COLMORE ROW “Birmingham Creates” 100 days of creativity festival
This was definitely a special one in the year 2024 for me , being a part of the 10 shortlisted, talented and incredible artist involved in the public exhibition as part of the “Birmingham Creates” 100 days of creativity festival celebrated in Birmingham.
This Exhibition was a publicly displayed one in the front of the Birmingham Snow Hill Station, which was totally unexpected and massive surprise when I witness it.
SOUTHBANK + APPLE : REFRAME :THE RESIDENCY
A career progression partnership with Apple, supporting talented Black creatives
This was a very important and pinnacle point of my career development and i was very honored to be a part of the first cohort for this wonderful programme.
Me and my team in the Birmingham Cohort focused and chossed our local outdoor market in birmingham to be the Location we created our Exhibited Piece, as we believe the best of changes starts with the smallest of steps locally to a Big impact globally . our project was titled “Ripple Effect”
The inaugural Reframe: The Residency took place in spring/summer 2023, and involved 77 emerging, talented Black and Black mixed heritage creatives from Birmingham, London and Manchester.
The aim was to support artists who for too long had been locked out of opportunities and pathways for careers in the arts. Through this partnership, these emerging talents were supported in creating innovative new work and showcasing it at an exhibition, as well as accessing new career opportunities after the residency was over.
Inspired by Southbank Centre’s Planet Summer – a season of events responding to the climate emergency – the artists were encouraged to work to a brief on this same theme. Rather than work in isolation, the artists formed 13 creative agencies within their hubs, coming together for 14 days over several months to produce multimedia artworks.