Art
Rebel Makers digital camp in plea for sponsorship
Original web page at Rebel Makers digital camp in plea for sponsorship A previous Rebel Makers event A new event aimed at arming Birmingham native with digital skills is making a plea for new financial support after its main sponsor withdrew at the 11th hour. Social enterprise RebelLabs is running its first Rebel Makers Camp…
Read MoreOasis caricature worth £1,500 stolen from Lord Clifden pub
Graham Smith, the owner of The Lord Clifden pub in Hockley. Police are hunting a thief who snatched a rare caricature of Liam and Noel Gallagher – worth £1,500 – from the wall of a Birmingham pub. The limited edition artwork of the Oasis brothers , one of just […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNew Chair of Birmingham Civic Society
Associate Gavin Orton has been appointed as the new Chair of Birmingham Civic Society . The news was shared by the Civic Society earlier today in their latest newsletter: The trustees are delighted to announce that Gavin Orton will be the next Chairman of the Birmingham Civic Society, taking […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreYour local Blue Orange Theatre – upcoming shows
Most of you will know that the JQ has its very own theatre on Great Hampton Street, the Blue Orange Theatre, reminiscent of the kind of small scale but high quality theatre you might encounter in the cooler parts of New York. Want to know what’s coming upon September? Read on. WEDNESDAY 3 to SATURDAY 6…
Read MoreMy pub: Lord Clifden in Birmingham
Lord Clifden: Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter How I got here My career as a chef began at the north east at Lumley Castle hotel between Durham and Newcastle in 1998, included various top hotels, and culminated at the Michelin-starred Arkle restaurant at the Chester Grosvenor. In 1996 I took […] Click here to view original…
Read MorePack your bucket & spade – it’s the JQ Coach Trip!
We love where we live. But some of us fancy an ‘away day’… Some of the good folk in your JQNF have organised a day trip for JQ-ers on Saturday 27th July 2013 to… Weston-Super-Mare! Bring your buckets and spades, an appetite for ice creams and fish n’ chips, a bag of Murray Mints for…
Read MoreOrdinary people in an extraordinary place
I’ve been meaning to update you all about recent happenings with a the JQ Neighbourhood Forum committee; in particular I’d like to break with tradition this year and tell you a bit about the people who have (sometimes tentatively) put themselves forward to help run the JQNF. These people are not super-heroes, they are not…
Read MoreJewellery Quarter Gets into the Frame
FRAME_birmingham: Art by local & international artists installed & for sale up to £750 across 31 venues in the city. The exhibition runs until 17th February 2013. Buy art. Support artists. Make a good investment. FRAME_birmingham launched on 16th Nov across a total of 33 frames installed in 31 mostly non art venues in Birmingham,…
Read MoreA Grand Day Out
Sculpture by Peter Walker A.R.B.S. A.R.B.S.A. On 12th March at 12 noon, a small but enthusiastic crowd gathered in the brand new ‘Dayus Square’ in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. Dayus Square (junction Albion Street/Carver Street/Legge Lane) has been created to commemorate Kathleen Dayus (born in 1903) who was the author […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreA precious work of art on Ludgate Hill
The Jewellery Quarter Development Trust (JQDT) and University College Birmingham (UCB) – a major investor in the area – chose the seven large paintings ….
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