Creative Cultures
Research
Inspiring innovation
Our creative cultures research is focused on exploring the role of creativity in society. We are dedicated to fostering creativity in education, shaping environments to thrive and innovate. Intersecting digital technology with artistic practices, we ensure that culture is preserved for future generations whilst pushing the boundaries of expression.
Preserving Culture
Through collaborations with local organisations and innovative projects, we play a key role in shaping Birmingham's vibrant cultural landscape. We are boosting local culture by blending arts, heritage, and design with digital technology, helping to preserve Birmingham's rich history while pushing its creative scene forward.
Small Performances
Contributing substantially to the history of printing technology, investigating the typographic punches of John Baskerville.
Find out moreFASHION POLICE
Exploring the evolution of police uniforms with the West Midlands Police Museum to create a digitised collection.
Find out moreAural Histories of Coventry
Exploring the experience of music in late-medieval Coventry, through recordings of its lost performing spaces.
Find out moreCreaTech Frontiers
CreaTech Frontiers is a 5-year £6.74million project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), aiming to drive research and development, business innovation and skills and playing an instrumental role within the creative industries ecosystem across the West Midlands.
Art, Architecture and Design Research
Our research is firmly anchored in the belief that creative practice in art, architecture, and design matters and that it can make a difference in transforming individuals, communities, and society.
Projects
Jewellery Quarter Common Room
Establishing a Cultural Action Area to support regeneration of the Jewellery Quarter.
Discover projectCreativity Collaboratives
Empowering schools to integrate creative teaching styles into their lessons.
Discover projectEvaluating the Birmingham Arts School Model
Expanding access to high-quality arts education in Birmingham.
Discover project40 Years on Gender Equality
Exploring the role of arts and culture in local politics and activism of women in the mid-1980s.
Discover projectSouth Asian Cinema Research
Exploring the impact of video online distribution on South Asian independent films.
Discover projectNo11: Know your place
Harnessing the No11 bus route as a means of uncovering Birmingham’s often overlooked landscape.
Discover projectEastside Projects
Eastside Projects is a long ranging project funded by Arts Council England to make art public in Birmingham. It has expanded beyond an art gallery to apply our distinctive, artist-centred processes to offsite contexts, with a focus on Birmingham and the West Midlands.