

Digbeth Art Space: #artforhunger
Over the last 18 months, we have been developing Digbeth Art Space in the Zellig Building, Custard Factory, bringing Digbeth a quirky and collective art shop and market as well as a diverse gallery supporting local artists! We have grown a community of over 200 artists and brought Digbeth over 15 art exhibitions. Digbeth Art Space has one mission, to provide accessible art that welcomes all communities to enjoy and engage with. Having closed in March and postponed 5 exhibitio


discern: a tomas rowell exhibition
We are pleased to welcome our next artist; Tomas Rowell to Digbeth Art Space with his new exhibition: discern, previewing on Friday 21st June from 18:00 to 20:30. Tomas has exhibited in London, Leeds, Manchester and other parts of the UK and we are delighted to be hosting his Birmingham debut. There will live pieces created daily from Monday 17th and Friday 21st June between 17:00 and 20:30 and please feel free to join us. In his own words, Tomas talks about his background,

Digbeth Arts Market: First 2019 Dates
January is nearly behind us and the snow is holding off (or have we spoken to soon!). The DAM FAM have been working flat out to get our new arts space office/shop together in Digbeth Arts Space, Zellig, Gibb Street, Digbeth (next door to the Custard Factory). Digbeth Arts Market will now be permanently based in the arts space office, which will also be used as a shop on a periodic basis adding a new dimension to what we do. The new arts space/shop will present a fantastic opp


Highlights of DAM at Symphony Hall 'Inside Out'
Many legends have performed at Symphony Hall over the years and now Digbeth Arts Market has too! Five of our super-talented artists took part in the Inside Out Festival that gives members of the public the chance to go behind the scenes at the venue such as the dressing rooms and orchestra pit. Even the loading bays have stages and street food aplenty. That Bloke Wilson was on top form literally as his magical orchestra decorated Level 5 of the venue. This is no bittersweet s


DAM Live Art at Symphony Hall Inside Out
The incredible projects for Digbeth Arts Market keep rolling in! This could be one of our best events yet! Symphony Hall is opening up all it's areas to the public including backstage areas such as the dressing rooms and the orchestra pit as it goes 'Inside Out' for it's free festival in July. DAM is going to be there only on Saturday 21st from 10am to 5pm but there events such as a silent disco the night before. Our founder Kay Fisher will be there on the day to curate 5 of

Live Art To Star At Digbeth Dining Club!
Digbeth Arts Market is pioneering a new live art event with Digbeth Dining Club on Sat 14th April to engage the local community with its stunning array of artists in a day full of thrilling art experiences. Street art legends will team up with Instagram sensations, pop culture maestros and an exquisite origami jeweller maker to deliver an incredible live art event for
spectators. Instagram star Emre Süner aka Mr Creative who has 84k followers will be exhibiting his series of

DAM Artists Starring at This Is Street
This Easter Sunday Digbeth Arts Market is rocking up to Digbeth Dining Club for the first street closure of the year. The This Is Street festival is a collaboration between DDC and MOHO and is celebrating street culture including food, art, fashion and music. The festival is on from 12pm until late with early bird tickets at £5 and on the door at £8. Tickets here Koo Arts DAM are going to have an incredible 6 stalls there including a DAM shop stocking artists unable to sell o


International Women's Day With Google Digital Garage
We were extremely honoured when Google's Digital Garage team in Birmingham asked our founder Kay Fisher (second from the right) to be a speaker at their #IamRemarkable evening to celebrate International Women's Day on the 8th March. (Photo by Maria Dhanoa) Simone Robinson and those ace Google trainers brought together seven remarkable and inspiring women to celebrate their outstanding stories and to help others achieve their goals with a workshop and panel discussion. Other s


Longbridge Market Highlights
Our first market of the year was at Longbridge last Saturday with the awesome Digbeth Dining Club and we got off to a flyer with 9 traders going down a storm including 4 new traders making their DAM debut. Tim Kong's illustrations are absolutely fantastic with most created from his own imagination and a few inspired by his favourite games such as the ace one above. Fox Soup had some brilliant new cards for sale as well as their ace beanies and tees. My Vintage Prints had an e