Visitors check out the extended gallery outside Eastside Projects

Crowd6

Stan's Cafe at Eastside Projects

Morris Dancers. Limousines, Book Fairs and hundreds of visitors made The Event launch a memorable one. We took a few snaps to show those of you that couldn’t make it just what you missed…

Grand Union Artists' Book Fair

The audience watching Juneau Projects at Eastside Projects

Mona Casey Projects

Crowd6

Morris Dancers lead the crowd to Eastside Projects

Grand Union

We’ve had a busy day at The Event welcoming guests from around the UK to see what we are up to.

The Family taste testing.

John Hammersley invites people to talk…

Mona Casey Projects

Checking out Eastside Project’s new one -night-only gallery space.

Visitors buying books at Grand Union.

Calum F. Kerr’s Book Coat.

Transit Station making a new sculpture.

OK now we are off to the launch…

We took our rainbow umbrella through the showers and gave visitors to the Custard Factory some Kool-Aid while they sheltered from the rain, and did some circular cloud stepping to send them on their way with good energy. Then we sent droned acoustic energy bouncing around the space.

On day two street music and games were on the agenda for our afternoon activity, and we circled round people to try to break the chains of the cult they were enslaved by, played levitating songs, and gave Transit Station a steady rhythm to work to as we experimented with the acoustics under(neath) the arches.

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We are very excited to launch the first day of The Event 09 today and have been busy taking pictures of all the venues to give you a sneaky preview of the spaces.

So here is a visual tour of the spaces and an idea of what our guided tours look like.

Starting at Eastside Cafe on Coventry Street (where you can find The Event staffed Information Point from 12pm-5pm) we walked to the end of the street and over Digbeth High Street on to Rea Street to take a look at The Anchor Inn where Mark Essen will be hosting his Record Exchange Celebration and The Event Brew on Thursday 5th November.

From there we walked up Bradford Street to see Crowd6’s exhibition – What Takes Place. The artist collective have utilised new artist led-space The Lombard Method at 68a Lombard Street to host their latest project.

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Come help shape The Family’s activities by joining them in some song writing and singing in the lovely Lickey Hills woods.

They will be meeting at the Lickey Hills terminus of the number 62 West Midlands Travel bus route at noon. The 62 comes straight down Bristol Road from the city centre. Bring packed lunch and/or snacks and maybe some kind of musical instrument/percussion.

Sunday, 4th October 2009
12:00 – 15:00
Lickey Hills
Lickey Road, B45 8UX
Birmingham, United Kingdom

12:00 – 16:00
This is a lead-in event for the a.a.s. project in The Event

The Rea Garden
Floodgate Street
Birmingham
B5 5ST

More information: TROVE

15:00 – 17:00
A representative of BCAF will be present at this a-n networking event.

School of Art, Margaret Street, Birmingham City University.

Open to all visual and applied artists, AIR TIME events are designed to provide information and tips from artists, arts organisations and other experts on professional matters such as insurance, negotiation and funding your practice, alongside opportunities to meet and network with like-minded artists. Some places will be reserved especially for final-year art and design graduates.

Contributors include Mike McCormack (Hencilla Canworth Insurance Brokers), artists and experts including representatives from AIR, a-n, Art Lounge, Arts Council England,Birmingham Contemporary Art Forum, Creative Alliance, Coventry A rtspace, DACS (Design and Artists Copyright Society),Designer Maker West Midlands, Eastside Projects, Friction Arts, Grand Union, Ikon Gallery , NAN, The Edge, Three White Walls and Vivid.

Event organised by a-n The Artists Information Company on behalf of AIR: Artists’ Interaction and Representation, in partnership with DACS and Birmingham City University

AIR – Artists Interaction and Representation is the membership scheme for practising visual and applied artists that is an integral aspect of the Artist subscription provided by a-n The Artists Information Company
www.a-n.co.uk/AIR.

Pre-booking is essential as places are limited.

To reserve a place contact AIR@a-n.co.uk with AIR TIME 09 Birmingham in the subject box.