The Public is committed to delivering high quality, innovative and locally relevant arts programming, and providing the platform for emerging artists to display work alongside those with international reputations.

 

Current / Forthcoming

  • Head On
    Permanent exhibition
    Tue, 31 Jan
    10.00am - 5.00pm
    Free
    Use your mobile phone to become part of an interactive piece of art!
  • Bandwidth
    Permanent exhibition
    Wed, 1 Feb
    10.00am - 5.00pm
    Free
    A new installation by American artist Josh Nimoy
  • Traces
    30 May to 9 Sept (Wed - Sun)
    Mon, 28 May - Sun, 9 Sep
    10.00am - 5.00pm
    Free
    Using the Xbox Kinect camera and custom software to visualise form and motion
  • Noisy Table
    30 May to 9 Sept (Wed - Sun)
    Tue, 29 May - Sun, 9 Sep
    10.00am - 5.00pm
    Free
    A table-tennis, game-instrument hybrid!
  • Cyclomation
    30 May to 9 Sept (Wed - Sun)
    Tue, 29 May - Sun, 9 Sep
    10.00am - 5.00pm
    Free
    Pedal powered interactive animation powered by you
 

ART OF ARCHITECTURE - 27 January 2012 - 20 May 2012

A series of exhibitions that looks at how artists engage with the built environment and how artists influence the world around us.

The exhibition will include the work of Interior Design as well as the return to West Bromwich of Will Alsop, the original architect of the building. Further highlights include video work from acclaimed film makers Harrison and Wood, suspended sculptural forms from Heather and Ivan Morrison and photography from Andy Day and Rick Davies.

ART OF MOTION - 30 May 2012 - 9 September 2012

A series of interactive exhibitions exploring movement and how the body can be used to make artwork electronically.