🔲◾The Big Art Bar Crawl◾🔲

The Big Art Bar Crawl

(18+ only)

Event sponsored by:
SS Creative Photography Studios

Gallery hopping the Birmingham Contemporary Art Scene serving Alcohol/Soft Drinks in each gallery.

Cost = FREE

JOIN THE GROUP FOR PRE DRINKS ANYTIME BETWEEN:
6:00pm - 7:00pm - The Old Crown Pub (Digbeth)

We leave the Pub for the 1st Gallery at around 7:00pm

The MeetUp Officially ends at 9:30pm - At this point the Hosts duties are finished & they are officially on their own time :) However, there is always groups within the group having after drinks in Digbeth if you wish to continue the evening, just ask what the after party plan is.

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Meeting Venue

The Old Crown Pub
188 High Street
Deritend
Digbeth
Birmingham
B12 0LD

This Event returns on the First Friday of each month offering a great array of things to do and see throughout the evening as the Digbeth area comes alive with New Art Exhibitions, Late-Night Openings, Special Events, Culture in Unexpected Spaces, Live Music, Street Food and More.

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Art Exhibition Bar Crawl Route

# DUPLICATE X BLACK HOLE CLUB – TESTING AND TRYING OUT

Join us for an evening of experimental and temporary publications with Duplicate Publishing Fair before their launch at Birmingham School of Art on the 7 May.
Expect opportunities to make something new in a collage party, explore projection and more throughout the evening.

Stryx Shop Spring Fair

Following on from the success of our Stryx Shop Winter Fair last year. This will be a chance to come and meet the artists in person, purchase great, affordable art and help support their ongoing work. In addition, we are donating at least 20% of all sales to help those affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine.

There will be a mix of past favourites as well as some brand new pieces from photography, prints, jewellery, through to collage, paintings and clothing.

# Ewa Partum ‘My Problem Is a Problem of a Woman’

Partum has been a pioneer in Eastern European feminism, documenting her experiences both politically and personally through her art. ‘My Problem Is a Problem of a Woman’ refers to the performance realised by Partum in Łódź in 1979, during which the artist recognised art as a tool of the feminist struggle developing tactics of resistance and protest through the means of art. Partums work has gone on to be exhibited worldwide and included in collections such Tate, London and MoMA, New York.
As part of the launch, we will have Partum’s live performative work ‘Action Tearjerker’. Following this, Selextorhood founder and DJ, Holly 1-10 will be hosting a live set including Funk, Jazz, Soul, and more to celebrate this exhibition as part of this launch.

# Congregation (Creating Dangerously Remix) BOTHY launch

Using public sculpture, film, workshops, and community gardening with women’s groups, we seek to address issues surrounding use and ownership of land, and use congregation to consider notions of freedom and long-term healing.
We will be launching a large outdoor sculpture – a ‘bothy’- for people to use as a place for shelter and rest in the Minerva Apothecary Garden. Working with Midlands-based women’s organisations, we have grown The Minerva Apothecary Garden adjacent to our gallery space, full of healing herbs and plants.

Due to 2 of the Galleries not exhibiting this month, we will be taking the after party to two of Digbeths coolest hidden gems. The first of which will be the Industrial heart of DigBrewco, this is reopening launch night with in house brewed craft ales & stone baked Pizza on the menu. For those with real stamina, there is the after, after party. We head deeper into Digbeth to one of the trendiest, graffiti covered bars known as Dead Wax to talk & dance the night away.

Boucing back from Covid, the Art scene month by month will be featuring more and more galleries. In the months to come we should be back at 8 to 10 galleries/exhibitions :D

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Alcoholic & Soft drinks will be available for purchase at all the Galleries taking part. Proceeds help fund these small independent gallery venues/artists.

Digbeth First Friday was created in Birmingham 2014 as a way of coinciding New Art Exhibitions, all on the the same evening.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
There are currently no Covid 19 safety measures that we are aware of. We only ask that if you display any symptoms, please do not attend the meetup. Also, employ common sense & respect other peoples boundaries if the need arises.

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If you would like to be more involved in our group or have any suggestions, just get in touch.

Any other Questions, just drop us a message. Otherwise, we'll see you lovely culture vultures at the venue :)

Birmingham Arts & Culture Vultures

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