Friday Photo by Karen Strunks

25 September 2009
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Ikon by Karen Strunks 

This beautiful building on Oozells Square, just off Broad Street,  was originally a Victorian boarding school.  At other points it became a college and then a furniture store for Birmingham City Council. It was all set for demolition in the 90′s, but it’s life was saved and has been home to the Ikon gallery since 1998.

From the Ikon website: The gallery features temporary exhibitions over two floors totalling 450m². A variety of media is represented, including sound, film, mixed media, photography, painting, sculpture and installation. Click here to find out about current and forthcoming exhibitions.

They have a full and varied programme of exhibitions, and it’s definitely worth popping along!

See you next Friday :)

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  • Jack Kirby

    It was a Board School, not a boarding school. Board Schools were set up by locally elected School Boards established by the 1870 Education Act; the Boards were the forerunner of modern Local Education Authorities.

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