10am – 4pm The Old Print Works, Lower Gallery
Art and crafts from the people at The Old Print Works community and beyond including pottery, art, jewellery, postcards, crafts, and lots lots more.
Category: October
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Myrtle Cottage Garden Project with The GAP
Join us this Saturday between 12-3pm to find out all about our new garden project and how you can get involved! ✨🌱
You will be able to….
👀 …have a rare opportunity to look around the charming front garden of Myrtle Cottage, the oldest house in Balsall Heath and the former home of The Old Print Works director
👋🏽 …meet Rebekah Warmington, Nature Pedagogue and Environmental Educator, who is collaborating with The GAP and young people to regenerate the garden
💡…share your ideas for how the garden can be transformed into an urban oasis which reflects the heart and history of Balsall Heath and its vibrant communities and cultures
🍂 …get crafty with some Autumnal Activities to get your ideas flowing!
Be sure to pop by, have a little browse, let your imagination wander and share your ideas and inspiration to support the project 💫
All ages.
Free.
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Mini Paint by Prompt from Nurture and Heal
2pm – 4pm, The Old Print Works
It’s back, your favourite workshop!!! Come along to our mini paint by prompt workshop! As we are entering a new season, we are excited to warmly welcome an autumn themed painting experience!! Create a mini painting on a mini canvas. This is an intuitive art workshop to reconnect you with your inner artist while creating a calming environment of wellbeing.
No experience is required (there is no right or wrong way here, this workshop is for relaxation purposes but also we welcome anyone eager to learn and develop their painting skills), all materials and light nibbles will be provided, and ALL ages are welcome! It’s going to be so much fun and we can’t wait to see you there!
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Family woodcarving with Pathcarvers -October 14th 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
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Sundragon Community Pottery clay pumpkin lantern making workshop.
12 – 4pm The Old Print Works
Sundragon Community Pottery will be hosting a FREE clay pumpkin making workshop.
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A Bedroom For Everyone –
Join us at the Old Print Works for the community screening of A Bedroom For Everyone, a new film commissioned by Ed Webb-Ingall, currently showing at Grand Union 1pm-4pm The Drawing Room, The Old Print Works
Taking inspiration from Leeds Animation Workshop’s powerful short animation ‘Home and Dry’ from 1987, which remains strikingly relevant today, ‘A Bedroom for Everyone’ serves as a sequel of sorts, shifting our focus to the current housing crises and the essential role of grassroots organizing. It prompts us to reflect on the progress we have made and the work that still lies ahead. 💪🏠
The script of this animation was crafted collaboratively with members from four inspiring activist and community groups: Save Druids Heath and Acorn Union from Birmingham, Akwaaba Social Centre for Migrants and Housing Action Southwark & Lambeth from London. By incorporating the voices and perspectives of those with lived experience of the housing crisis, the film acts as a powerful resource, inspiring individuals to seek out local groups, lend a helping hand, raise awareness, and contribute to the cause. It is a testament to the strength of collective action and the transformative potential it holds. 🌍❤️
We invite you to engage with ‘A Bedroom for Everyone’ as a resource that can be shared with anyone interested or engaged in housing struggles. Reach out to us at info@grand-union.org.uk if you would like to showcase this impactful film in your community setting. Let’s empower one another, raise our voices, and ignite positive change. Together, we can make housing a fundamental right for all. 📧🎉 Available in Arabic, English, Polish, and Spanish. 🌍🌟
Made by:
@Edwebbingall
@Sofia_niazi
@astroidg
With support from:
@acornbirmingham
@sifafiresideofficial
@leedsanimation
@makinglevel
@stirchleycd
@granby4streetsclt
@Acorn_notts
@nottm_contemp
@luxscot
@rule_of_threes
The Women Asylum Seekers Housing Project
Generously funded by:
@oak_foundation
@aceagrams
@artfund
@unibirmingham
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Hell Bus Tour 2023
The ‘Hell Bus’ is an exciting interactive art installation by artist Darren Cullen (@SpellingMistakesCostLives) exposing the dirty tactics polluting industries employ to green their public image. Joined by campaign group Adfree Cities and environmental organisation Switch It Green, people of all ages will be welcomed aboard the exhibition to be entertained, educated, and encouraged to get involved.
The bus has already made appearances at COP26, Glastonbury Festival and Boomtown, and featured in comedian Joe Lycett’s Channel 4 documentary ‘Joe Lycett vs The Oil Giant’. It is sure to catch some eyes in Birmingham.
The exhibition’s tour is timely, as public concern surrounding planet-harming activities and fossil fuel expansion is high while greenwashing by large corporations is leaving individuals feeling unsure of the solutions. The ‘Hell Bus’ tells this story in a fun and accessible way, while Adfree Cities and Switch It Green are on hand to provide people with simple, effective ways to take positive action against oil and gas companies like Shell.
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Biclas B12 Bike repair
Dr. Bike 9am-12pm
Repair café/Bike kitchen 2:30-5pmFabio will be around a lot of the day to help you with your pedalled friend
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Family wood carving with Pathcarvers
October 11am until 2pm, 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
Free/donation
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CDT for under 11’s
11am onwards – drop in, The Old Print Works upper gallery
Wood working skills that can set you up for life
pricing available in workshop
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Family Art Workshop
11am – 1pm drop in art workshop with Monica Perez Vega, The Old Print Works
Tree- painting workshop
Free
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Metal Magnet Making with @artmetallix
Come and make some metal magnets with ArtMetallix
11am – 3 pm Upper Gallery, The Old Print Works
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Pottery with Sundragon
11am onwards, The Old Print Works.
Sundragon will provide you with all the materials you need. So join the workshop and Sundragon will guide you through the process step by step so that you can create beautiful things and have some fun.
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Back Home exhibition
11am – 5pm Upper Gallery, The Old Print Works
We all have a ‘back home’, whether it’s Mombasa, Karachi, Kingston or Smethwick, there’s
somewhere that we recognise as being where we originate from. It may be where we live now,
or were born, or even somewhere we’ve never been.Back Home is an exhibition of black and
white portraits of diverse Brummies, captured by legendary photographer Vanley Burke,
at places across the city where they feel at home.Free
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BH Scrapstore
11am onwards, The Old Print works
Have some left over arts and crafts material? Fancy trading it for some more craft material? Around most of the day
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Arts All Over The Place takeover at Moseley Road Baths
12:00-14:00 Authentic Self : workshop
13:00-15:00 Pottery Workshop
14:00-16:00 Model Making Workshop
Drop in – no booking required
More info please email artsallovertheplace@yahoo.co.uk
Arts All Over The Place is a charity with the aim of the relief of those in need, in particular people with mental and emotional health and wellbeing needs, through the use of the arts.
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Halloween Luminaire Making with Hannah and Jude
2.30pm – 4pm , The Old Print Works, Upper Gallery
Make some magical Halloween luminaires to light up Halloween
Free/donation
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Repair Cafe
October 2.30 – 5pm Drawing room, The Old Print Works, Courtyard entrance
Balsall Heath Repair Cafe comes to Balsall Heath Second Saturday this October. Repairers include woodwork ,brass polishing, general repairs, textiles, knife sharpening, bike repair, scrapstore, mechanical electrics, textiles
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Music and a bit of food
5.30pm onwards, Drawing room, The Old Print Works, Courtyard Entrance
A little bit of food, music and drink to finish off the day. Pay as you feel, chilled music, a delicious plant-based meal, good company and craft activities
Pay what you can/free