Gallery Workshop | Let’s Explore: Dying Matters
The Barber Institute of Fine Art University of Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomAbout this event Artists have always explored death and dying through their art, producing both literal and metaphorical depictions of this universal human theme. Through guided looking, group discussion and creative activities this workshop will use selected works from the Barber’s art collection to encourage reflection, questioning and conversation around death and dying. This discussion-based […]
The Words We Cannot Say: How to Mourn and How to Listen Kathryn Mannix and Christina Patterson
Birmingham Rep Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, United KingdomWe want to highlight this event at Birmingham Literature Festival as our friend Kathryn Mannix is making her second appearance at the Birmingham Literature festival. When a friend or relative shares something shocking – a bereavement, a diagnosis, a loss – it can be hard to know what to say. Kathryn Mannix, whose entire career […]
Eat Your Catfish
MAC Birmingham Cannon Hill Park, Queen's Ride,, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomScreening Rights Film Festival team are screening Eat Your Catfish on 30th of October simultaneously at the Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham & Warwick Arts Centre. It's an intimate film told from the perspective of Kathryn who is living at home with advanced ALS (called Motor Neurone Disease in the UK) having chosen life prolonging ventilation and requiring 24hr care. The film explores […]
Food for Thought: A Special Celebration for Day of the Dead
The Coffin Works 13 - 15 Fleet Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomPlease note: This event is now sold out on November 3 and for a second date November 10. To ensure you're first in line to hear about our future events please sign up to our newsletter.
You’re invited to Food for Thought: A Special Celebration for Day of the Dead with an exclusively cooked dinner followed by cake and drinks.
We’ve joined with top Birmingham visitor attraction Coffin Works and Itzatna Arts Collective to create this unique event.
Death Over Drinks
Anjuna Lounge Hazelwell Street, Stirchley, Birmingham, West Midlands, United KingdomFollowing the success of our previous Death over Drinks events at Anjuna Lounge we will be meeting again for a follow-on session. Thinking further about what we need to do to prepare for our own deaths in order to make life easier for those we leave behind, this Death Over Drinks session will be led […]
