On Our Way artist Nilupa Yasmin right chatting to Daniel Richards

Birmingham community turn bus stops into stained-glass art galleries across Handsworth

Seven new bus stops lining Birmingham’s busy Soho Road have been converted into art galleries to celebrate the area’s diverse communities and history. China Plate Theatre artist Nilupa Yasmin has spent months working with local groups to create the dazzling displays for the bus stops along the National Express West Midlands number 74 route between…

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Ikon Gallery is showcasing photographic documentation of migrant communities in Birmingham, by renowned photographer Vanley Burke

Photography exhibition featuring images of migrant communities to be launched in Birmingham

International renowned photographer Vanley Burke will be launching a brand new photography exhibition celebrating working class and migrant communities in Birmingham this week. The Ikon Gallery is showcasing a series of portraits documenting migrant communities in the city as part of a project, led by the University of Birmingham, capturing the migrant experience.

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New photographic exhibition celebrates Birmingham’s commonwealth heritage

An exciting new photographic exhibition, which will take place during the Commonwealth Games 2022, will be previewed this Black History Month during a panel discussion celebrating Birmingham’s diversity through rarely seen photographs of some of its Commonwealth citizens, who settled here and enriched the city with their contributions. The panel discussion to launch the photographic exhibition will…

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