The Second Saturday of the Month
2.30pm – 4.30pm The GAP
Make and design your own pot while having a chat about fear and how we overcome it.
Historically these posts were used to help people control their fear of witches….what collective fears do we have now, and why do we fear things?
Family friendly, free, drop in
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.
2pm, Drawing Room, The Old Print Works.
Music wellbeing workshop for people of all ages
Everyone welcome – no musical experience required.
10am – 4pm The Old Print Works, Lower Gallery
Art and crafts from the people at The Old Print Works community and beyond including vintage clothes, pottery, art, jewellery, postcards, crafts, and lots lots more.
Join XR Birmingham all day in the Upper Gallery at The Old Print Works.
12 – 3, The Old Print Works
Fruit tree grafting workshops; Learn how to make, apple, pear and plum trees using traditional techniques.
Take home a tree for your garden or to share with the community
Rolling viewing – from 11am until 4pm, Directors Office tickets available here THE OIL MACHINE and Divest WMPF, Balsall Heath, Birmingham – The Oil Machine
5.30pm onwards, Drawing room, The Old Print Works, Courtyard Entrance
A little bit of food, music and drink. Pay as you feel, chilled music, a delicious plant-based meal, good company and craft activities
Pay what you can/free
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
11am – Upper gallery, The Old Print Works
Nurture and Heal provides a space that offers all the tools needed to foster creativity, mindfulness practices, and therapeutic self-expression. No experience or materials required – just show up as yourself. Join Nurture and Heal on Saturday, March 11th for a workshop designed to reconnect with your inner artist while creating a calming environment of wellbeing.
Crochet your own Fancy Fingers
Fancy Fingers is a beginner workshop to get you started learning basic crochet skills. We crochet a Fancy Finger/Finger puppet which you can style up and sew eyes onto!
I’ll show you how to change colours and start making modular objects (Just making shapes really!).
The skills you’ll learn will help you if you want to make crocheted gloves or amigurumi-style toys in future!
Did you know crochet is French for hook? I will supply hooks + yarn for this workshop and a friendly face to help you on the way to crocheting lovely stuff.
with Alex Laight of @LaighNightKnits (follow me on Instagram and YouTube for crochet and knitting tutorials)
12-2 Daily Thread, The Old Print Works
Join XR Birmingham from 1pm to 4pm in the Upper Gallery at The Old Print Works.
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
Drop in workshop with Mel from Art Metallix, 2pm until 4pm at The Old Print Works – Sessions are drop in
11am – 1pm drop in art workshop with Monica Perez Vega, The Old Print Works
Join artist Monica Perez Vega in the Upper Gallery for a drop-in family art workshop from 11-2 on the second Saturday of each month. Each session is different and inspired by the seasons! Try your hand at drawing, painting, collaging, and printmaking…. Stop by, be creative and have fun.
10am – 4pm The Old Print Works, Lower Gallery
Art and crafts from the people at The Old Print Works community and beyond including vintage clothes, pottery, art, jewellery, postcards, crafts, and lots lots more.
7.30pm onwards The Drawing Room at The Old Print Works
The first of our later evening do’s with a release party of Keep Healing from Empress Linoleum including live performances, DJs and the first public viewing of the new video for the track.
Line up-
Czafari., an alternative R&B/Soul singer-songwriter reigning from Tipton, West Midlands explores her love for storytelling through music. “Songwriting is a way for me to release the thoughts in my head whilst using the aspects of my voice.” Czafari’s eccentric style comes from her range of influential artists, such as Lianne La Havas, Massive Attack and Erykah Badu.
Patches is a dynamic rapper and an integral member of
Birmingham’s rising eco-conscious brand, Minor Formula. With a lyrical style that blends sharp rhymes with a visually captivating presence, Patches delivers tracks that promote positivity and unity. Get ready to be inspired by Patches’ unique blend of artistry, authenticity, and positive energy.
Nicknamed Linoleum by her former school teacher, Empress embarked on her soul journey at a young age. Sound became a form of expression. Her production is clean, dreamy and hard hitting with metallic percussion in all the right places. Her soft sung vocals compliment her laid back rap and she ties it all together with bouncy beats and 808s.
May 13th 2023 2 – 5pm Drawing room, The Old Print Works, Courtyard entrance
Balsall Heath Repair Cafe comes to Balsall Heath Second Saturday. Repairers include woodwork ,brass polishing, general repairs, textiles, knife sharpening, bike repair, scrapstore, mechanical electrics, textiles. Check balsallheathrepaircafe.org for repairers closer to the day
As part of Moseley Road Baths’ Diving In project, the former Women’s Slipper Baths at Moseley Road Baths are being brought back to life. We plan to bring two of the former washing baths back into use this summer as a space of relaxation and wellbeing for adults in the local area and beyond. But what does a relaxing space look like to you? Would YOU take a bath in Moseley Road Baths? And if not, what would make you want to?
The fantastic artist Sharonjit Sutton has created an illustration of the Women’s Slipper Baths for you to annotate and sketch what you would like to be in the space. Come and get creative and help shape our plans this year!
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
All day in the Upper Gallery. Watch and discuss with artist Mid in the and get involved
Christmas wreath making – everything provided -all materials are natural and sustainable – 1.30pm onwards – The Drawing Room
11am – 2pm drop in art workshop with Monica Perez Vega, The Old Print Works
Join artist Monica Perez Vega in the Upper Gallery for a drop-in family art workshop from 11-2 on the second Saturday of each month. Each session is different and inspired by the seasons! Try your hand at drawing, painting, collaging, and printmaking…. Stop by, be creative and have fun.
This month – Winter Watercolour Workshop
10am – 4pm The Old Print Works, Lower Gallery
All manner of art and crafts from the people at The Old Print Works community and beyond including vintage clothes, pottery, art, jewellery, postcards, crafts, incense, yogi teas, singing bowls, crystals, rain sticks, Neals Yard Remedies lots lots more.
5.30pm onwards, Drawing room, The Old Print Works, Courtyard Entrance
A little bit of food, music and drink. Pay as you feel, chilled music, a delicious plant-based meal, good company and craft activities
Pay what you can/free
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
All day November 12. Watch and discuss with artist Mid in the upper gallery at The Old Print works
Come and make a beautiful felt decoration to adorn BBC WM’s Christmas tree in The Mailbox. All skill levels. All materials provided. 1 – 2.30pm
The Deb Day Sewing Room will have be open from 10am to 4pm, at The Old Print Works, 1st floor – open day, drop in, all welcome
