The Tree of 1000 Stories

This is a time laps of our latest  drawing workshop, which was held at Birmingham Central Library.

Book of Birmingham

Come along this week or next to join us at The Birmingham Book festival in the library. The 1000 stories team invites you to participate in our latest art installation, the Book of Birmingham. Share you personal experience and tell your story through words and images using a range of simple mark making and drawing techniques, before adding your contribution to the flying pages of the Book of Birmingham installation in the pop-up bookshop.

Spend some time or simply drop in for a moment to add your ‘visual voice’ to the many fragments. Join us, let your story be part of the installation, be creative and make your mark!

The Birmingham Book Festival runs from the 4^th October until 13^th October at the Birmingham Library, weekdays 10am – 5.30pm, Saturdays 9am – 4.30pm, Sunday the library is closed. 

Find more information about the Festival here.

The view from the outside in

Group exhibition - Oh What a Lovely War

Following on from the seminar and workshop, which was run by Robert Perry RBSA in May 2012 at Outline, a selection of the work produced during the workshop was shown alongside Roberts' earlier work that he had done as a young artist at the Old Joint Stock Theater in Birmingham. The group show of students' and Roberts' work was shown to support the play 'Oh What a Lovely War' by Charles Chilton, which was performed by a group of Extended Diploma in Acting students from BMAPA. A selection of work that had been produced during the workshop was also projected during the play to support the actors and set the scene.

Outline would like to thank Robert Perry once more for his continued commitment to give up his time, to prepare and help set up the exhibition. 

Student's work from the workshop (white frames) alongside Robert's drawings (wooden frames).

 Two large scale oil paintings that Robert did inspired by stories, images and poetry of the Great Wars.

 BMAPA students during the play of  'Oh What a Lovely War' by Charles Chilton.

University level fine art HND exhibition

The University level HND fine art course featured several overseas students from Brunei again this year who are in Birmingham to study  at the college and progress on to Birmingham city University. Ahmed brings an interest in graffiti which is  universal in style with a distinct approach to contemporary art that is informed by his unique cultural background.