Events

EVENTS

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

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

PAST EVENTS

Artist Talk: Rupi Dhillon / Blast! Creative Network

2nd June
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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

Rupi Dhillon joined BCN in 2019 as a Blast! Photography Festival Assistant and has since gone on to develop a career for herself in the arts. During this talk Rupi will share her experience and journey, advising on how to begin and maintain a career as an artist alongside your day job or studies, including […] READ MORE

Artist Talk: The Other Collective / Blast! Creative Network

12th May
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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

The Other is a photography collective working to raise awareness, using an intersectional approach, to class discrimination within photography in the UK. Cofounders Joanne Coates, Kelly O’Brien and Kirsty Mackay are photographers, artists, activists & educators from poor and working class backgrounds. We champion photographers & photographic artists from poor & lower economic positions in […] READ MORE

Artist Talk: Elizabeth Wewiora / Blast! Creative Network

24th March
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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

Elizabeth Wewiora is a creative practitioner, freelance producer and Head of Social Practice at Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool. She also teaches on the MA in Socially engaged photography course at University of Salford. Across her multiple roles she actively seeks out to instigate collaborative projects that support and promote social change and wellbeing. Often […] READ MORE