Join community arts organisations in Balsall Heath on 12th March for another packed programme of events to celebrate creativity in Balsall Heath.
The full programme is in the image, but please see the Second Saturday website for further details.

The full programme is in the image, but please see the Second Saturday website for further details.
Participants from Amal Creative, Kinmos and Smart Women CIC co-designed a series of workshops based on which artforms they wanted to explore with multidisciplinary Visual Artist ILdikó Nagy. Participants were eager to express themselves creatively and committed to working collaboratively to create something reflecting their skills, talents and cultural heritage. From a henna decorated door lit by lanterns to handsculpted incense burners, a huge willow-woven heart to needlefelted Yemeni flags, each group has crafted objects to show others who they are and what matters to them.
You can find out more about the groups’ creative journeys over on the ‘My Doorstep, My Culture’ page of our website.
The exhibition was launched to an invited audience of participants, their families and friends on Saturday 22nd February in the glorious setting of Moseley Road Baths’ empty Gala Pool. Over 30 people attended the launch where groups viewed each others’ work for the first time and reflected on their achievements with food and drink.
‘My Doorstep, My Culture’ is in the Gala Pool until 31st March 2022.
Art Works will be continuing to explore ways to support these community artists in their creative journeys.
The full programme is below, but please see the Second Saturday website for further details.
This monthly mini festival brings together families and residents to share and experience food, heritage, sport, arts, artisan products and literature. Bringing community organisations and businesses together for a regularly recurring event is a deliberate move to put our often-overlooked neighbourhood on the map, celebrate the diversity found here and promoting community cohesion.
Bringing community organisations and businesses together for a regularly recurring event is a deliberate move to put our often-overlooked neighbourhood on the map, celebrate the diversity found here and promoting community cohesion.
The full listings for Saturday’s event are now up on the website and include badge making, board games, weaving workshops, pottery, a community meal, exhibitions and live music.
Starting from the 5th of October 2021, we are running 12 weeks of adult crafting sessions every Tuesday and gentle holistic therapy sessions every Friday. Free refreshments and option of a pay-as-you-feel lunch.
For more information, request to join the Private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1281740178856033/
Also take a look at the Pacha house Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pachahouseatfriendsinstitute/
Venue: The Friends’ Institute, 220 Moseley Road, B12 0DG
E-mail address: friendsinstitutetrust@gmail.com
For more information on these sessions which take place from 18th October at Highfield Hall in Hall Green, contact Sally Harper on 07808 988 945.
If you are around Moseley come and see “Quilt of Life” a wonderful exhibition from Sajida Asif, at the Moseley Exchange hall.
Weekends of 18/19th and 25/26th September 2021, all 11am-5pm
Pick up a guide book from various locations across the city, or visit website to use interactive map. Artists can sign up until 15th July online.
Dates: 11am-5pm on 18/19th and 25/26th September
Website: http://www.birminghamopenstudios.com
Cost: £42 to participate. Free to visit.
Contact: Owen de Visser at studios@artsbrum.com
This project is particularly (but not exclusively!) aimed at those who have been shielding during the Covid-19 pandemic and their families, carers and loved ones.
For more information contact Emily.Butler@moseleyroadbaths.org.uk or ring 07926 999 442. Supported by the ‘Moseley Road Baths Alive’ project, with support from BVSC and Moseley Together.