When: Today! Friday 17th May, from 17:00
Where: Various locations in Digbeth

Digbeth is home to a growing number of galleries, art projects, studio groups and artists, hosting a fantastic range of exhibitions, talks, workshops and events.

This evening, the spaces, organisations and groups based in our little part of the city will open their doors for the first Art After Hours event, following the fashion of Art After Dark events at major galleries around the world. Taking part are:

• Grand Union
• Eastside Projects
• The Lombard Method
• VIVID Projects
• Stryx
• Vinyl at Edible Eastside
• MSFAC at The Edge

The full programme of events is included below. Enjoy!

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"Professor Morello" Photo: Ivan Morison

When: Friday 22 March 2013, 18:00-20:00 (Launch)
Where: Eastside Projects, Heath Mill Lane, Digbeth

From 23 March to 18 May, Digbeth-based art gallery Eastside Projects will be taken over by puppets for their new exhibition.

Artists and film-makers from around the world will transform the main gallery into a stage for live performances and moving image works. Gallery staff will become puppeteers, bringing to life the miniature characters to interact with visitors as they explore the exhibition.

Including work by Turner Prize nominees Spartacus Chetwynd and Simon Starling, the exhibition explores the importance of puppets not just as objects for telling stories, but as stand-ins which allow us to ask difficult questions about society and human behaviour – “who is pulling the strings?”

Puppet Show will be accompanied by ‘While it Lasts’, a programme of films by six UK based artists which will be screened in the second gallery. For more information, visit the Eastside Projects website.

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