Back to the Lab

Barring a Wikipedia entry you can barely find a trace of Birmingham Arts Lab online, but its influence on the city’s cultural landscape can still be felt today. As the value of the arts is increasingly measured in terms of economic or social impact, carving out a space for experimentation and creative chaos becomes more challenging. Gathering many of the Arts Lab’s original participants, and hosted by early member Terry Grimley, this free event is an opportunity to talk about how the Lab worked (and didn’t), and what lessons it might offer us thirty years on.

Cartoon by Hunt Emerson.