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BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES SEEKS COMMON GROUND WITH THE WEST MIDLANDS
INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY RESEARCH PROJECT LAUNCH
As part of its three years to go celebrations, the team behind Birmingham 2022 is dialling up the countdown to the Commonwealth Games by rolling out an art-led community research project that aims to connect communities across the West Midlands.
Birmingham 2022 is staging an innovative research project called Common Ground, which will visit nine locations across the region throughout June and July, inviting people to have a conversation about the Games and to explore how Birmingham 2022 can benefit their community and create a legacy in the region.
Featuring local artist illustrators Room 0121 and Void One who will be joined by a team of researchers, Common Ground hopes to engage local people to explore how they feel the Games can bring people together and provide a catalyst for change to benefit them and others living in their local area. The findings will be used by the artists to create a visual interpretation of the conversations, as they happen, at each location.
Common Ground will conclude with an exciting Birmingham 2022 milestone, an event called Commonwealth Social, taking in Birmingham city centre on Saturday 27 July. The
Commonwealth Social will mark the momentous milestone of three years to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in 2022 by uniting the people of the city and the region, who are pivotal in helping to shape Birmingham’s Games. The Commonwealth Social will also reveal the new Birmingham 2022 brand identity, which has been co-created with local communities across the West Midlands to truly reflect the region.
Common Ground will take place in the following locations on the dates below:
Saturday 22 June Cannock Cannock Shopping Centre Saturday 6 July Coventry Broadgate Sunday 7 July Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Food & Drink Festival Friday 12 July Stourbridge Ryemarket Shopping Centre Saturday 13 July West Brom Sandwell Arts Café, New Square Sunday 14 July Sutton Coldfield Community Games - Wyndley Leisure Centre Wednesday 17 July Solihull Touchwood Shopping Centre Saturday 20 July Walsall Saddlers Shopping Centre Saturday 27 July Birmingham City Centre – Centenary Square