121 248 0708
Information: www.ikon-gallery.co.uk
Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HS
Performance: Birmingham Sound Matter
New compositions performed by local musicians
Wednesday 8th July, 19.30-21.00
Tickets £6. Please book at www.modulate.org.uk
Ikon Eastside, 183 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SE
Afternoon Tea: An informal talk and tour of the current Ikon exhibition by Italian artist Giuseppe Penone, followed by conversations over a cup of tea.
Thursday 9th July, 14.30-16.30
Please book on 0121 248 0708. Information: www.ikon-gallery.co.uk
Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HS
Tour: Visual at Baskerville House
Thursday 9th July, 17.00-18.00
Exhibition open daily 30 June - 12 July 2009, 11.30am-6.00pm
Please book tour at katja.ogrin@artsandbusiness.org.uk
Information: www.visualforbusiness.com
Baskerville House, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2ND
Talk: Dod Proctors’s The Quiet Hour, New Art Gallery Walsall.
Thursday 9th July, 13.00-13.30
Join Curator Jo Digger for a talk and Julie Jones for an audio description
of Dod Proctor’s, The Quiet Hour, a serene and atmospheric painting characteristic of the artist’s style.
Please book on 01922 654400
The New Art Gallery Walsall, Gallery Square, Walsall, WS2 8LG
Opening Reception: Photography is Dead…
RHUBARB RHUBARB and Three White Walls Gallery
Thursday 9th July, 18.30
The launch of Rhubarb-Rhubarb’s international exhibition of contemporary photographic fine art, chosen by 12 of the world’s most respected curators, gallerists and publishers.
Please book on 0121 643 0078. Three White Walls Gallery, The Mailbox, Wharfside Street, Birmingham B1 1XL
Special Tour: Obama’s People – photographs by Nadav Kander
RHUBARB RHUBARB and Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
Saturday 11th July, 13.00
Portrait photographs of the new Obama Administration, commissioned by the New York Times. Special tour by Creative Director of Rhubarb Rhubarb and Co-curator of the show, Rhonda Wilson.
Please book on 0121 303 2834. Meet in the Round Room.
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham
Special Tour: Colour Splash
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery – Waterhall
Saturday 11th July, 14.30-15.15
A summer exhibition exploring the dynamics of colour in contemporary art – paintings, textiles, sculpture, and jewellery. The show features many recently acquired contemporary works by Sean Scully, Fiona Rae, Jane Harris, Ian McKeever, Prunella Clough, Howard Hodgkin, Toby Zeigler and many others. Special tour by BM&AG art curator, Brendan Flynn.
Please book on 0121 303 2834. Meet at Waterhall entrance.
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham
National Children’s Art Day: Free drop-in creative workshop, designed for families and inspired by Ikon’s exhibition with Giuseppe Penone.
Saturday 11th July, 14.00-17.00
Information: 0121 248 0708 / www.ikon-gallery.co.uk
Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HS
Talk: Ten at Bilston Craft Gallery
Wednesday 15 July, 11.30 - 12.30
An informal talk and tour of the exhibition Ten, which celebrates the gallery’s 10th Anniversary as a craft dedicated venue and explores the process commissioning of craft.
Information: 01902 552 507 / www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk/bilston
Bilston Craft Gallery, Mount Pleasant, Bilston, Wolverhampton WV14 7LU
Exhibition Tour: An exhibition tour in British Sign Language and English.
Wednesday 15th July, 17.30-18.30
Please book on 0121 248 0708. Information: www.ikon-gallery.co.uk
Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HS
Late Night Event: Jeffrey Skidmore, Artistic Director of Ex Cathedra, reveals his eight favourite works of art at Ikon.
Wednesday 15th July, 18.30-19.30
Ikon is open late until 20.00
Please book on 0121 248 0708. Information: www.ikon-gallery.co.uk
Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HS
Demonstration: RBSA Demonstration by Mike Brown
Saturday 18th July, 11.00-13.00
Watch a Member of Birmingham Watercolour Society at work.
No booking required. For enquiries call 0121 236 4353
For information visit www.rbsa.org.uk
RBSA Gallery, 4 Brook Street, St.Paul’s, Birmingham, B3 1SA
Opening reception: One Dimensional Man
Edwin Burdis, Anthony Green, Barry MacGregor Johnston
Saturday 18th July 15.00-17.00
Please book on 0121 331 5763
International Project Space, School of Art Bournville, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham City University, Maple Road, Birmingham, B30 2AA
The Collective invites you to the studio of Simon and Tom Bloor.
Tuesday 21st July, 18.30 – 20.30
The Collective Birmingham invites you to find out more about the professional life of contemporary art duo Simon and Tom Bloor, and explores the benefits of collecting contemporary art in a group.
Booking: Sarah Allen on 07971 851 957 / sarah@commissioner.org.uk
Information: www.the-collective.info
Studio Capri, Rear of 55 Great Tindal Street, Ladywood, Birmingham
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