Symposium -'Metal'

Capsule & BCAP bring you:

METAL - A symposium to celebrate and explore the West Midlands musical heritage.

Key Speakers:

Jim Simpson - Black Sabbaths manager for their first 3 albums

Edwin Pouncey aka Savage Pencil - renowned music journalist and cartoonist

Mark Titchner - Turner Prize nominee 2006

Nicholas Bullen - Originator of Napalm Death/Scorn

Chair - Tony Sylvester

Friday 13th July
registration 4.459m
start 5.00pm - 9.00pm
@ New Art Gallery Walsall . Gallery Square . Walsall . WS2 8LG
http://www.artatwalsall.org.uk/

Booking Info: £5 www.ticketweb.co.uk or Limited places available free to Supersonic weekend ticket holders but must be booked via email by 6th July: metal@capsule.org.uk

This event is supported by Black Country Arts Partnership
*PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS IN A DIFFERENT VENUE TO THE MAIN FESTIVAL SEE BELOW FOR DIRECTIONS

Directions to New Art Gallery Walsall

Getting Here

How to get to The New Art Gallery Walsall by car and park!
The Short Stay Car Park, Crown Wharf and Retail Park has 4 hrs maximum stay and is 100 metres from The New Art Gallery.

The Long Stay Car Park, Day St Car Park has unlimited time is 500 metres from The New Art Gallery.

Most of the other Walsall town centre car parks, both long and short stay, are no more than 500 metres from The New Art Gallery.Link to map of Walsall and The Gallery Location.

From M6 Junction 10
Follow 454 (Wolverhampton Rd) heading towards Walsall town centre.

For short stay car park turn right to follow the brown 'New Art Gallery' sign to Crown Wharf and Retail park. You will see The New Art Gallery in front of you.

For the long stay car park turn left to follow the brown 'The New Art Gallery/Leather Museum' signs straight across traffic lights and round the one way system to the Long Stay Day St Car Park signs. Walk to town centre from there.

From M6 Junction 7
Follow A34 to Walsall for two miles.

Turn right at the first roundabout following the brown 'The New Art Gallery/Leather Museum' signs around the ring road to long stay parking on right Day Street Long Stay Car Park. Walk to Town Centre from here.

For Short Stay parking continue past the Long Stay Car Park turning right following the M6, M5 signs. Straight across the next traffic lights following the M6, M5 signs. Then turn left to follow the brown 'The New Art Gallery' sign to Crown Wharf and Retail Park. You will see The New Art Gallery in front of you.

From M6 Junction 9
Follow A461 to Walsall.

Follow A4148 at first traffic light to Ring Rd following the brown 'The New Art Gallery/Leather Museum' signs around the Ring Road to long stay parking on right Day Street Long Stay Car Park. Walk to Town Centre from here.

For Short Stay parking continue past the Long Stay Car Park turning right following the M6, M5 signs. Straight across the next traffic lights following the M6 M5 signs. Then turn left to follow the brown 'The New Art Gallery' sign to Crown Wharf and Retail Park. You will see The New Art Gallery in front of you.

From Lichfield
Follow the A461 from Lichfield to Walsall.

From the large Walsall roundabout turn right following the brown 'The New Art Gallery/Leather Museum' signs around the ring road to Long Stay parking on the right, Day Street Long Stay Car Park. Walk to Town Centre from here.

For Short Stay parking continue past the Long Stay Car Park turning right following the M6, M5 signs. Straight across the next traffic lights following the M6, M5 signs. Then turn left to follow the brown 'The New Art Gallery' sign to Crown Wharf and Retail Park. You will see The New Art Gallery in front of you.

From M6 Toll Junction T7
Follow the A34 through Bloxwich to Walsall town centre traffic lights.

For Long Stay Car Park turn left to follow 'The New Art Gallery/Leather Museum' signs around the one way system to Day Street Long Stay parking on right. Walk to town centre from there.

For short Stay Car Parking turn right at town centre traffic lights following the brown sign to 'The New Art Gallery' At the next traffic lights turn left following the brown 'The New Art Gallery' sign to Crown Wharf and Retail Park on your left. You will see The New Art Gallery in front of you.

From Birmingham AirportBirmingham International Airport is less than 15 miles away from Walsall, with frequent connecting flights to London and other national and international airports

Or phone Birmingham Airport ++44 (0) 8707335511

By Train
Walsall Station is only a few minutes walk away from the Gallery ( Trains to and from Birmingham New Street, approximately 25 min.). For national rail enquiries: Phone from UK 08457 48 49 50
from Outside UK 0044 8457 48 49 50

By Bus
New Art Gallery is only a few minutes walk from Walsall's New Bus Station, which is in St Paul's Street.

Centro Hotline 0121 2002700

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