Free creative festival
As part of Birmingham Permaculture Network Weekender, learn how to make a bike powered generator, for sound systems, device charging and more. Led by Rakesh Rootsman Rak.
Reserve a space here.
This workshop is free, please consider making a donation here.
The CDT room has a range of tools for turning, milling, precision cutting, drilling, engraving and pyrography. Projects are designed and led by children, who make musical instruments, vehicles, furniture or whatever they can imagine out of wood, plastic and metal. Children are also encouraged to adapt and repair their tools.
These sessions are run by Richard Newton who has 30 years of experience teaching craft, design & technology to children.
90 minute session. £8 per child / £6 per sibling
Richard Newton is a Studio Partner at The Old Print Works.
Join artist Dominika Kubalova for a beginner’s bookbinding workshop, in which you will learn a saddle stitch binding method and create a one of a kind pocket journal to take home.
All tools are provided, along with a wide selection of papers, card stock, magazines, old books, maps and more. You will get to pick the pages for your notebook, learn how to bind them together and then decorate the cover in your own style. Feel free to bring with you: old envelopes, pages from unused notebooks or sketchbooks, sheet music, maps, posters, old books, cards, paper bags, wrapping paper. Anything goes!
Suitable for older children accompanied by an adult (we will be using sharp tools – an awl, needle, scissors and craft knife).
Change Kitchen CIC take over the MIX cafe at The Old Print Works for a pop up as part of Balsall Heath Second Saturday on 11 April.
This workshop, led by Community Energy Birmingham, gives people hands on experience installing home energy efficiency measures. Funded by Central Co-Op.
Bric a brac/clothes/local makers/curios and more
April stallholders include:
AimeeJMakes, selling handmade gifts that are upcycled, foraged and repurposed
Anawim, Birmingham’s Centre For Women, selling pre-loved clothes and recruiting volunteers
Daily Thread, selling craft kits and tote bags. Also free kits available to make your own shopping bag.
Fahima Akthar, delivering decorative henna tattoos and selling henna cones
Lisa Birchall, selling hand-drawn illustrations
The Old Print Works, bric a brac
Youth Front For Palestine, information and merchandise
If you would like to be part of the market, please contact us at info@oldprintworks.org or book a stall here (cost £10 or £90 for 12 months).
Photographer Laura Gale: Druids Heath
The Old Print Works hosts a Community Photography Exhibition, organised in partnership with PRISM, Darkroom Birmingham and IGERS Birmingham.
Photographers were asked to submit up to 3 digital images focussing on the theme ‘Community’ and over 75 photographers submitted their images.
This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The Original Art Club is a safe creative space for children to explore, create and develop their artistic skills. This is project-based learning tailored to each individual and their ability. The idea is progress not perfection and with an ‘I can do’ attitude here at the club we want all our budding artists to feel confident and encouraged in their creative journey.
We teach several 2D and 3D techniques within our projects using a wide range of materials from pencil, acrylic paint and watercolours, to clay and paper mache. Our mixed age and mixed ability classes is a unique way in building self-confidence, independence and social bonding. Those children who have been with us longer will have gained more flexibility in steering their own projects and outcomes. We use mediums such as acrylics, watercolours, oil/soft pastels, inks, fine liners and 3D work with papier mache, clay and paper sculpture. At the club we value art and believe it is a significant component for the holistic education of children.
This workshop is free, please consider making a donation here.
Spring is here! Come and join Wonderfish Art Studio to draw and paint your spring, and bunnies, bees, blossoms, birds and breeze… We’ll learn various techniques and celebrate spring together!
Saturday 11 April 12-1pm
Materials are provided. Drop-in, free.
Recommended age: 4-12 years old
If you’re an artist (at any level) developing a creative practice + seeking fresh perspectives 👁️ then YOU ARE INVITED to my studio aka ✨ @seemaworld_boon_ ✨
vibes:
1️⃣ bring along one piece of work (at whatever stage) to share with others in the group.
2️⃣ each person will have the floor to ask questions + exchange intentional feedback in an open peer-led environment, with reflective takeaways👖
3️⃣ it’ll be chill + kind but ultimately supportive
4️⃣ in the interest of being non-hierarchical, i’ll also look to share something (if there’s time + space) and be vulnerable too
Join us on Saturday 11 April, 12–2pm. In this session with MAKE & TADA!, participants can make a personalised hanging mirror. Leave with something you made and a message you need.
This is a relaxed, welcoming free community workshop, suitable for all abilities. All materials are provided, along with guidance throughout. *Children under the age of 8 must be supervised by an accompanying adult*
This workshop is free, please consider making a donation here.
MAKE & TADA! is a Studio Partner at The Old Print Works.
Meet members of the Balsall Heath Local History Society and learn about their current project Balsall Heath in Changing Times.
Balsall Heath Local History Society is a Studio Partner at The Old Print Works.
Join MIAH Gallery to create your own artwork inspired by the 17th-century Mughal albums.
All materials are provided.
Age: Suitable for adults and children aged 12+ years.
For safeguarding reasons, the accompanying adult for under 18’s must remain in the building and be available and accessible throughout the session.
Tickets: To guarantee your place, please book your tickets in advance.
Standard Ticket: £15.00 (+ ticket fees)
Concessions (students, low-income, over 65s): £12.50 (+ ticket fees)
Please present proof of concessionary status with your ticket upon arrival, where applicable.
The Sundragon Pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday – come and get friendly with clay! Just drop in, stay as long as you like.
This workshop is free, please consider making a donation here.
Sundragon Pottery are a Studio Partner at The Old Print Works.
As part of Balsall Heath Second Saturday on 11 April, explore the BRL collection, borrow books and take part in free workshops and activities. Open to all. The venue has step free access.
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
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
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.
Community Energy Birmingham (CEB) is running the Seeing in Colour project (funded by the University of Birmingham) to host free thermal imaging workshops and evening walks in your
neighbourhood. These events will help local residents grow their understanding of heat loss in homes.
CEB are a non-profit organisation who have experience since 2012 in delivering projects which improve the city of Birmingham’s relationship with energy.
Our thermal camera classes will show you:
This is an excellent educational opportunity for families with complimentary snacks and hot/soft drinks provided.
Presented as part of the Birmingham Permaculture Network Weekender and Balsall Heath Second Saturday on 11 April.
This event is free, please consider making a donation here.
