Louise Beer, Artist Talk
24 Oct, 6 PM - 7.30 PM, Zoom
Qisse of The Komagata Maru – A Voyage on Water
An event with Artist Roo Dhissou. 26th Nov 13:00 - 15:00, Midlands Art Centre
UNION by Natalie Willatt
Exhibition at Spode Museum 20th September – 5th November 2023
Picturing Walsall
Exhibition at New Art Gallery Walsall till the 1st October, in partnership with Historic England
Online Portfolio Review Day
9th September, 10 AM - 5 PM, Zoom
Louise Beer
Photographer In Residence at Cannock Chase, in partnership with Forestry England
WAR was never my CHOICE
The Ukranian Youth Art Group working with artist Mark Neville. 7th July, Centrala
Photographer in Residence, Cannock Chase
Open Call in partnership with Forestry England
Jonny Briggs
Exhibition, V&A Wedgwood Collection, from the 7th June
Portfolio Development Day
Saturday 10th June 2023, Staffordshire University, £25 / £30
Roo Dhissou
Commission
Laia Abril, Photographers Talk
9th May, 6 PM, Zoom, £3 / £5
Mark Power, Photographers Talk
16th May, 6 PM, Zoom, £3 / £5
Hidden Worlds
East Meets West Masterclass Exhibition, Format Festival, 16 March – 9 April
Kavi Pujara, Photographers Talk
12th April, 6 PM, Zoom, £3 / £5
The State of Photography
National Symposium, 21st April, Birmingham City University
Mark Neville
Commission
Internship
6 months, from March – August 2023
Modern Muse
by Arpita Shah, £20 + Postage
Tim Mills, Picturing England’s High Streets
Residency in Coventry
GRAIN Mentoring Scheme
Mentoring Scheme for Midlands based Practitioners
CONSTRUCT by Anthony Luvera
Exhibition, Snow Hill Square, Birmingham, 14th September – 13th October 2022
Generations by Julian Germain
Exhibited in the public realm 27 May – 30 Sept 2022, in partnership with Multistory, part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival
GENERATIONS by Julian Germain
New writing by Anneka French
Faces Of 2022, Exhibition
by Maryam Wahid, Perry Barr Train Station till 10th July, Grosvenor Rd Studios till 11th August, Birmingham 2022 Festival
Yan Wang Preston, Photographers Talk
In partnership with Coventry University, 31st March, 6 PM, Zoom, £3 / £5
Tom Hunter, Photographers Talk
In partnership with Coventry University, 21st March, 6 PM, Zoom, £3 / £5
Faces of 2022
Birmingham 2022 Festival
GENERATIONS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Bursary Opportunities
The Rural Gaze
£30.00 + £5.00 Postage
Vanessa Winship, Photographers Talk
3rd February, 6 PM, Zoom, £3 / £5
Photo Play
In partnership with Appetite
Online Photo Café
SHOUT Festival, Holly Revell & Laura Chen, 18th November, 6PM, Zoom
Chloe Dewe Mathews, Photographers Talk
26th October, 6 PM, Zoom, £3 / £5
Agency by Anthony Luvera
Fri 08 Oct - Thu 28 Oct 2021 on Warwick Row, Coventry
De’Anne Crooks
GRAIN Bursary 2021
Coventry; Visual Stories
by Asia, Aya, Daleen and Mohsin
Coventry; Visual Stories
by Charlotte, Ellie, Jamie, Janson, Prash and Thomas
The Rural Gaze, Symposium
Friday 21st May 2021, recording available to purchase
Open Call for Socially Engaged Photographer-in-Residence in Stoke town, (over 2 years)
Deadline to apply May 26th 2021
Open Call for Socially Engaged Photographer-in-Residence in Coventry (1 year)
Deadline to apply May 26th 2021
Edgar Martins in conversation with Koestler Arts Trust and Grapevine
14th April 2021 2.00 – 3.30pm
Covid 19; A Year Lived
FORMAT Festival, Exhibition
What Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, 15th Jan - 18th April 2021
Veterans Workshops
Supported by At Home with Appetite
Picturing England’s High Streets – Historic England
A three year project which will deliver six photographer-in-residence programmes at six high street locations across England
What Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase
Edgar Martins, Artist Talks
Familiar Faces by Adina Lawrence
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Friday 29 January until Sunday 1 August, Collaboration with Appetite
A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY
A Participatory Talk by Tristan Poyser, 29 December at 7pm
Shropshire Youth Workshops
In partnership with The Hive
Covid-19 Responses
Commissions & Bursaries
Covid-19 Responses, Birmingham
Commission & Bursaries
Covid-19 Responses, Stoke-on-Trent
Bursaries
Celebrating Age
A Collaboration with Lench's Trust & Kate Peters
Online Portfolio Review Day
Saturday 3rd October , 10 AM - 4 PM, via Zoom
Decolonising The Gaze
Online Symposium with Arpita Shah, Maryam Wahid and Nilupa Yasmin with academic and writer Caroline Molloy.
GRAIN PORTFOLIO AWARD AT FORMAT FESTIVAL 2020
Awarded to Oliver Raymond Barker
Open Call
2020 Commissions & Bursaries
Clare Hewitt
GRAIN Bursary Award – new work on isolation and loneliness working collaboratively with individuals and a woodland of trees.
Andy Pilsbury, GRAIN Photobook Bursary
Awarded for The Flesh and The Fantasy, five stories connected through American culture in the UK
Rural: Commissions & Collaborations
10 projects commissioned in collaboration with rural communities across the Midlands
New Narratives
Collaboration with Tasweerghar (Pakistan) and Pathshala (Bangladesh) part of Transforming Narratives
International Bursary: Awarded to Laura Dicken
GRAIN Projects and New Art West Midlands £2000 Bursary
Witty Photographers
GRAIN worked with a group of young people from the rural town of Whitchurch, Shropshire.
‘Arenig’ by Matthew Murray
The new work will feature an engagement programme including workshops, masterclasses and a photo walk.
‘Made in Brixton’ by Nilupa Yasmin
GRAIN & Photofusion Residency & Exhibition | September - 20th November 2019 | London
‘Too Rich a Soil’
Arpita Shah, Maryam Wahid & Nilupa Yasmin | Exhibition | The New Art Gallery Walsall | 15th Nov 2019 – 19th April 2020
SIXTEEN
Exhibition | 4th October - 11th November | Promenade outside Birmingham City University & Millenium Point
The State Of Photography
Symposium, 11th October 2019, Birmingham City University
East Meets West Masterclass Programme 2019/20
Submission Deadline: Midnight September 22nd 2019
GRAIN Paid Internship
6 Months June - November
Settling; Exploring Human Migration, Sam Ivin
Exhibition | The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery | 17 May - 22nd September 2019
‘When The Golden Sun Is Sinking’, Indre Serpytyte
Exhibition | Rugby Art Gallery & Museum | 7 May – 22 June 2019
Photography For Whom?
Edited by Anthony Luvera and supported by GRAIN Projects and Multistory.
Portfolio Review Day in Partnership with Multistory
Saturday 29th June | 10am - 5pm | Wesley Methodist Church
GRAIN Portfolio Award at FORMAT Festival 2019
Awarded to Sophie Gerrard
East Meets West Exhibition
Format Festival 15th March - 14th April, Quad & The Eagle Market
What Photography has in Common with an Empty Vase by Edgar Martins
Format Festival 15th March - 14th April, Quad
GRAIN Bursary Award 2019
The bursary offers an award of £2,000 to support the making of new work in the rural West Midlands.
The Face Of Suffrage, Talks Programme
21st November Helen Marshall, 12th December Dr Nicola Gauld, 10th January Anand Chhabra & Geoff Broadway
What Photography and Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase
A Symposium on Incarceration, Absence, Photography and Fiction.
Sixteen ; Working with Photographer Kate Peters
Led by Open Eye, a project that opens up conversations with young people about their hopes and fears.
THE FACE OF SUFFRAGE
A new large scale art installation to celebrate 100 years of Votes for Women by Helen Marshall
Settling
New Work by Sam Ivin
GRAIN Talks Programme
Photographers Talks Announced
Inverted landscapes
Camera Obscura by David Bethell
Photographers’ Talks
GRAIN is pleased to announce three new Photographers' Talks dates
Noises
Exhibition by Lua Ribeira at Argentea Gallery
Indre Serpytyte
Research and Commission
Sacred Things: Elalmadinah … To The City
An exhibition by Liz Hingley - Artist Talk date announced
Saddleworth
Responding to a Landscape, by Matthew Murray
GRAIN Portfolio Development Day
At The Herbert Museum and Art Gallery, Coventry
Responding to a Landscape
Symposium at mac In association with the Matthew Murray exhibition
SETTLING
Residency led by Sam Ivin, a collaboration with Appetite
GRAIN and Engine Bursary
Awarded to Lily Wales
Photography Residency
Awarded to Sam Ivin
The State of Photography II
A Symposium event on Fri 16th Jun 2017
ENGINE AND GRAIN BURSARY AWARD
A joint professional development bursary of £1,000
GRAIN Portfolio Award
Awarded to Jessa Fairbrother at Format Festival
EVOLUTION Explored
Magnum Photos Exhibition, Shrewsbury
The Fireside and the Sanctuary
New work by Mark Wright at Format International Photography Festival 2017
GRAIN Bursary 2017
Awarded to Caitriona Dunnett
Redeye’s Speed Networking
Designed to take the fear out of networking for Photographers and Artirts
Dimitri Haddad;
International Residency Exchange Artist
Hothouse Birmingham
GRAIN is delighted to be working in collaboration with Redeye
GRAIN Bursary
Apply now for a bursary that supports artistic development
EAST MEETS WEST
Exhibition of Contemporary Photography and Moving Image
GRAIN Portfolio Development Day
Delivered at and in partnership with mac
GRAIN Audience Development Survey and Strategy
Thank you to everyone who contributed
International Photography Residency
Successful applicant Anneka French announced
Kern Baby, A Child For Sacrifice
Faye Claridge Library of Birmingham 11 March – 7 June 2016
Spirit is a Bone
Broomberg & Chanarin commission
Responding to the Archive
GRAIN initiated professional development activities
In Camera: Mat Collishaw
18 September 2015 – 10 January 2016 The Gallery, Library of Birmingham
ALBUM 31
Exhibition 19 June - 29 August 2015, Library of Birmingham Gallery
Faye Claridge Residency
and co-commission with Library of Birmingham and Compton Verney
Grain Publication
Marking 2 years of ambitious activity
Mining the Archive
A collaboration with The Swarm and University of Birmingham Digital Humanities Hub
5 PLUS 5
An exhibition partnership with IED MADRID, curated by Moritz Neumüller
The State of Photography Symposium
23rd January 2015 at Library of Birmingham
I Sell the Shadow to Save the Substance
Lucy Hutchinson Exhibition
The City of Six Towns
Mark Power, Exhibition 18 Nov - 20 Feb
GRAIN Photography Practice and Support
Professional Development Opportunities in collaboration with regional partners
Magnum Photos Symposium
Hosted at Library of Birmingham with Magnum Photographer Olivia Arthur
Guangzhou Exchange
Artists Exchange and Exhibition Guangzhou Library
EMPIRE: Jon Tonks
Co-commissioned and co-produced touring photography exhibition
PLANE MATERIALS
Co-commission for Brighton Photo Biennial 2014
Mat Collishaw Commission
New artist co-commission with The New Art Gallery Walsall
After the Image
Exhibiting at UNSEEN Photo Fair
GRAIN Growth
Business Development
NPS6
Hosted at Library of Birmingham
NEWFOTOSCAPES
A GRAIN Research Partnership - book now available
The Photographers’ Wall
a space in the Library of Birmingham dedicated to photography and photographers
Mining the Archive: Exploring the Intentional and Unintentional Archive
Collaborative Arts Triple Helix Research and Development Project
Photography And The Archive
A GRAIN research partnership
GRAIN Audience Development Survey
GRAIN conducts the largest regional survey of photography
The Black Kingdom – Brian Griffin
GRAIN is delighted to have been a partner in THE BLACK KINGDOM project with Dewi Lewis Publishing.
GRAIN prize winner
Andrea Meichsner wins new GRAIN Library of Birmingham photography prize at FORMAT
Format Exposure Prize
GRAIN is sponsoring a new prize, at FORMAT EXPOSURE.
Findings
by Tom Hunter
