Students’ artwork completes city road scheme

Two giant illuminated structures made of glass and stainless steel will be installed on either side of a Wolverhampton city centre street to create an eye-catching gateway entrance.
The impressive design is the brainchild of University of Wolverhampton student Julia Rowley. It will be erected on Stafford Street at its junction with the Ring Road. The [...]

Poetry Please! at Arena Theatre

Wendy Cope, the most popular poet requested on BBC Radio 4’s Poetry Please! programme, will appear at Wolverhampton’s Arena Theatre on Saturday, June 2, at 4pm.
Her books have sold in the hundreds of thousands and she has delighted audiences the length of Britain and abroad since her astonishing debut collection Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis [...]

Rugs designed by students at John Lewis

School of Art and Design students were invited to submit designs to a competition organised by rug suppliers Hill & Co. Their brief was to create something floral.
In May last year, Nicola Gidlow, the Rug Buyer at John Lewis, was invited by Hill & Co to judge the competition and to choose one winner. But [...]

Forth-coming events for Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Family Fiesta: Jamaican Independence Day: 06/08, 11am-12.30pm
Try your hand at printing colourful designs then see your work exhibited in the Gallery’s meeting room.

Pop Paper 3- Ds: 10/08, 1pm-2.30pm
Create and decorate your own triangular 3-D sculpture, inspired by the Pop Art Gallery.

Pakistani Independence Day: 14/08, 11am-12.30pm
Try your hand at printing colourful designs then see your work [...]

Firm’s Genesis DVD deal joy

DVD and video production firm Motionworks won an exclusive contract to go behind-the-scenes with Genesis ahead of their comeback tour.
Footage by the Wolverhampton firm should be used as part of the extra features on a forthcoming Genesis concert DVD.
The business, based at Wolverhampton Science Park, was set up two years ago by 23-year-old Christopher Hood [...]

Scott Matthews wins Ivor Novello award

Wolverhampton’s Scott Matthews, won the award for ‘best song musically and lyrically’ at the Ivor Novello awards on the 24/05, for his single ‘Elusive’. The single originally only reached No 56 but will be re-released 18/06.
Scott, originally from Penn, had previously performed music for Zip Theatre and put on music workshops in schools.
Past winners of [...]