WLV senior managers embark on the Tory agenda of scrapping arts degrees for working class students through a crude, across the board recruitment freeze for September 2022.

We are heartbroken to announce further details of course suspensions/closures at the University of Wolverhampton: today are sharing the devastating news about WLV School of Performing Arts where all courses at first year UG and Masters level PG are being suspended #saveSoPA

We'd invite you to email the Interim VC, Prof Ian Campbell, and to tell him why these courses are important, and what this loss will mean for the region and future students wlv.ac.uk/about-us/gover…

🐣 📸 Reminiscing big time with this round up *IN PICTURES* of our first year (yes, we know!) at The Nest. Huge thanks to all those fabulous friends of the Birds that have helped us along the way - we really couldn't have done it without you! 🤩 talkingbirds.co.uk/2022/05/18/yea…

Doing the work: Embedding anti-racism and decolonisation into museum practice - Contemporary Art Society contemporaryartsociety.org/resources/doin… via Contemporary Art Society with the great Dr Anjalie Dalal-Clayton. Thank you to @mailbykite Kathleen Lawther Dr Sylvia Theuri @aksana_khan, Lisa Jessica Lowe-Mbirimi!

📢Open call for submissions: Gathering of Students of Colour: April 2023 A gathering to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Black Art Group, Sat 29th April 2023 @wlv_soa Do you have something creative you want to share? More info here 👉🏿chead.ac.uk/open-call-gath…

Do you have something creative you want to share with others on Saturday 29th April 2023? We want to exhibit and showcase your artwork, creative ideas, performances, songs, poetry etc to form part of the day. More info on IG: instagram.com/p/Cll8rnTjL7j/

Off-site event - Join Gathering Press on Slow Boat in Wolverhampton for a free workshop for those aged 16-25. Create with mono-screen and trace mono-printing. Friday 14 April, 11-12.30pm. Free, booking essential: ow.ly/kESu50Nw7v8 This event is supported by Freelands Foundation

We’re pleased to announce The more things change… a new exhibition showcasing the work of the Blk Art Group. The exhibition & public programme explore the Group’s relationship to the wider British Black Arts Movement of the 1980s and beyond.

✴️Saturday 13th May: Free exhibition tour and hands on artist workshop for creative educators (all levels) at Wolverhampton Art Gallery. Lunch provided✴️ Investigate 'The more things change..' Exhibition, an exciting collection of artwork by the Blk Art Group. Please share ⬇️

“It’s like getting together with old friends” — I wrote about Wolverhampton Art Gallery's brill new show for The Guardian theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

More here : The black arts movement reflecting society today - BBC News - BBC Midlands ⁦Wolverhampton Art Gallery⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

A new survey of the group’s work and the injustices they faced offers a bittersweet viewing experience tinged with both pride and sadness artreview.com/the-more-thing…

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us in celebrating the opening of Beverley Bennett's exhibition 'Simon Says/Dadda' 💙 The exhibition is running until 19 August. Come visit us on Thu-Sun, 12-5pm. bit.ly/3NBjtpP

The more things change… showed art from founder member artists of the Blk Art Group, formed in 1979 to question what black art was, its identity and what it could become in the future. So great to see it, convos with Museum Detox and Wolverhampton Art Gallery See it there until 9th July

NEW 🎨 Visualise, our flagship research commission with Freelands Foundation, examines the current state of race and inclusion in art education in England. We confirm what educators have been saying for years: that art education is at crisis point. 👉 runnymedetrust.org/visualise

✨Thrilled at this news ✨ Revisit this year's #FrankDavisMemorialLectureSeries 'Black British Art: Histories, Presence, Futures' organized by Dorothy Price 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 to learn more about #ClaudetteJohnson's incredible work courtauld.ac.uk/research/frank…

Whitehall was completely shut down by protestors tonight in one of the biggest static protests I have ever seen outside Downing Street. Watch this….

The double standards in the treatment of Diane Abbott is abhorrent. Racism and misogynoir against Black women in the workplace is rife across society; our political class is no exception. Our utmost solidarity with Diane Abbott 🖤