the words weren't mine

Built 1966-70 to designs by architects Diamond Redfern and Partners, Wolverhampton is an exceptional example of a post-war art school and one that played a central role in the rise of the British black art movement. In October 1982 it was the location of the First National Black Art Convention, where many of the most celebrated British artists of the last four decades congregated to discuss what black art was for in the early part of the Thatcher era. read more

IMAGE: Nich Hance McElroy