Hope from the Heart of Ukraine

Two years of war is a heavy weight to carry. Friction Art club has created a space for young Ukrainian artists to express themselves and mark this anniversary. Through these difficult times we want to honour these difficult stories and show our solidarity – your voice matters. Art is a powerful tool for sharing stories […]

Seasons greatings and see you in the New Year!

Wishing you all be merry and bright, with twinkling lights and cozy nights. Wishing you all the best this winter season! We’ll be closed now until 2nd January 2024

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Renewing the Edge

Renewing the Edge As you know, we’re undertaking a major refurbishment of the Edge. This means we’ll be closing for the best part of a year. There’ll be big changes at the Edge, but we’ll be ensuring the soul remains the same. Major changes are: A new, super-accessible ‘changing places’ facility on the ground floor […]

Our Policies

Friction Arts policies and procedures are in place to protect the rights of people we work with, our employees, as well as the interests of Friction Arts and are available for you to see at any time. These include: To see all our policies please contact us: info@frictionarts.com Why do we collect your information and ask for feedback? Any […]

Celebrating Local Legends

On the 9th September our Art Club celebrated local legends as part of Balsall Heath Second Saturdays, bringing our local legends to people at the Market to discover and chat about their local legends. The event followed much research and preparation – Savhanha Nguyen worked with our Art Club, leading workshops, researching local legends with […]

Current artist in residence Jose Witteveen

We’re really pleased to be hosting Rome-based Dutch artist Jose, over July and August. Jose is an artist, photographer and master printmaker and is being hosted at the Edge and working over a range of our current projects. In her own words: ‘ Jose Witteveen, an artist in residence at Friction Arts this month, lives in […]

What’s On?

Here you can find out what’s happening, at the Edge, and elsewhere November Hear Here Since March this year we’ve been working with hundreds of women and girls across the city on this project, using the metaphor of Shakespeare’s Ophelia character to examine issues around women’s mental health and wellbeing. Lead artist Joanne Tremarco has […]

Windrush75 – whose story is it?

We had a great day supporting organisations and events on Windrush 75, including our own ‘Leaning into the Wind’ Exhibition at The Library of Birmingham until 25th August, and a special event at Handsworth Library. Through photography, interviews, conversations, portraits, we’ll be meeting at places like Soho House, Library of Birmingham & Moseley Road Baths […]

Support Artist Job Opportunity

Friction Arts are on a quest to find the right Support Artist to work with an inspiring group of young people with different needs and abilities. Our Art Club is a free, weekly term-time Club, which supports young people aged 8-18 yrs old to explore their culture, work and spend time with their alternative peer […]