Connecting artists and communities in Balsall Heath, Moseley, Kings Heath, Sparkbrook, Springfield, Sparkhill and Hall Green, Birmingham
A local society whose members meet to paint, discuss art and develop their skills through a varied programme of demonstrations, workshops and exhibitions. Artists of all abilities very welcome.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hallgreenart
Address: Meetings at Chatterton Hall, 93b School Road, Hall Green, B28 8JQ. Exhibitions usually in Moseley, Kings Heath or Hall Green.
E-mail: mandywearing@btinternet.com
Phone: 0121 778 3811
We organise displays and exhibitions, collect memories, work with schools, produce publications and perform street trails in conjunction with the Birmingham History Theatre Company. Our most recent project is The Lost Children about the Middlemore Emigration Homes.
Our most recent project is The Lost Children about the Middlemore Emigration Homes. The Society has a base in the Old Print Works with an excellent collection of resources.
Website: www.balsallheathhistory.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Balsall-Heath-Local-History-Society-105287126177313
Address: The Old Print Works, 498-506 Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9AH
E-mail: val.hart@balsallheathhistory.co.uk
Phone: 0121 689 2584
Flo is a self-taught vibrant crochet and fibre artist from Birmingham. She took up crochet over 10 years ago and has never looked back. After covering all her family and friends in crochet she then took to the streets, bringing colour wherever she goes. Flo is inspired by nature, feminism, pop culture and whatever is on her mind at the time. Check her out for commissions and make your world a softer place too!
Flo is a self-taught vibrant crochet and fibre artist from Birmingham. She took up crochet over 10 years ago and has never looked back. After covering all her family and friends in crochet she then took to the streets, bringing colour wherever she goes. Flo is inspired by nature, feminism, pop culture and whatever is on her mind at the time. Check her out for commissions and make your world a softer place too!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/flofibreartist
Instagram: https://instagram.com/flo.fibreartist/
E-mail: Flofibreartist@gmail.com
Phone: 07709 107 170
I am a participatory artist, working mainly in textiles. I combine my creative skills and knowledge with my background (& current work) in adult mental health social work.
I combine my creative skills and teaching to run an arts practice that is rooted in coproduction, therapeutic mental health and trauma informed and socially engaged.
I mentor and am an associate artist with GAP Arts. I have a community studio space at TOPW where I create protest banners.
I qualified with a degree in Visual Arts from Lancaster University and have many years experience of reseaching, facilitating and evaluating arts projects, workshops and events.
Following a career as an arts administrator, I built on my community arts experience by qualifying in Social Work from Glasgow University. I went onto to manage a number of community based mental health services both in Glasgow, and more recently in Birmingham. I have a commitment to creativity and engagement and have been recognised nationally for my work in creative approaches to organsiational change and consultation. I deliver learning and engagement opportunities with diverse groups of adults, young people and older adults.
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In 2016, I established The Black and Blue Collective– a collaborative live arts organisation that works in co-production with artists and people with lived experience of mental health issues
Website: www.janethakoordin.com
E-mail: thakoordin@gmail.com
Balsall Heath CATS is a parent led organisation, set up to run play, leisure, sports, arts and recreational activities for disabled children, young people and families.
Arts activities include parents/carers coffee mornings, with creative and craft opportunities. Mental health well-being. Play and youth sessions with arts focus for disabled CYP.
Website: http://www.bhcats.org.uk/
Address: 110 Edward Road, Balsall Heath, B12 9LS
E-mail: Info@bhcats.org.uk
Phone: 07889 930 040
Sähëlï – A friend dedicated to improving community health and wellbeing by providing innovative services and solutions that educates, motivates, inspires and empowers.
Art activities include:
Website: Saheli.co.uk
E-mail address: Shebina@saheli.co.uk
Address: Saheli Hub, 257 Edward Road, Balsall Heath, B12 9LF
Twitter: @SaheliHub
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sahelihub
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saheli_hub/
The Ashiana Community Project, improving the quality of life for people living, working and volunteering in Sparkbrook and surrounding areas. Activities inclide Yoga, Journaling, Craft Sessions and Gardening.
Website: https://www.acpgroup.org.uk/
Address: Grantham Road Sparkbrook, B11 1LU
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/acp.birmingham
E-mail: Kam Bola – info@acpgroup.org.uk
Phone: 0121 687 6767
Traditional Bosnian folk dance classes/ art work with children.
Website: bosniauknetwork.org
Address: Bosnia House 36 Medley Rd, B11 2NE
Phone: 0121 772 3052
E-mail: Lejla Solakovic – uknetwork.lejla@btconnect.com
Eclectic mix of local, national and international live music on a monthly basis. Social, educational, cultural, musical, friendly. Warm welcome to all.
Website: www.muzikstan.com
Address: St Columba Church (main church), B13 8DL
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Muzikstan
E-mail: Sophie Handy sophie@muzikstan.com
Phone: 07768 431124
Moseley Road Baths is developing a programme of health, wellbeing and creative activities through their ‘Moseley Road Baths Alive’ work. They are also developing space for Arts activities.
Their ‘Threading Tales Together’ project started in March 2021. They plan to offer yoga, drum’n’bounce, yoga for kids, wim hof meditation, cross stitching, poetry, hip-hop and photography, depending on the interests and stories of participants.
Website: https://moseleyroadbaths.org.uk/
E-mail: Emily Butler at emily.butler@moseleyroadbaths.org.uk
Address: Moseley Road Baths, 497 Moseley Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9BX
Social Media
https://www.facebook.com/Threadingtalestogether/
https://www.instagram.com/moseleyrdbaths
https://en-gb.facebook.com/MoseleyRdBaths/
https://twitter.com/MoseleyRdBaths
Misfits Music is a Birmingham based charity providing musical and social activities for adults who play any instrument to any ability.
We provide a place for musicians to connect with each other, either online and in-person. We play a variety of repertoire including arrangements of well-known pop songs and film scores alongside collectively written pieces from the group.
Misfits currently run the Moseley Misfits instrumental group, Capo Guitar group and The Misfits Choir.
Website: https://misfitsmusic.org.uk/
E-mail: info@misfitsmusic.org.uk
Address: The Moseley Exchange, B13 8JP
Phone: 07458 306 508
Twitter: https://twitter.com/misfits_music/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/misfitsmusic/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misfits_music_foundation/
I aim to nurture curious citizens, confident in their heritage, rooted in their communities, through developing and delivering creative participatory media and heritage projects.
I aim to nurture curious citizens, confident in their heritage, rooted in their communities, through developing and delivering creative participatory media and heritage projects.
I create film, media and heritage project which tell important and personal stories, that can shape our ideas about the world and lead to positive social and political action. At the heart of this is participatory practice, firmly rooted in using tools for collaboration and co-creation.
I work with arts organisations, youth groups, community projects, schools, charities, advocacy groups and do community-based work in the public sector across the West Midlands. I am particularly interested in exploring projects connected to people’s heritage, community action, oral histories, social justice and urban wildlife.
In addition to my Freelance practice, I am Secretary of the People’s Heritage Co-operative and currently manage our Represent project tracing post-WW1 issues around political representation. I am also Co-ordinator of Art Works, the Local Arts Forum for Hall Green Constituency and I manage Balsall Heath Neighbourhood News Online.
I am currently developing my participatory practice and leadership as a Fellow on the Gulbenkian Foundation supported Creative Communities Fellowship – hosted by National Art Strategies based in the USA and Derby Museums in the UK.
For more details or even if you would just like to discuss my practice in more detail, please get in touch!
Website: http://www.community-film-maker.org.uk/
E-mail: rachel@community-film-maker.org.uk
Phone: 07967 093 256
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RachelGilliesCommunityFilm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachelgillies
All activities aims to work with young people and local communities to make make sense of the world using creative and cultural action.
All activities aims to work with young people and local communities to make make sense of the world using creative and cultural action. There is a combination of one of projects that use a variety of art forms appropriate for the subject, and also one off events that are hosted by either the organisation or members of the community.
Address: The GAP, 498 Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, B12 9AH
Website: www.thegapartsproject.co.uk
E-mail: arron@thegapartsproject.co.uk
Instagram: @the____gap
Twitter: @the____gap
Facebook: @TheGAPArtsProject
Sajida Asif is a Birmingham born artist based in Moseley.
After graduating with a Master’s degree in Fine Art, Sajida held exhibitions of her work both locally and abroad, with previous exhibitions held in Amsterdam, Walsall New Art Gallery, a six week solo exhibition in Winterbourne Coach House Gallery, Birmingham and other West Midlands and Birmingham based galleries such as Direct Art Action, The Art Yard and Moseley Exchange.
Sajida has carried out lots of commissioned projects with schools and other organisations. These projects have involved murals, fabric hangings and art, painted benches with the Big Read and an outdoor public piece as part of Stechford Art Trail in Birmingham. Sajida has also been commissioned to create tapestries for Birmingham’s Soho House Museum.
Sajida has worked with many different mediums and art forms. Recently Sajida has also begun creating quilts and tapestries as mediums used to explore history, culture and heritage. Sajida has carried out lots of artist workshops with adults and young people through working with Birmingham Centre for Art Therapies.
Craft, Fine Art, Visual Arts
Website: https://saj-art.wixsite.com/sajida-asif
E-mail: sajidaasif925@msn.com
Phone: 07875 031 574
Visual artist currently focussed on painting vibrant geometric mandalas which have often been said to remind individuals of kaleidoscope imagery. I also make upcycled crotched rag rugs.
Visual artist currently focussed on painting vibrant geometric mandalas which have often been said to remind individuals of kaleidoscope imagery. I also make upcycled crotched rag rugs.
Fine Art, Visual Arts
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helenadereybekill
E-mail: helena_de_reybekill@hotmail.com
Phone: 07845 591 605
I write poetry, short fiction, and creative non-fiction, and I facilitate other people’s writing through online courses, one-to-ones, and writing groups.
I write poetry, short fiction, and creative non-fiction, and I facilitate other people’s writing through online courses, one-to-ones, and writing groups.
I brought out ‘Pity the Uncrooked Tree’ in 2020, a collection of 250 poems. I hold an MA in Creative Writing.
Website: https://writeyourworldalive.today
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_fewings
Facebook: https://facebook.com/fewings.writer
E-mail: chris@fewings.uk
Phone: 07952 909 804
21 years of community music making for people with an interest in Afro-Brazilian percussion, music and dance (a.k.a. Samba). Based in B12, we offer tuition, workshops and performances in all areas.
21 years of community music making for people with an interest in Afro-Brazilian percussion, music and dance (a.k.a. Samba). Based in B12, we offer tuition, workshops and performances in all areas.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oyabatucadaband
E-mail: oyabatucada@hotmail.co.uk
Phone number: 07504 263 039
I’m an artist, based at The Old Print Works in Balsall Heath, working with acrylic paints in a hard edged style to produce art inspired by a broad range of modernist architecture.
I’m an artist, based at The Old Print Works in Balsall Heath, working with acrylic paints in a hard edged style to produce art inspired by a broad range of modernist architecture. I also produce and sell limited edition prints of my work which are available through my website.
Website: https://www.elliottpackham.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElliottPackham
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elliottpackham_art/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElliottPackhamArt
Address: The Old Print Works, 498-506 Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham B12 9AH
E-mail: info@elliottpackham.com
Phone: 07872 415 025
Ort Gallery is an artist-led space in Birmingham with the social mission to facilitate dialogue in the community.
Ort Gallery is an artist-led space in Birmingham with the social mission to facilitate dialogue in the community.
(picture credit Marcin Sz, artwork by Leah Gordon)
Website: http://ortgallery.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OrtGallery
Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/OrtGallery/
Address: 496 Moseley Road, B12 9AJ
E-mail: Josie Reichert – josie@ortgallery.co.uk
Phone: 07724 613 406
Culture Central is sector support organisation and collective voice for Arts and Culture in the region. They drive strategy with an ambitious, inclusive and relevant vision for the role of the arts and artists in society.
Culture Central is sector support organisation and collective voice for Arts and Culture in the region. They drive strategy with an ambitious, inclusive and relevant vision for the role of the arts and artists in society. Their weekly newsletter is packed with information relevant to anyone working in the creative sector in the region.
Culture Central advocates for the sector, acting as a catalyst to generate radical new approaches to investment and sustainability and brokering cross-sector collaborations and partnerships. They work with the sector to develop audiences, provide and promote opportunities for learning, build networks and nurture employment opportunities and share expertise from the talented, diverse communities in the region.
Since the outbreak of Covid-19, they have spearheaded the ‘Cultural Response Unit’, to create a sector led response to the changing situation. As part of this, they have co-ordinated several ‘Weekender’ events, and have responded to Black Lives Matter’s call for action through launching ‘More than a Moment’, with and for Black Creatives.
For information on how to join and to subscribe to their weekly newsletter, visit their website.
Website: /https://www.culturecentral.co.uk/
Cultural Response Unit: https://www.culturecentral.co.uk/wmcru/
More than a Moment: https://www.culturecentral.co.uk/mtam/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CultureCentral
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CultureCentralWM/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/culturecentraluk/
Address: Birmingham Chamber Of Commerce, 75 Harborne Rd, Birmingham B15 3DH
E-mail: info@culturecentral.co.uk
