The Second Saturday of the Month
We are holding a space this Saturday for people to come and share their personal experience of how they are feeling. We will sit and listen to each other and just be.
We believe understanding, communication and love is what the world needs.
This is a space open to all. To share, to be present , to witness We are stronger together.
Never been to a sharing circle? Don’t worry, you don’t have to share, you can just sit and be.
Make a banner then make some noise – materials and assistance available 10am – 12pm
Iron on Vinyl Workshop – Love Wins – take your message to the streets
Bring your clothes, tote bag or similar, we have the vinyl. You can find out more about Serefina on her Instagram www.instagram.com/serefina_taylor or on her website SerefinaTaylor.co.uk
Come along 1-2.30pm to make a little orange heart badge – an international symbol of friendship – as an antidote to hate
Come join the MIAH Foundation for a Mughal Flowers Workshop, with a guided tutorial (materials will be provided).
12-2pm | Saturday 10th August 2024 | MIAH Gallery, Moseley Community Hub | 496 Moseley Road Balsall Heath B12 9AH.
Mughal albums are known for the way they decorated the marginal spaces with detailed studies of flowers and fauna. Mughal flower studies included lilies, narcissus, iris, tulips, carnations, poppies, anemones and campiones among other flowers. Although they were painted to be naturalistic, they used a distinct Mughal style and colour palette. In this workshop you will study some of the flower drawings found in Mughal albums and create your own flower study in the style of 17th century art albums from Mughal India.
Who is this course for? All levels of ability are welcome. Suitable for adults and children aged 9+ years. All materials are provided.
To secure your place, please book in advance using ‘register’. We will allow a small number of walk-up bookings on the day, subject to availability.
Link to book: https://miahfoundation.com/events/mughal-flowers-workshop
Peace Garden Open Day 🌄🌺
Sat 10th Aug, 11am – 3pm
All welcome. Drop-in.
This Balsall Heath Second Saturday, we invite you to our new Peace Garden, created by Bek and a group of young volunteers over the past 8 months. Located just next to The GAP and in-front of The Old Print Works’ house Myrtle Cottage, this small garden is intended as a space for the local community to learn about and connect with nature, and as a space for peace, reflection and the celebration of life. 🕊️ 🌱
It’s looking absolutely beautiful, and we can’t wait to share it with you.
For this open day, you will be able to:
💚 Help us install a wormery, learn about soil and its life-creating goodness, and contribute towards community composting by bringing along your own food waste, greens and browns to add
💚 Decorate a peace stone to add to the Peace Garden (or to take home)
💚 Create a mini pond to attract pollinators
💚 Or simply have a wonder or a sit down to soak it all in
Hope to see you there 🌻
The Upholstery Group will have their doors open so you can visit and see their work – and maybe get involved – all day, Lower Gallery, The Old Print Works
In this beginner’s bookbinding workshop, 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)
A relaxed environment to learn and try acting, performance and storytelling techniques. Beginner sessions – all skill levels welcome – The Old Print Works – time TBC
TURNING POINT is a video installation created by Sweet Patootee Arts @sweetpatooteearts Inspired by the oral testimonies of people who lived and worked in the Caribbean in the 1920s, these films combine monologue-style performances, melodrama, comedy, projection, poetry, visual arts, folk songs and 3D sound to convey this momentous moment of history in Britain’s former slave colonies after the First World War – a new era for Black identity and pride ✊🏿
We were honoured to be approached by Sweet Patootee Arts about sharing this work at The GAP as part of their vision to tour TURNING POINT beyond large museums by bringing it directly to local communities across Birmingham and London.
Sweet Patootee also invited us to programme a series of interactive events that relate to the films in the exhibition, which members of our youth forum The Culture Collective helped us to shape. We’ll be sharing more information about these very soon 👀✨
WHAT CAN I EXPECT AT THE EXHIBITION?
🔴 Free entry, as always
🔴 The films will be played on loop in our gallery space, with headphones provided
🔴 Total running time 40 minutes (4 segments of 10 minutes each)
🔴 Please note, these films contain content which some visitors may find upsetting or distressing. Information on relevant support services will be displayed
🔴 A complimentary mini-exhibition on the political history of the period – curated by Nirad Abrol and Isra Kausar – will also be on display in the cafe area
Funded by @HeritageFundUK
© Sweet Patootee Arts 2022, all rights reserved.
11am onwards – drop in, The Old Print Works upper gallery
Wood working skills that can set you up for life
pricing available in workshop
