Balsall Heath Second Saturday

The Second Saturday of the Month

Category: Balsall Heath

  • The GAP Youth Theatre Free Taster Session

    The GAP Youth Theatre Free Taster Session

    YOUTH THEATRE

    FREE TASTER SESSION

    Saturday 9 Sept 1-4pm The GAP

    An exciting opportunity for creative, curious, local young people 12-16 yrs, who love to explore, imagine, tell stories & step into other people’s shoes. This is taster session for regular, weekly youth theatre sessions on Saturday afternoons. From Sept – March we will be exploring the theme ‘The Island’ What’s it all about? What does it mean to live on an island? How does it shape who we are, and who we are not? What does it mean to be “castaway’? And what is it like to be colonised? Islands have a gripping hold on our imaginations, offering conflicting possibilities: a paradise or a prison? refuge or danger? community or complete isolation?

    Give it a go…

    Don’t worry if you’re not sure this is your thing… Come along and try it out this Saturday and see what you think. You can also find out more about the other exciting plans and amazing opportunities being a member of The GAP Youth Theatre has to offer!

    What’s involved?

    We will use all kinds of drama techniques to get inside the hearts and minds of islanders, design theatre sets, make amazing masks and learn how to tell stories collectively for an audience through performance.

    Who’s leading it?

    The GAP has an excellent track record of giving young people meaningful and transformational arts experiences. It has highly experienced staff who are expert at facilitating the development of creativity, critical thinking, a confident sense of self and personal values, through the social practice of making theatre.

    What will it cost?

    There is NO CHARGE to belong to the GAP Youth Theatre. We just ask that you contribute your commitment. As well as having loads of fun on this project you will also need to be prepared to work hard as a reliable member of the team.

    NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED

    FREE MEMBERSHIP

    TRY BEFORE YOU COMMIT

  • Roots of Love: Cyanotype Windrush 75 free Workshop September

    Roots of Love: Cyanotype Windrush 75 free Workshop September

    2pm The Old Print Works organised by 0121 Collective CIC

    This is an inter generational project that aims to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Windrush generation. To do this we are running free workshops where we will use cyanotypes photo process (blue prints) to share stories, learn and connect with each other. It’s free to join in.

    Everyone is welcome and we especially would love to see people from the Windrush communities in Birmingham to come forward and share stories.

    Workshop

    We have three Saturday sessions coming up June to August which wil take place on Balsall Heath Second Saturday sessions where The Old Print Works and other places nearby hold a monthly creative open day.

    The workshop will last two hours and theme of this session is Roots of Love – which explores the Carribean family in Britian. We will mainly look at make cyanotypes using old photographs and used postcards to share stories.

    Tianna who is leading the project will tell you about her Nan’s front room who moved to Birmingham in the 1960s from Jamaica. Tracey who is the lead artist on the project will help people to make cyanotypes using lace and dollies on fabric and paper.

    Cyanotype is a 19th Century photo process which uses the sun or a UV lamp to make amazing blue images.

    We invite people to add work through a cyanotype image to the collaborative tapestry (fabric) that we are making for the project.

    It’s free come and all materials provided.

    The project is funded by National Lottery Community Fund

    Book below

    Register on Eventbrite
  • Sundragon Community Pottery Workshop

    Sundragon Community Pottery Workshop

    12 – 4pm The Old Print Works

    Sundragon Community Pottery will be hosting a FREE soap dish making workshop.

    Come and make a simple soap dish.

    For an additional cost of £5, you can choose to have your soap dish glazed and fired, to collect at the next Second Saturday, in October, when we shall be hosting a “clay pumpkin lantern“ making workshop.

  • Oriental Star Party

    Oriental Star Party

    Come and join us to celebrate the opening of Oriental Star Express exhibition in collaboration with @oldprintworksbrum. The celebration includes artist talk by @faishussainism, showing of our film ‘Request Line’, great music by @rizmi_____ , and food. This is a free event and everyone is welcomed. Booking below

    Register on Eventbrite
  • Kitchen Lithography Workshop with Isra

    Kitchen Lithography Workshop with Isra

    Lower gallery – The Old Print Works 10 years and over

    Lithography printing was an innovative printing technique that made JH Butchers & Co world famous for their transfers. In this workshop, you will learn how to recreate this process (using items found in your own kitchen) and create a design to decorate your own postcards and greeting cards.

    Register on Eventbrite
  • Family woodcarving with Pathcarvers -September 9th from 11am

    Family woodcarving with Pathcarvers -September 9th from 11am

    11am until 1pm, Drawing Room, Courtyard Entrance, The Old Print Works

    Monthly family carving club, all ages welcome, learn how to use a sharp knife to make beautiful things from wood

    Donation/ pay what you feel – drop in

    pathcarvers.co.uk

  • Climate Nans Caravan 10-1 The Old Print Works

    Climate Nans Caravan 10-1 The Old Print Works

    ‘We Are Here’ Campaign invites you to put your feet up, have a cuppa, some biscuits and talk to Climate Nan about the challenges that our homes, streets and neighbourhoods are facing.
    Climate Nan, as part of the We Are Here Campaign, will be parking her caravan at multiple locations across Ladywood and Balsall Heath between the 11th and 13th August as part of a tour of communities who have invited her to talk about the climate crisis. Residents can visit, share their concerns and discuss what can be done. Climate Nan will be offering a friendly ear to the neighbourhood with a warm invite and welcome into the caravan where you can either write a letter to the PM or local MP and or record a contribution to the podcast that will be recorded throughout the tour.

    Other stops of the tour:

    Friday 11th August, 10:00 -2:00 PM at the Neighbourhood Supper Club Summer Special hosted by CIVIC SQUARE and neighbours at Midland Sailing Club, Icknield Port Rd, Birmingham B16 0AA

    Friday 11th August, 3:00 – 6:00 PM at Birmingham Settlement- Edgbaston Reservoir Nature & Wellbeing Centre, 79 Selwyn Rd, Birmingham B16 0SL

    Saturday 12th August, 3:00 – 6:00 PM with Edgbaston Reservoir Collaborative (ERCO) at Midland Sailing Club, Icknield Port Rd, Birmingham B16 0AA

    Sunday 13th August, 10:00 – 4:00 PM at The B16 Lunch hosted by CIVIC SQUARE, South Loop Park, B16 0AE

  • BHTV curated by Flatpack Festival at moseley road baths

    BHTV curated by Flatpack Festival at moseley road baths

    10am-4pm, Saturday 12th August, Moseley Road Baths

    Join us in the Living Room as we gather round the television for “BHTV”, three channels of Balsall Heathen programming curated by Flatpack Festival. Expect family-friendly entertainment from around the world, as well as creative and documentary films about Balsall Heath and Moseley Road Baths itself.

    Flatpack is a mobile arts organisation which exists to show amazing work, bring people together and develop new ideas. We love film in all shapes and sizes, particularly where it bumps up against other artforms, and get a kick out of transforming spaces to create unforgettable events. Every May bank holiday you can find us taking over venues across Birmingham with the “magnificently eclectic” Flatpack Festival, while throughout the year we pop up all over the place with everything from family activities to al fresco horror.

    More about Flatpack here 

  • tapestry and weaving with Art Metallix

    tapestry and weaving with Art Metallix

    From 12pm, all ages welcome

    Tapestry and weaving with Art Metallix, in the Upper Gallery at The Old Print Works

  • Roots of Love: Cyanotype Windrush 75 free Workshop

    Roots of Love: Cyanotype Windrush 75 free Workshop

    11-1 The Old Print Works organised by 0121 Collective CIC

    This is an inter generational project that aims to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Windrush generation. To do this we are running free workshops where we will use cyanotypes photo process (blue prints) to share stories, learn and connect with each other. It’s free to join in.

    Everyone is welcome and we especially would love to see people from the Windrush communities in Birmingham to come forward and share stories.

    Workshop

    We have three Saturday sessions coming up June to August which wil take place on Balsall Heath Second Saturday sessions where The Old Print Works and other places nearby hold a monthly creative open day.

    The workshop will last two hours and theme of this session is Roots of Love – which explores the Carribean family in Britian. We will mainly look at make cyanotypes using old photographs and used postcards to share stories.

    Tianna who is leading the project will tell you about her Nan’s front room who moved to Birmingham in the 1960s from Jamaica. Tracey who is the lead artist on the project will help people to make cyanotypes using lace and dollies on fabric and paper.

    Cyanotype is a 19th Century photo process which uses the sun or a UV lamp to make amazing blue images.

    We invite people to add work through a cyanotype image to the collaborative tapestry (fabric) that we are making for the project.

    It’s free come and all materials provided.

    The project is funded by National Lottery Community Fund

    Please book via eventbrite link – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/roots-of-love-cyanotype-windrush-75-workshop-tickets-638665213847

  • ‘An Outpouring of Love’ – Poetry Open mic and film screening with Marshea Makosa

    ‘An Outpouring of Love’ – Poetry Open mic and film screening with Marshea Makosa

    18.00 – 21.30, The Old Print Works, free entry

    Following on from a writing seminar and poetry workshop on love poems titled: ‘How to Write a Love Jones.’ on Saturday the 8th July there will be a relaxed poetry open mic, with a chance for writers of all abilities, new or seasoned, to share their work and showcase their best love poems at The Old Print Works in Balsall Heath. The open mic ‘An Outpouring of Love (Jones)’ will will lead into a film screening of Love Jones(1997).

    An Outpouring of Love open mic and film screening is hosted by Marshea Makosa, who founded Norate & Augustine’s a brand new Midlands based arts and culture platform. She is an earnest Earth Scientist with a love for postcolonial literature and poetry forever and always.

    https://www.nandaugustines.com/

  • True Form Projects Oriental Star Express

    True Form Projects Oriental Star Express

    All day, from 11am, 12th August, The Old Print Works

    Come along to the launch of the True Form Projects ‘Oriental Star Express’ installation at The Old Print Works. In 1970 Mohammed Ayub founded Oriental Start Agencies in Birmingham. This record store and then label became one of the most influential and important parts of South Asian history and diaspora in the UK and world wide, before the store had to close in 2017. Creating a replica of Oriental Star Agencies at Print Works, will allow you to explore records that defined South Asian Culture and the history of one of the most iconic record stores in Birmingham

    Image credit – Ian Reynolds

  • Family woodcarving with Pathcarvers august 12th from 11am

    Family woodcarving with Pathcarvers august 12th from 11am

    11am until 1pm, Drawing Room, Courtyard Entrance, The Old Print Works

    Monthly family carving club, all ages welcome, learn how to use a sharp knife to make beautiful things from wood

    Donation/ pay what you feel – drop in

    pathcarvers.co.uk

  • Children’s Craft & Storytelling Workshop at The GAP

    Children’s Craft & Storytelling Workshop at The GAP

    2pm – 3.30pm – The GAP

    Ages 5 – 8

    Free!

    Led by The GAP’s youth arts practitioners

    A fun and relaxing workshop exploring the act of listening to others. Join us in listening to some children’s story books being read aloud, before crafting your very own ‘listening stick’ using twigs, wool and fabric. Finally, we’ll work together to create our very own story inspired by the prompt ‘listen to children!’

    Books we’ll read from include: The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld, Quiet Please, Owen McPhee! by Trudy Ludwig, and the classic Not Now, Bernard by David McKee

    Things to note:

    *This is not a drop-in workshop. Please arrive at the start time.
    *Children must not be left unsupervised at the venue. Parents and guardians are invited to sit in on the workshop, or relax in our cafe area that adjoins the workshop space.
    *This session will be audio recorded for the purposes of documentation. No names or identifying features will be associated with recorded voices. If you’d like to know more, please contact us by emailing ella@thegapartsproject.co.uk

  • ‘An Outpouring of Love’ – Poetry Open mic with Marshea Makosa

    ‘An Outpouring of Love’ – Poetry Open mic with Marshea Makosa

    Following on from a writing seminar and poetry workshop on love poems titled: ‘How to Write a Love Jones.’ on Saturday the 8th July there will be a relaxed poetry open mic, with a chance for writers of all abilities, new or seasoned, to share their work and showcase their best love poems at The Old Print Works in Balsall Heath. The open mic ‘An Outpouring of Love (Jones)’ will start at 18:30. The ‘Outpouring of Love’ open mic will lead into a film screening of Love Jones(1997) starting at 19:30.

    An Outpouring of Love open mic and film screening is hosted by Marshea Makosa, who founded Norate & Augustine’s a brand new Midlands based arts and culture platform. She is an earnest Earth Scientist with a love for postcolonial literature and poetry forever and always.

    https://www.nandaugustines.com/

  • Balsall Heath Living Room ‘Back To Ours’ at Moseley Road Baths

    Balsall Heath Living Room ‘Back To Ours’ at Moseley Road Baths

    Moseley Road Baths invites you ‘Back to Ours’. The Gala Pool has been designed by Friction Arts to create a gentle space with and for local residents where visitors can relax, engage and converse. Playful installations, made by our contributors, are inside and outside the building invite us to examine and celebrate our communal and individual heritage, as well as the rich, complex history of the Baths and of Balsall Heath, and to strengthen the future that we will create together.

    This is made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

    CODA Workshop: Ask an Architect/ Living Furniture 10:00 – 16:00

    Through the three months of Balsall Heath’s Living Room local architects CODA Workshop will be resident in the space, inviting us to share memories of our most treasured pieces of furniture, exploring what and who makes these items so special to us and creating models and designs of furniture in response to our memories.

    CODA will also be giving you a chance to Ask an Architect anything! What are your design queries or building woes? Wondering how you can best use the space in your home, or how it can be more energy efficient? Your local neighbourhood architects are here to help…

    CODA Workshop are Birmingham-based architects interested in the interaction of art, landscape, history and the built environment. CODA are guided by natural and sustainable principles and the aim to create spaces that improve the quality of our lives.

    Edible Garden Workshops 11:00 – 16:00

    Fruit and Nut Village will be adding a temporary orchard to our courtyard, which has been transformed into Balsall Heath’s Play Kitchen and Pocket Garden. We’ll become custodians of their edible plants and fruit trees for the duration of Balsall Heath’s Living Room.

    Join us on 8th July to grow your own edible plants with Fruit and Nut Village.

    Mini Athletics 14-14:30 (4-7 year olds) 14.30-15pm (1-3 year olds)

    As part of Balsall Heath’s Living Room Mini Athletics South Birmingham are here!

    At Mini Athletics we take what children love to do the most (running super fast, jumping high and throwing far) and mix it with imaginative themes, learning to follow instructions, making friends and developing gross motor skills. It’s the magical combination of imaginative play sports and burning energy!

    Free, 30min, limited capacity – Please book here >

  • Back A Yard Garden: Cyanotype Windrush 75 Free Workshop

    Back A Yard Garden: Cyanotype Windrush 75 Free Workshop

    11-1 The Old Print Works organised by 0121 Collective CIC

    This is an inter generational project that aims to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Windrush generation. To do this we are running free workshops where we will use cyanotypes photo process (blue prints) to share stories, learn and connect with each other. It’s free to join in.

    Everyone is welcome and we especially would love to see people from the Windrush communities in Birmingham to come forward and share stories.

    Workshop

    We have three Saturday sessions coming up June to August which wil take place on Balsall Heath Second Saturday sessions where The Old Print Works and other places nearby hold a monthly creative open day.

    The workshop will last two hours and theme of this session is The Front Room – which explores the African-Carribean front room and how migrant families set up home in Britain. We will mainly look at how lace and dollies were a big part of these spaces. We will use lace and dollies to make cyanotypes and share stories.

    Tianna who is leading the project will tell you about her Nan’s front room who moved to Birmingham in the 1960s from Jamaica. Tracey who is the lead artist on the project will help people to make cyanotypes using lace and dollies on fabric and paper.

    Cyanotype is a 19th Century photo process which uses the sun or a UV lamp to make amazing blue images.

    We invite people to add work through a cyanotype image to the collaborative tapestry (fabric) that we are making for the project.

    It’s free come and all materials provided.

    The project is funded by National Lottery Community Fund

    Please book via eventbrite link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-front-room-cyanotype-windrush-75-tapestry-workshop-tickets-607324192007?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

  • Family woodcarving with Pathcarvers

    Family woodcarving with Pathcarvers

    11am until 1pm, Drawing Room, Courtyard Entrance, The Old Print Works

    Monthly family carving club, all ages welcome, learn how to use a sharp knife to make beautiful things from wood

    Donation/ pay what you feel – drop in

    pathcarvers.co.uk

  • July 8th 2023

    July 8th 2023

    Our next event – details very soon

  • Birmingham Windrush 75 Tapestry Project

    Birmingham Windrush 75 Tapestry Project

    11-1 The Old Print Works organised by 0121 Collective CIC

    Please book via eventbrite link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-front-room-cyanotype-windrush-75-tapestry-workshop-tickets-607324192007?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb

    This is an inter generational project that aims to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Windrush generation. To do this we are running free workshops where we will use cyanotypes photo process (blue prints) to share stories, learn and connect with each other. It’s free to join in.

    Everyone is welcome and we especially would love to see people from the Windrush communities in Birmingham to come forward and share stories.

    Workshop

    We have three Saturday sessions coming up June to August which wil take place on Balsall Heath Second Saturday sessions where The Old Print Works and other places nearby hold a monthly creative open day.

    The workshop will last two hours and theme of this session is The Front Room – which explores the African-Carribean front room and how migrant families set up home in Britain. We will mainly look at how lace and dollies were a big part of these spaces. We will use lace and dollies to make cyanotypes and share stories.

    Tianna who is leading the project will tell you about her Nan’s front room who moved to Birmingham in the 1960s from Jamaica. Tracey who is the lead artist on the project will help people to make cyanotypes using lace and dollies on fabric and paper.

    Cyanotype is a 19th Century photo process which uses the sun or a UV lamp to make amazing blue images.

    We invite people to add work through a cyanotype image to the collaborative tapestry (fabric) that we are making for the project.

    It’s free come and all materials provided.

    The project is funded by National Lottery Community Fund

  • WATA IS LIFE

    WATA IS LIFE

    World Ocean Day – Art, Talks and Perfromances –

    6pm – 9pm organised by Adjei Sun – venue Moseley Road Baths – booking is required and you can book here, family friendly

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wata-is-life-tickets-607905671227

  • Mural Painting with Art Metallix

    Mural Painting with Art Metallix

    Come and paint together with Art Metallix, in the Upper Gallery at The Old Print Works

  • Drumming workshop with XR Birmingham

    Drumming workshop with XR Birmingham

    Drumming with Extinction Rebellion – throughout the day. No experience necessary. The Old Print Works

  • Wooden Egg Painting

    Wooden Egg Painting

    Paint your own wooden Easter egg with Keziah

    1pm – 3pm, The Old Print Works

  • Spoken Word workshop with Ayan Aden!

    Spoken Word workshop with Ayan Aden!

    11am – 1pm The GAP free entry

    Truth of the Youth presents —-Spoken Word Workshop.

    Build your confidence, learn some skills and have fun with spoken word., 11am onwards in The GAP.

  • Sock Repair

    Sock Repair

    From 2pm November 11th 2023 at The Old Print Works

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