Our first BLAST! Festival volunteer meeting is at 10.30am on Saturday 2 March 2019, at the BLAST! Shop: 15-17 Bull Street, West Bromwich, B70 6EU. See you there! . If you’re interested in volunteering, contact our Volunteer Coordinator Richard, with Blast Volunteer in the subject headline: richardwarren@multistory.org.uk. . Volunteers will gain experience of: • delivering events, exhibitions & audience engagement; • installation/de-installation; • assisting with social media. . . . . Photo of student volunteers for A Room of Their Own by Susan Meiselas Multistory . . . . . . #multistory #blastphotofest2019 #sandwell #volunteer #artsfestival #photographyfestival #multistory #contemporaryphotography

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Are you interested in art and photography? Volunteer for BLAST! Festival of Photography, Walks and Talks and gain experience of working as part of a team to deliver a large-scale arts festival in Sandwell. We have several volunteer areas to get involved in, including the following: • delivering events, exhibitions & audience engagement; • installation/de-installation; […]

This year we’ve got plenty to look forward to with Blast! A festival of photography, talks and walks taking place across Sandwell between the 24th May – 29th June 2019, along with some exciting projects and commissions from Multistory’s ongoing cultural programme. Later this month, we’ll be hosting the big unveiling of portraits by visual […]

It’s approaching the end of the year and it’s the perfect opportunity to get comfy and catch up with the stories that matter; we’ve compiled a list of our projects from this year so you can watch, read and listen to your heart’s desire over the festive period! We are Family – Our pop-up exhibition of material […]

We’re excited to present our new poetry anthology Tipton Tales, curated by poet Emma Purshouse for her @multistory commission. . The anthology is tied together by Emma Purshouse’s poem ‘Figure of Eight’, which she wrote while walking through Tipton, mapping various encounters and sights she experienced along the way. It includes poems by Casey Bailey, Liz Berry, Roz Goddard, Brendan Hawthorn, Kuli Kohli, Roy McFarlane, Dave Pitt, Steve Pottinger and Billy Spakemon. Each of the poets featured have deep-rooted connections to and a respect and love of the region of #Sandwell, and their voices interweave with Emma’s to form a warm and sometimes humorous portrayal of the everyday lives of its inhabitants. . . The book launch will take place on 29 November at 7pm at Tipton Library. Join us to get your copy of the book, to meet the poets and to see some of the poems performed for the very first time. . . Illustrations by local illustrator @bynginc and printed by @holodeckbirmingham . . . . . #TiptonTales #poetry #walkingpoetry #emmapurshouse #multistorybook #multistory #tipton #tiptonlibrary #newbook #anthology #publishing #lovepoetry

We’re so pleased to see our project with @pollybraden and Sally Williams ‘Out of the Shadows: the untold story of people with autism and learning disabilities’ featured in the @guardian today. If you didn’t get to pick up a copy it’s also available online. Please read and share. . . . . . The exhibition is at @mac_birmingham until 11 November. . . #pollybraden #cjs #prisonreform #sallywilliams #learningdisabilities #autism #macbirmingham #outoftheshadowscjs #multistory #prison #photography #photojournalism

Photographer Laura Pannack writes about her current Multistory commission “The Cracker”. “I’ve wanted to work with Multistory for years ever since I heard great things from Susan Meiselas and Alex Nelson. The charity commissions artists to embark on projects in Sandwell and Dudley and offer support in working within the local community to explore themes […]