Events

BCN Social & Artist Talk

2nd December
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Lodge Community Centre
Lodge Road
West Bromwich
England
B70 8PJ

We are thrilled to announce the first in-person meeting of the Blast! Creative Network since 2019, at Lodge Road Community Centre on 2 December! Arrive at 6pm to get settled in, grab a drink and meet other local artists and creatives. During the event BCN bursary recipients Perm Bhachu, Laura Chen, Atlanta Ellis, Scarlett Ford […] READ MORE

Photo Walk with Tom Hicks

11th December
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Meet at Wednesbury Library
Walsall St
Wednesbury
WS10 9EH

We’re pleased to announce that we have invited Tom Hicks aka Black Country Type to conduct a photowalk around Wednesbury town centre – followed by a talk about his work on 4 December, 10 to 12 midday. The workshop is free but places are limited so please book. Tom Hicks is an artist, writer and […] READ MORE

PAST EVENTS

Dreaming the Black Country: A Psychogeographical Writing Workshop

21st July
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm

This workshop is taking place via Zoom.
A link will be sent out to attendees.

How does a certain place make us feel? How can we explore it in a different way than we normally would?  Psychogeography is a growing practice that since the 1950s has sought to reimagine the city, and to playfully explore it in alternative ways. One of the traditional techniques employed by psychogeography – dérive – or drift – is […] READ MORE

Seeing in Isolation: audio description in photography and art.

8th July
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

This workshop is taking place via Zoom.
A link will be sent out to attendees.

Audio Description – a way that people who can’t see are offered a description of the visual elements they are missing. But who determines what is important to be described and what is not? Is this once-removed viewing experience, that is controlled by someone else, a satisfactory one? Mandy Redvers-Rowe Using Seeing in Isolation as a springboard for […] READ MORE

In Conversation with International Blind and Visually Impaired Photographers

30th June
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Zoom

Do you need to have sight to take photographs? This question will be explored at this event that brings together blind and visually impaired international photographers: Bruce Hall, Karren Visser, Mickel Smithen, Pete Eckert and Sonia Soberats to present their work and be in conversation with curator Douglas McCulloh of exhibition ‘Sight Unseen: International Photography […] READ MORE