Balsall Heath Second Saturday

The Second Saturday of the Month

Category: Afternoon

  • Create your own canvas: Calligraphy from the Ka’ba

    Create your own canvas: Calligraphy from the Ka’ba

    As part of our upcoming exhibition Fabric of Faith: the Arts & Textiles of the Hajj (EXHIBITION – Fabric of Faith: the Arts & Textiles of the Hajj | MIAH Foundation) and in conjunction with Balsall Heath Second Saturday, join us at the MIAH foundation to create a calligraphy composition on a canvas in a relaxed and creative setting.

    You will have the opportunity to use one of the original Kiswa panels on display, from the late 19th century, as a template to create your composition. We will use gesso (a white primer) to create a raised design and cover it using imitation gold leaf, reflecting the aesthetics of the original piece.

    The workshop is suitable for adults and children (13+).

    Ticket price: £17.50 (+ ticket fees)

    All materials will be provided, and no prior experience is necessary.

    Image reference; late 19th-century Kiswa panel from the Ka’ba. Copyright reserved to MIAH Foundation.

    (Booking link below)

    https://miahfoundation.com/events/create-your-own-canvas-calligraphy-from-the-kaba
  • Sustainable Textile Jewellery with Mahawa

    Sustainable Textile Jewellery with Mahawa

    Learn to make sustainable textile jewellery with Mahawa from award-winning Mansading Textile. Inspired by a traditional African wrapping technique. Preserving traditional hand textile skills and using up waste fabrics and yarn, you will create a beautiful necklace or bracelet to wear or gift.

  • Birmingham Resistance Library

    Our next Browse, Borrow & Return day is on Saturday 12th April 📕 It will coincide with Balsall Heath Second Saturday (@balsallheathsecondsaturday) so there will be lots going on throughout the day @oldprintworksbrum and locally!

    All BRL activities will take place in the Drawing Room @oldprintworksbrum unless stated otherwise

    Browse, Borrow & Return
    Explore the Birmingham Resistance Library collection and borrow a book. No membership required. You can browse the catalogue in advance online too at www.birminghamresistancelibrary.co.uk (link in bio)
    1-5 pm

    Design and Colour in a Bookmark
    Drop-in activity suitable for all ages
    1-5pm

    REC’s Community Pop-up DVD Library
    Radical Exhibition Collective’s (@radicalexhibition) community DVD library has been created with the intent to increase access to independent film and moving image in Birmingham. With a focus on platforming subaltern expression and films that may be unavailable to freely stream, rent or find online, REC’s pop-up DVD library recognises the value film holds in the cultural sphere and seeks to address gaps in engaging with it.
    1-5pm

    Watch and Reflect
    Switching up the usual Read and Reflect format, REC will be hosting a ‘Watch and Reflect’ session, curating clips from some of their favourite films to facilitate discussions around the value of film in conversations around resistance, representation and the importance of congregative spaces.
    5-6pm

    Book Return💫
    If you’ve borrowed a book from the library, please remember to return it this upcoming Browse, Borrow & Return session

    Donations✨
    Donate a book on the day, link in bio for our wish list or donate a book related to ‘resistance’ that you have read and recommend.

    About REC
    @radicalexhibition
    Radical Exhibition Collective is a film collective with the aim to support the development of access to film culture in Birmingham. Through diasporic programming and centring subaltern expression, REC seeks to increase access to independent, archival and experimental film and moving image. They recognise the potential of film watching spaces as sites of resistance, community gathering and a tool for collective liberation.

  • Do Make Say Ink x Kings Heath Action for Refugees

    Do Make Say Ink x Kings Heath Action for Refugees

    12 onwards

    Screen printing drop in. Come and create a screen printed poster celebrating Birmingham as a welcoming city and place of refuge. Cut out your own shapes to use, or use some of our own. All materials provided.

    Free/donation to Kings Heath Action for Refugees.

  • Sundragon Pottery Workshop

    Sundragon Pottery Workshop

    Sundragon pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday – come and get friendly with clay!

    Drop in – free/donation

  • Cookery club – tasting 3 falafel recipes

    Cookery club – tasting 3 falafel recipes

    Come and join the cookery club at The MIX Cafe and taste three different falafel recipes, with Gold and Black Coffee

  • Collage gift box workshop

    Collage gift box workshop

    11am – 1pm

    Come and make a sturdy beautiful collage gift box. All welcome. No prior experience required.

  • Do Make Say Ink x Kings Heath Action for Refugees

    Do Make Say Ink x Kings Heath Action for Refugees

    12 onwards

    Screen printing drop in. Come and create a screen printed poster celebrating Birmingham as a welcoming city and place of refuge. Cut out your own shapes to use, or use some of our own. All materials provided.

    Free/donation to Kings Heath Action for Refugees.

  • Sundragon Pottery Workshop

    Sundragon Pottery Workshop

    Sundragon pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday – come and get friendly with clay!

    Drop in – free/donation

  • Painting the Damascus Rose on Ceramics

    Painting the Damascus Rose on Ceramics

    12.00pm- 2:00pm | MIAH Gallery

    Join us for an afternoon of painting the Damascus Rose on your own ceramic charger or bowl while you learn about the story and symbolism of this beautiful flower. At the end of the session, you can take home your own ceramic to decorate your home or contain your favourite items.

    Who is this course for? All levels of ability are welcome. Suitable for adults and children aged 9+ years. All materials are provided.

    More information and book here: https://miahfoundation.com/events/painting-the-damascus-rose-on-ceramics

  • Birmingham resistance Library

    Birmingham resistance Library

    The next Browse, Borrow & Return day is on November 9th in The Drawiing Room at The Old Print Works

    Browse, Borrow & Return✨
    Explore the Birmingham Resistance Library collection and borrow a book. No membership required. You can browse the catalogue in advance online too at birminghamresistancelibrary.co.uk
    1-5 pm

    Design and Colour in a Bookmark✨
    Drop-in activity suitable for all ages
    1-5 pm

    The Trinity of Fundamentals Reading Group ✨
    Led by @pymbritain
    2-4 pm @the____gap Basement

    Read and Reflect Circle✨
    Led by @pymbritain and @y.f.f.p
    4.30-5.30 pm

    Book Return✨
    If you’ve borrowed a book, please remember to return it this upcoming Browse, Borrow & Return session

    Donations✨
    Donate a book on the day, either from the wish list or donate a book related to ‘resistance’ that you have read and recommend.

  • Sundragon Pottery Workshop

    Sundragon Pottery Workshop

    Sundragon pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday – come and get friendly with clay!

    Drop in – free/donation

  • Art Making Workshop with The GAP

    Art Making Workshop with The GAP

    The GAP invites you to join them this @balsallheathsecondsaturday to create your own visual artwork responding to the theme of ‘CYCLES’ and submit it to be included in an upcoming group exhibition in The GAP Gallery 💫💫💫

    A wide variety of art materials will be provided, as well as prompts to inspire imaginative responses to the theme 🎨🖌️✂️✏️🧶🚲🌛🌪️🌱🌻🍂❄️🌀🌍💫🕐

    1.30 – 4.30pm

    Free / Drop-in / For ages 0 – 30

  • Sundragon Pottery Workshop

    Sundragon Pottery Workshop

    Sundragon pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday – come and get friendly with clay!

    Drop in – free/donation

  • Sundragon Pottery – August

    Sundragon Pottery – August

    Sundragon pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday – come and get friendly with clay!

    Drop in – free/donation

  • Open Garden – Myrtle Cottage

    Explore the space, take a seat, enjoy food and drinks and design a Peace Flag in this newly created space in Balsall Heath

  • Sundragon Pottery – july

    Sundragon Pottery – july

    Sundragon pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday – come and get friendly with clay!

    Drop in – free/donation

  • Crochet Sessions with Daily Thread

    Crochet Sessions with Daily Thread

    The fourth in a series of beginners crochet workshops at consecutive Balsall Heath Second Saturdays. This workshop will help you to start seeing the potential of crochet. And you’ll take home your work at the end of the session. Left-handed tuition available

  • RETROFIT DOUBLE-BILL

    RETROFIT DOUBLE-BILL

    From 2pm in the Drawing Room

    Two films about retrofit: our homes and neighbourhoods, and the huge 1960s Smallbrook Ringway building in the city centre. 

    RETROFIT REIMAGINED – embargoed film preview!

    We’re delighted to preview in Balsall Heath this inspiring 18 minute film.

    Retrofit means insulating your home to cut fuel bills, cut carbon, improve health, give new jobs and skills.  

    Retrofit Balsall Heath is a community-led local group, and co-founder of RETROFIT REIMAGINED Festival, created in July 2022 in collaborative with Civic Square in Ladywood and others. 

    Retrofit Balsall Heath is working to embody RETROFIT REIMAGINED’s foundational question: “What if the climate transition and retrofit of our homes and streets were designed, owned and governed by the people who live there?”

    In autumn 2023, RETROFIT REIMAGINED toured to five venues across the UK, launching in Balsall Heath at Moseley Road Baths.  This beautifully created film tells the whole story. 

    18 minutes

    SAVING SMALLBROOK – fresh from première at Flatpack film festival!

    Although Birmingham City Council’s planning committee voted to demolish Smallbrook Ringway Centre, the fight is still on, with a new legal challenge. 

    This 2-year ongoing planning battle has been captured on film by Liverpool’s Doberman Films, in a new documentary which explores the city’s ambivalent relationship with its post-war heritage. 

    Like its sister building the Rotunda, Smallbrook Ringway Centre was designed in the 1960s by Birmingham architect Jim Roberts. 

    Retrofitting would be much lower carbon than the 187 million kg of CO2 for demolition and rebuilding. 

    25 minutes 

    Free event, with Q&A, and donations invited to Save Smallbrook crowdfunding campaign 

    https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-smallbrook-1

  • Sundragon Pottery – june

    Sundragon Pottery – june

    Sundragon pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday – come and get friendly with clay!

    Drop in – free/donation

  • Crochet Sessions with Daily Thread

    Crochet Sessions with Daily Thread

    The third in a series of beginners crochet workshops at consecutive Balsall Heath Second Saturdays. This workshop will help you to start seeing the potential of crochet. And you’ll take home your work at the end of the session. Left-handed tuition available

  • Sundragon Pottery – May

    Sundragon Pottery – May

    Sundragon pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday – come and get friendly with clay!

    Drop in – free/donation

  • Taught by the Pen: the Qur’an and Calligraphy

    Taught by the Pen: the Qur’an and Calligraphy

    Taught by the Pen: the Qur’an and Calligraphy explores the role of the art of calligraphy in the preservation of the Qur’an in its written form through the centuries.
    The exhibition was launched during the month of Ramadan, during which the first verses were revealed.

    The exhibition will be open to the public on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 12pm-6pm, MIAH Foundation

  • Sundragon Pottery – April

    Sundragon Pottery – April

    Sundragon pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday – come and get friendly with clay!

    Drop in – free/donation

  • Crochet Sessions with Daily Thread – Granny Squares

    Crochet Sessions with Daily Thread – Granny Squares

    Join our beginners crochet workshops at consecutive Balsall Heath Second Saturdays. In April we’ll be making Granny Squares. This workshop will help you to start seeing the potential of crochet. And you’ll take home your piece at the end of the session. Left-handed tuition available.

    Register on Eventbrite
  • Crochet Sessions with Daily Thread

    Crochet Sessions with Daily Thread

    Come to the first in a series of beginners crochet workshops at consecutive Balsall Heath Second Saturdays. In March we’ll kick off with learning to start your crochet with a magic ring (they really are magic!), along with learning four other basic stitches. This workshop will help you to start seeing the potential of crochet. And you’ll take home a star at the end of the session. Left-handed tuition available

    Register on Eventbrite
  • Sundragon Pottery – March

    Sundragon Pottery – March

    Sundragon pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday – come and get friendly with clay!

    Drop in – free/donation

  • Sundragon Pottery February

    Sundragon Pottery February

    Sundragon pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday – come and get friendly with clay!

    Drop in – free/donation

  • Sock Repair with Hannah

    Sock Repair with Hannah

    The Old Print Works 2pm – 4pm

    Learn a simple way to repair your socks with Hannah – part of Balsall Heath Repair Cafe

  • Sundragon Pottery January

    Sundragon Pottery January

    Sundragon pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday in January – come and get friendly with clay!

    Drop in – free/donation