Balsall Heath Second Saturday

The Second Saturday of the Month

Tag: Daytime March 24

  • The Storyteller of Jerusalem

    The Storyteller of Jerusalem

    Join The GAP on Saturday 9th March, 11.30am – 12.30pm for The Storyteller of Jerusalem, an intimate & interactive event sharing stories from Palestine 🇵🇸

    The stories and songs will focus on learning about and celebrating Palestinian culture, and have been especially selected by Sherazade (spoken word) and Abid (live music) with family audiences in mind 🎶📚

    They’ll be interactive sensory elements, including:
    ✨percussion instruments to play
    ✨projected images of significant sites in Palestine
    ✨fresh mint tea to drink
    ✨pomegranate, figs and olives to taste
    ✨frankincense to smell
    ✨comfy cushions & rugs

    Free. No need to book.

    Please arrive at 11.30am – this is not a drop-in event

    All ages welcome.

    Parents/carers must stay with children.

  • Square Kufic Workshop with the MIAH Foundation

    Square Kufic Workshop with the MIAH Foundation

    Square Kufic is a geometric style of calligraphy that has often been used in the architecture of the Muslim world, either through inscriptions in stone or through the use of different coloured bricks or tiles.

    Join us on Saturday 9th March 2024 at the MIAH Islamic Arts Gallery to learn about square Kufic. We will look at examples of square kufic in art and architecture from the Muslim world, including in UK museum collections. You will have a go and creating your own design before re-creating a square kufic composition as a paper weave. This workshop is being delivered as part of the ‘Balsall Heath Second Saturdays’ programme – a monthly mini-festival celebrating making, creativity, community, local culture and the arts, held on the second Saturday of every month.

    To secure your place, please book in advance. We will allow a small number of walk-up bookings on the day, subject to availability, if they arrive by the start time.

    Thanks to the @barakat_org and the Heritage Fund, this workshop has been partially subsidised to ensure accessibility. We request a donation of £8 or more towards materials and costs.
    Who is this workshop for? All levels of ability are welcome. Suitable for ages 9-99+ years – younger participants may require additional adult support. All materials are provided.


    Register on Eventbrite
  • Repair Cafe – March 24

    Repair Cafe – March 24

    2 – 4pm Lower Gallery, The Old Print Works

    Balsall Heath Repair Cafe is back again at Balsall Heath Second Saturday. Repairers include textiles and knife sharpening, Check balsallheathrepaircafe.org for repairers closer to the day

  • The Old Print Works Market

    The Old Print Works Market

    Including pottery from Sundragon members, art from Lisa Birchall, wooden things from Pathcarvers and lots more – lower gallery at The Old Print Works

  • Crochet Sessions with Daily Thread

    Crochet Sessions with Daily Thread

    Come to the first in a series of beginners crochet workshops at consecutive Balsall Heath Second Saturdays. In March we’ll kick off with learning to start your crochet with a magic ring (they really are magic!), along with learning four other basic stitches. This workshop will help you to start seeing the potential of crochet. And you’ll take home a star at the end of the session. Left-handed tuition available

    Register on Eventbrite
  • Moseley Road Baths and Women & Theatre present:The Saving of Moseley Road Bath; the importance of wilful individuals

    Moseley Road Baths and Women & Theatre present:The Saving of Moseley Road Bath; the importance of wilful individuals

    Come celebrate the saving of Moseley Road Baths, with an accessible and entertaining theatre production. As the Baths begins a redevelopment programme to repair, restore and transform, Women & Theatre tells the story of how these beloved Edwardian swimming baths were saved.
    Performed by a community cast, this is a fun, imaginative and engaging celebratory piece of theatre exploring how a group of wilful individuals united and rescued this civic space.
    Women & Theatre is a Birmingham based theatre company who have been making deep work about things that matter, using the language and lives of ordinary people for over 40 years.

  • Arts and Crafts Workshop with Kayleigh Ditchburn – International Women’s Day

    Arts and Crafts Workshop with Kayleigh Ditchburn – International Women’s Day

    ***Booking at bottom of page***

    Art Therapist, Art Facilitator & Artist, Kayleigh Ditchburn will be empowering women through an arts and crafts workshop for International Women’s Day 11-12.30 at The Old Print Works

    “I’m a HCPC registered Art Therapist, Art Facilitator & Artist based in Birmingham. My pronouns are she/ her.
    I work online and face to face with themes including childhood abuse, abuse, trauma, complex trauma, domestic violence and abuse, depression, anxiety, GSRD (Gender, Sex & Relationship Diversity), neurodivergence, learning difficulties, displacement, racism and classism.

    I use art materials to explore expression, thoughts, feelings and different ways of communication, both verbal and nonverbal.

    I graduated from the University of Hertfordshire in 2020 with a masters in Art Therapy.

    I am an Art Therapist with lived experience in mental health and I’m neurodivergent. So I understand how tricky it can be with trying to figure ourselves out and ‘just being’ in various environments too.

    …and now the other stuff…

    As you can imagine, I’m a HUGE fan of the arts.

    I am also an avid traveller! You can usually find me in a gallery, museum, live music event or exploring a town, city or country somewhere, taking in the cultures, sampling the foods, snapping the architecture and landscapes whilst sipping a coffee and eating chocolate…lots of chocolate!

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  • Family woodcarving with Pathcarvers

    Family woodcarving with Pathcarvers

    11am until 1pm, Lower gallery or courtyard, 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 – get there early – limited spaces

    pathcarvers.co.uk

  • Sundragon Pottery – March

    Sundragon Pottery – March

    Sundragon pottery workshop is back for Second Saturday – come and get friendly with clay!

    Drop in – free/donation

  • True Form Projects Oriental Star Express

    True Form Projects Oriental Star Express

    All day, The Old Print Works

    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.

    Image credit – Ian Reynolds

  • DROP IN PHOTO-BOOTH & PORTRAITS with Hayley Salter Photography

    DROP IN PHOTO-BOOTH & PORTRAITS with Hayley Salter Photography

    Join Hayley for a quick drop-in portrait, headshot, a new profile picture, a photo with your friends or family… whatever you’re looking for to make a lovely memory from Second Saturday.

    PHOTO-BOOTH:

    Drop in Photo Booth, comes with print out of image to keep – create a lovely memory from Second Saturday

    PRICE: Suggested payment £5 per print

    TIME: Drop in between 11am & 3pm

    HEADSHOT EXPRESS:

    20 minute express portrait/headshot sessions – for those in a rush or on a budget!

    Includes up to 2 outfits and/or backdrops, and 2 digital images that will be emailed to you within 1 week.

    TIME: 5 slots available throughout the day, between 11am & 3pm.

    BOOKING: Email hayleycsalter@gmail.com , or DM @headshotswithhayley on Instagram to book

    PRICE: £60, plus £15 per image if you’d like more than 2 photos. £10 discount with a valid student ID.