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The Rugs Don’t Work #blackcountry #willenhall #ayit

Ikon, in partnership with Transport for West Midlands (TFWM), has commissioned Black Country artist Black Country Type to co-create a new public sculpture.

We caught up with Tom Hicks for an update on the project.

Read our blogpost: tinyurl.com/2hm5wcym

#TomHicks #Halesowen #PublicArt

BIN TORIES #blackcountry #stourbridge #ayit

Local Heroes BIG SPECIAL

Which Brum library do you love and why? Here's a sneak peek at a few of the Birmingham libraries that our zine writers love...

But the kid is not my son.. #blackcountry #pensnett #fairgroundart #ayit

In depths of Banks’s Brewery #blackcountry #wolverhampton #ayit

Bin Tories #blackcountry #stourbridge #buddleia #ayit

BREAKING NEWS.
An application has been lodged for a Judicial Review of the disastrous planning decision made on the 1st Feb.
Your support has been invaluable in our efforts to SAVE SMALLBROOK. Now we need your same generosity with our Crowdfunder.
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-smallbr…

'This Is Sparklehorse' is on
Prime Video
✨🐎
Celebrate the unique talent of Mark Linkous. #Sparklehorse

amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detai…

David Lynch
PHANTOGRAM
grasshopper
jason lytle
𝙴𝚍 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝
Gemma Hayes
M E T R I C
adrian utley
JOHN PARISH
Matthew Wright

We will be launching Birmingham Loves Libraries at the Save Our Services rally on Monday 6 May at 12pm. See you there!

Electrical Emporium #blackcountry #blackheath #typography #ayit

A snippet of the stunning artwork at the level 4 Fine Art exhibition at Wolverhampton School of Art. Great to see such a confident and diverse collection of work from students at the beginning of their degree journey.
#artstudent #fineart #artstudent exhibition
Wolverhampton School of Creative Industries University of Wolverhampton

Myself and John Piercy Holroyd have been working for the last 2 years on a book about cars and architecture.
A Time ⋅ A Place - is a book in which every 'Car of the Year' (1964-1982) is paired with a building completed in the same year. the modernist®

crowdfunder.co.uk/p/a-time-a-pla…

Pale Blue Eyes #blackcountry #netherton #ayit

This Saturday, there’s a hugely important organising meeting taking place in Birmingham, called by Birmingham People's Assembly. Unions & local campaign groups will be coming together to plan the campaign against the devastating cuts to services in the city. Please come along & get involved.

NEW! These two prints are now in stock at Ikon !

You can view the full Black Country Type collection here:

shop.ikon-gallery.org/collections/bl…

The kickstarter campaign for our #folkhorror drama The Best of Men by Nearlyknowledgeable 👻 🎃 is live!!!

Click below to watch our campaign video (featuring Amy Emily Inkpen (she/her) and me) + find out about our brilliant rewards + plans for season 2 of our #audiodrama

kickstarter.com/projects/cgreg…

A few phone pics from my eye opening and fun Black Country Type walking tour yesterday. Thank you Tom Hicks for your top tips 🙏