The Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Birmingham is a vibrant city in the English county of the West Midlands, it is an incredibly popular destination for short city breaks. The city has a great number of superb visitor attractions including a great many Grade I Listed churches and historic houses as well as many museums and galleries, including Birmingham's Ikon Gallery.
Birmingham's Ikon Gallery is a contemporary art gallery which is situated in the building which was once the Oozells Street Board School in Brindleyplace, but it wasn't always so suitably housed.
The gallery was founded in the year nineteen sixty four by four artists and Angus Skene. The four artists were; Robert Groves, Jesse Bruton, Sylvani Merilion and Robert Groves. Angus had acquired a piece of art by David Prentice and the pair of them discussed the endless problems suffered by local artists, including the extreme lack of venues and general support. The discussion led to the creation of Ikon which was to be a "gallery without walls".
Skene provided the initial funds for the project, which consisted of mobile exhibitions in such varied locations as post offices and cinemas in a motorcycle sidecar, the idea being to make art more accessible to the general public. In order to keep the overheads down staffing duties was by the family, friends and the founding artists who did not charge. In 1965 the Ikon Gallery was given a glass walled kiosk in the famous Bull Ring shopping centre.
During the next two decades the Ikon Gallery moved from place to place until 1997 when it bought, with aid from the National Lottery, its present premises, the former Oozells Street Board School. recently the Ikon Gallery has put on a number of exhibitions and its continuous ability to excel has led to it becoming immensely popular, to such a degree that in 2006 it opened a further gallery, the Ikon Eastside in Digbeth.
If you are planning a short break in Birmingham try to allow time to visit the Gallery. Also it is important to know that although there are many hotels in Birmingham finding bed and breakfast in Birmingham can at times be rather difficult. Because of this it is crucially important to book your accommodation at the earliest opportunity. You will need to know that the nearest airport is approximately eight miles from the the city center just off the A45, near the M42. You will easily find a useful number of guest houses and hotels nearby the airport.
Birmingham's Ikon Gallery is a contemporary art gallery which is situated in the building which was once the Oozells Street Board School in Brindleyplace, but it wasn't always so suitably housed.
The gallery was founded in the year nineteen sixty four by four artists and Angus Skene. The four artists were; Robert Groves, Jesse Bruton, Sylvani Merilion and Robert Groves. Angus had acquired a piece of art by David Prentice and the pair of them discussed the endless problems suffered by local artists, including the extreme lack of venues and general support. The discussion led to the creation of Ikon which was to be a "gallery without walls".
Skene provided the initial funds for the project, which consisted of mobile exhibitions in such varied locations as post offices and cinemas in a motorcycle sidecar, the idea being to make art more accessible to the general public. In order to keep the overheads down staffing duties was by the family, friends and the founding artists who did not charge. In 1965 the Ikon Gallery was given a glass walled kiosk in the famous Bull Ring shopping centre.
During the next two decades the Ikon Gallery moved from place to place until 1997 when it bought, with aid from the National Lottery, its present premises, the former Oozells Street Board School. recently the Ikon Gallery has put on a number of exhibitions and its continuous ability to excel has led to it becoming immensely popular, to such a degree that in 2006 it opened a further gallery, the Ikon Eastside in Digbeth.
If you are planning a short break in Birmingham try to allow time to visit the Gallery. Also it is important to know that although there are many hotels in Birmingham finding bed and breakfast in Birmingham can at times be rather difficult. Because of this it is crucially important to book your accommodation at the earliest opportunity. You will need to know that the nearest airport is approximately eight miles from the the city center just off the A45, near the M42. You will easily find a useful number of guest houses and hotels nearby the airport.
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