Events

Talks, workshops, exhibitions; a feast for the eyes and ears, have a gander at upcoming events we think you’ll love.

This list is curated by the Birmingham Design team from events hosted by the local community.

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Contemporary Women Lunchtime Lectures

hosted by Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Sat 22 Jan 2022

12:00pm

Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DU

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The Art of Meditation

hosted by Ikon Gallery

Wed 26 Jan 2022

6.15pm - 7pm

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

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Mothers Who Make Wolverhampton

hosted by Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Tue 1 Feb 2022

10.30am - 12pm

Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DU

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The Useful Art Class - Oils 4 Week Class

hosted by The Useful Art Class

Thu 20 – Thu 10 Feb 2022

The Custard Factory, Gibb Street Birmingham

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Life Drawing Two Day Workshop

hosted by RBSA Gallery

Mon 14 – Tue 15 Feb 2022

RBSA Gallery

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Overlap Animation Show & Tell

hosted by Louis Hudson

Wed 16 Feb 2022

7:00pm

Nortons Digbeth, Birmingham B5 5LS

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Painting from Photographs - One Day Workshop

hosted by RBSA Gallery

Fri 18 Feb 2022

11am - 4pm

RBSA Gallery, St Paul's Square

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Verve Poetry Festival 2022

hosted by Verve

Sun 20 – Sun 20 Feb 2022

Birmingham Hippodrome

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OFFSite 9

hosted by Creative Black Country

Fri 21 – Sat 30 Apr 2022

Throughout Wolverhampton

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The Migrant Festival

hosted by Ikon Gallery

Thu 14 – Sun 17 Jul 2022

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

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Exhibitions

Betsy Bradley - Chasing Rainbows

hosted by Ikon Gallery

Fri 3 – Sun 13 Feb 2022

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

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British Art Show 9

Sat 22 – Sun 10 Apr 2022

Wolverhampton School of Art & Wolverhampton Art Gallery

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Carlo Crivelli - Shadows on the Sky

Wed 23 – Fri 29 Apr 2022

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

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David Batchelor - Colour Is

hosted by Compton Verney

Sat 25 – Sun 2 Oct 2022

Compton Verney, Warwickshire, CV35 9HZ

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The Creative City Exhibition

The Creative City

hosted by Birmingham Design Festival

Fri 12 – Wed 16 Nov 2022

Bullring Birmingham

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Morag Myerscough

hosted by Compton Verney

Tue 15 – Fri 12 May 2023

Compton Verney, Warwickshire, CV35 9HZ

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Regular events to watch out for

There are some great, regular design events happening throughout the year in the West Midlands. Here’s what to watch out for.

Glug Birmingham crowd

Glug Birmingham

A quarterly gathering of creative folk with talks, drinks and Digbeth Dining Club.

Ladies, Wine & Design

Quarterly events aimed at designers who identify as a woman.

Flux

A free bi-monthly meet up about UX design featuring talks from speakers with pizza and beer thrown in.

BCU Type Talks

A series of contemporary design talks and typographic film screenings from the School of Visual Communication, ADM, BCU.

Canvas Conference

Insider stories from product people. Digital product and experience design conference produced by 383.

Birmingham Design Festival

An annual celebration of design held across the city in June.

BHXD

Birmingham Experience Design – quarterly events for the User-Centred digital design community in and around the Midlands.

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