We’re pleased to be launching the Blast! website and festival line up later this week and to celebrate we will be showcasing some of the artists on Instagram.  First up is Niall McDiarmid. Niall is a Scottish photographer based in London. His work is about documenting the people and landscape of Britain. Recent exhibitions have included British Portraits at the Oriel Colywn Gallery, Colwyn Bay, North Wales in 2016, Here and Now: London Portraits at the Museum of London in 2017 and Town To Town at the Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol in 2018. He has published 3 books of his work Crossing Paths, Via Vauxhall and Town To Town. His work is held at The Museum of London, The Martin Parr Foundation and The Sir Elton John Photography Collection.

High Street, West Bromwich – Feb’ 2019
From the series – Looking For Sandwell

Blast! Festival will take place across 24 May – 29 June 2019, and will be played out across the streets, shops, libraries, pubs and community halls of Sandwell. Sign up to our newsletter to stay up to date with news about upcoming exhibitions and events.