We are delighted to present Home Made in Smethwick, an exhibition of photographs by local photographer Liz Hingley, which will tour to six Sandwell libraries. Liz worked with residents for two years to create an intimate photographic portrait of the people and the food cooked in Smethwick in the Black Country, one of the most […]

At the beginning of the year, Sandwell councillor, Jackie Taylor, invited Multistory to produce a book about the African-Caribbean communities in Sandwell and the Black Country.  In our busiest celebratory event yet, well over a hundred people came together to launch this wonderful new book –  Black Country Roots – at the West Bromwich African Caribbean Resource Centre on 20 […]

Francois Matarasso, community art worker, writer and researcher, writes on the importance of libraries as art centres.  The pigeon film was incredible. I have seen it before and I’ve come to see it again. When I grew up nearly every other garden had pigeons. It’s a rich man’s sport now. Libraries are about books – everybody knows that. […]

Home made cheese, rainbow-coloured macaroons, photographs and favourite family recipes were shared at the launch of ‘Home Made in Smethwick‘, our new, limited edition book, with photographer, Liz Hingley. The event brought together the people in the book, their friends and family and residents from the Smethwick community to see, for the first time, the […]

For the three year anniversary of the 12 July Tipton bombing, Mahtab Hussain, British social commentary artist, reflects on his Multistory commission – The Quiet Town of Tipton. Anniversary dates are normally associated with celebrations, memory and, most importantly, relationships. However, this week is the three-year anniversary of a nail bomb explosion close to the […]

Daniel Meadows, British photographer and documentarist writes about the filming of his reunion with Neville, who he last saw when taking his photograph in 1972.  In 1969, when I was seventeen, I saw a documentary on BBC television, Beautiful, Beautiful. It featured American photographer Bruce Davidson making the pictures for what would become a famous book, […]

In no particular order … 1) The Symposium on Multistory’s ‘Black Country Stories’ explored recent commissions with photographers, writers and filmmakers through talks and discussion. It brought together international speakers, Martin Parr (UK), Margaret Drabble (UK), Hans Eijkelboom (NL), David Goldblatt (SA), Susie Parr (UK) and Mark Power (UK), to speak about their work in response […]

Last night, we rolled out the red carpet at the Odeon Cinema in West Bromwich for the premiere screening of Daniel Meadows’ new movie High Street Stories. The movie was commissioned and produced by Multistory to document the lives of people who work in West Bromwich market. Made up of hundreds of Daniel’s photographic images that are […]