News 09.12.2024
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BCU Tuesdays
Ikon is pleased to announce an innovative new partnership with Birmingham City University (BCU) which enables the gallery to open on Tuesdays for a year (October 2024 – September 2025).
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EVENT 29.07.2025–12.08.2025
FREE
BCU: Making Public
With BCU MA Arts & Education Students
This summer, Ikon and Birmingham City University (BCU) present a series of free creative sessions, organised in response to Ikon’s current exhibition Thread the Loom.
Join MA Arts & Education Practices students for workshops that invite visitors to explore materials and techniques from paper weaving, woven collage, natural dyes and pigments, to discovering the students’ Bad Art Institute. These sessions are open to all ages. No need to book, just drop in.
Tuesday 29 July: Introduction to Weaving
Tuesday 5 August: Natural Dyes
Tuesday 12 August: Bad Art Institute
This exhibition is supported by Jerwood Foundation, Cotton Textiles Research Trust, The Saintbury Trust and Freelands Foundation.
About BCU Tuesdays
BCU Tuesdays is an innovative new partnership between Ikon and Birmingham City University (BCU) which enables the gallery to open on Tuesdays for a year (October 2024 – September 2025). With BCU Tuesdays, visitors can enjoy an additional day of free entry to Ikon’s exhibitions. Read more.
FREE
Event Dates
Tuesday 29.07.2025 / 11.00am–3.00pm
Tuesday 05.08.2025 / 11.00am–3.00pm
Tuesday 12.08.2025 / 11.00am–3.00pm
Event Details
Free, suggested donation £5
No need to book, just drop in
This event is open to all ages. Children must be accompanied at all times.
Events Room, First Floor
Information on Ikon Gallery’s accessibility is available here.
For additional access enquiries please contact education@ikon-gallery.org
VENUE
Ikon Gallery
1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2HS
Image Credits
1. BCU Tuesday Workshop, Ikon Gallery (2024). Image courtesy Cathy Wade. 2. BCU Tuesday Workshop, Ikon Gallery (2024). Image courtesy Cathy Wade. 3. BCU Tuesday Workshop, Ikon Gallery (2024). Image courtesy Cathy Wade. 4. BCU Tuesday Workshop, Ikon Gallery (2024). Image courtesy Cathy Wade.
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Exhibition 25.06.2025–07.09.2025
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Thread the Loom
Ikon presents a group exhibition celebrating the art of weaving.
An AVL Studio Dobby loom, on loan from Birmingham City University (BCU), will be activated through a series of micro-residencies with West Midlands weavers Chantelle Folarin, Mahawa Keita, Clare Langford, Andrée Walker, Theo Wright and BCU students. Textiles produced on the loom will be exhibited alongside work by contemporary artists Raisa Kabir, Alis Oldfield, Bharti Parmar, Dinah Prentice and Su Richardson.