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Artsfest 2021
This year marks the seventh year of Artsfest hosted by the university. Traditionally we join with cultural venues across the region to programme a variety of events including live performances, workshops, theatre shows, music, poetry, art exhibitions, and lots more to get involved with.
We invite an eclectic range of new and established artists both locally and further afield, to use Artsfest as a platform to enhance their careers. This is something that we are proud to support and will endeavour to do in the future, using Artsfest as a vehicle to continue to bring you the very best this region has to offer. As a result of Covid-19 we weren't able to do this in 2020 but are planning a return in 2022. However, during the pandemic we have brought art to you as a series of online artist talks. This has been so popular we have made it a permanent programme which will now run throughout the year in addition to our traditional arts festival. It is encouraging that something so positive has happened as a result of the pandemic and it proves more than ever that art is important to our well-being.
Our Spring 2021 recorded events are listed below and if you head over to our YouTube channel you will find lots of other creative and inspiring videos to watch including our Black History Month and LGBT History Month events >> UoW YouTube Channel, UoW Black History Month, LGBT+ History Month
Hope you enjoy!
Claire Buckerfield
Faculty Public Engagement Coordinator
Intellectual property in the arts
Inspiration or Imitation? Copyright and Moral Rights in Artistic Works
Intellectual Property and Photography - Creators, Owners and Licences
What’s in a Name: Trade Marks and Brands - Workshop
Intellectual Property and the Music Industry: Mapping the Maze
Fashion, Textiles and Intellectual Property: Patchworks, Quilts or Veils?
Illustration and Print
HoPIN Webinar: Woodcuts and Wood Engraving (History of the Printed Image Network)
Illustrator and writer Edward Gorey: Talk by Dr Louise Fenton
HoPIN Webinar: Illustrated Print for Industry and Commerce
HoPIN Webinar: The Rise of Photographic Illustration 1839-80
Paul Cox - His Illustrated Life and Career
In Conversation - Dr Louise Fenton and Artist Paul Cox
HoPIN Webinar: Contrasts in Print
HoPIN Webinar: Chapbook Illustration
HoPIN Webinar: Illustrating Industry (Centre for Printing History and Culture)
Fine Art
International Women's Day: The Representation for Female Artists in Britain
Express & Star Photo Archive Talk & Q&A
Yam Cams: Photography in the Black Country
World IBD Day: When Art and Medicine Meet
British Art Show 9 and Socially Engaged Art
Bilston Enamels: Talk and Q&A
Yam Cams Book Launch: Picturing The Black Country
Family Planning - The Lived Experience Through Art - Panel Discussion
Why Bother? The Art of Disability: Practice Does Not Make the Perfect (Disrupting Bodies)
How a Manchester Gallery Supports Disabled and Neurodivergent Artists
The Art of Disability History: A personal view through NDACA (the national disability arts collection and archive)
It’s An Artists Life: Talk with Artist Tanya Raabe
Performing Arts
Improvised Musician Performance Pre-recorded Live Stream
Trans and Non-Binary Representation in Musical Theatre with Andi Lee Carter
East Asian Representation in the Broadway Musical Allegiance
Black Representation in Musical Theatre
Cultural Appropriation in Film, Music and Fashion Creative Industries
South Asian Representation in Musical Theatre
Writing
All the Writing Selves We Have to Be - A Discussion on Writing Careers
Lyric Writing Master Class with Xidus Pain
The Wrenna by R.M. Francis - Book Launch
The Top Secret Poetry Notebook of Willis the Poet
Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man at Seventy
Poetry on Prescription: Creative Writing & Wellbeing
Careers in the Arts
Masters in Conversation - Stephen Snoddy
Masters in Conversation: Artist Cathy Wade
Masters in Conversation: Artist Robert Luzar
Creative Futures - Lynsey Harris Designer Maker
Creative Futures: Jason Fernandes, 3D Designer & 3D Design Lecturer
Creative Futures: David Longworth Exploring Careers at the BBC
Creative Futures: VOiD Applications Web Design
Creative Futures: Naomi Jacques Glass Artist
Creative Futures: Nick Cohen Creative Director, Writer and Maker
Creative Futures: Eighty3 Design, Web Design and Branding
How a Manchester Gallery Supports Disabled and Neurodivergent Artists
Festival of Britain
Revisiting a Tonic for the Nation: Introduction to the Festival of Britain
Opened by Herb: Wolverhampton’s Festival Market Hall
The Festival of Britain in the Black Country
The Festival of Britain: Black Country Traces
The Festival of Britain and Walsall
Simon Briercliffe in Conversation with Professor Keith Gildart
Affiliates
ArtsFest is delighted to be associated with like-minded organisations including: Black Country Studies Centre, The Centre for Printing History and Culture and Bilston Art Project.
Black Country Studies Centre
Black Country Living Museum (BCLM) and the University of Wolverhampton have much more in common than geographical location. Both institutions strive to raise aspirations and educational attainment by engaging individuals, families and schools across the country, making learning accessible, informative and fun.
The Centre for Printing History and Culture
The Centre for Printing History and Culture (CPHC) is a joint initiative between Birmingham City University and the University of Birmingham and consists of researchers, heritage professionals and librarians. It seeks to encourage research into all aspects and periods of printing history and culture, including the machinery and equipment, the industry and its personnel, printing processes, and the design of printed products such as books, newspapers, journals, and ephemera. It is also interested in the impact that print has in the wider world, and therefore also covers the social, cultural, industrial and economic aspect of print culture.
The Centre for Printing History & Culture, Faculty of Art, Design & Media, Birmingham City University, Parkside Building, 5 Cardigan Street, Birmingham B4 7BD
CONTACT caroline.archer@bcu.ac.uk 0121 331 5871
Visit: www.cphc.org.uk
Bilston Art Project
Bilston based art, murals, workshops and online events delivered by local artists, graduates and alumni from the Wolverhampton School of Art supported by Wolverhampton County Council.
We are embracing Black History Month beyond the confines of a single month. Our intention is for Black History Month to transcend seasonality and 'tokenism’ so that the original initiative itself is eventually no longer required.
UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) is an annual event creating a platform to focus on the history of disabled people's struggle for equality and human rights.
LGBT+ History Month is a month-long annual celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans,
and non-binary history, including the history of LGBT+ rights and related
civil rights movements.
