NEW SHOP! PRINTED ZINES NOW AVAILABLE! POSTED TO YOUR DOOR!

NEW SHOP! PRINTED ZINES NOW AVAILABLE! POSTED TO YOUR DOOR!

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NEW! grasruts ISSUE 11

Welcome to grasruts zine, a place that offers West Midland based artists a platform to meet and grow. Our mission is to give space to emerging creatives across all art disciplines. Founded in 2023 by two students from Coventry University, we are a growing community and platform publishing a quarterly edition on line and in print, producing eleven issues and hosting two annual events - proudly supporting over a hundred West Midland creatives to date working in fields such as sculpture, fibre art, drawing, painting, photography, poetry, performance and music.

If you are a creative, artist or musician and would like to be involved in future events, share your work or promote yourself through grasruts contact us now!

grasruts is run by volunteers and we fund our print run through donations, if you would like to donate visit our go fund me page or contact us. We want to continue providing grasruts as a free resource to artists because we believe that creativity should be nurtured from the roots…

Cover of Blue Skies Issue December 2023, titled 'West Midlands Art News from the Skies,' featuring a blue sky with clouds. Text lists contents including reviews and articles by Jo Gane, Chao Yang & Yi Zhang, and Victoria d-Harding.
Cover of Grads' Ruts issue 3 from August 2023, featuring yellow and white crochet flowers, a yellow fabric choker with decorative metallic leaves, and yellow ribbon decorations. The text on the cover includes titles and author names: 'the yellow one,' 'JLE,' 'Vikki Skinner,' 'LTB Showrooms,' and 'Tammy Woodrow.'
Magazine cover titled 'grad's ruts,' Issue 1 June 2023, with the subtitle 'West Midlands Art News from the Ground.' The cover features a large green butterfly or moth and a peach-colored fruit or vegetable in a grassy area. It lists artists' names: Karla Black, Tammy Woodrow, Jessica Timmis, Rob Hamp, and Andi.
Green grass with event details overlaid, advertising an expo for grass and nuts scheduled from February 24 to February 29, 2024, with specific times listed.
Event flyer with colorful background of fallen rose petals and plants, announcing a graffiti art exhibition and performance at the Jackdaw with Crowbar, featuring artist Louis B & Fiendz, scheduled for July 25, 2023, at 7 pm to late, with various details.