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CREATE Youth Festival
Meet us at The Edge for CREATE Youth Festival… On the 19th, 20th and 21st of July, on the first weekend of the Summer Holidays, we are hosting the CREATE Youth Festival at The Edge. The Festival will be suitable for children and young people between the ages of 8 and 18 and has […]
Join Our Board: Seeking a New Chair for Friction
We’re looking for a new Chair to join our diverse Board of Directors. We’re looking for someone who cares about art, community, the environment and social justice and has experience in leading organisations in the arts and non-profit sector. It’s a pivotal time for Friction as we head towards the re-opening of our refurbished and […]
Talking Drum Fest
Talking Drum Fest Playing the Edge in more ways than one We’ve teamed up with intrepid musician Xhosa Cole for a weekend of music, performance, dance, spoken word, talks and all kinds of related shenanigans on 21st/22nd May. Focusing on the Black and African diasporic experience, Talking Drum will feature some of the best artists […]
Coming up at the Edge
First up, Zimbo Freemind hosts a livestreamed chat show on 24th February https://www.instagram.com/reel/CourmqfIrEW/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Next, Hank Bamberger/ Junk Galleries present Killer Heel confessionals on 4th March Keep checking back, there’s some fun stuff coming up soon, including Xhosa Cole’s Talking Drum Festival, Celebrating Sanctuary and more
Event News
A Conversation About Building and Sustaining Art Spaces An opportunity to find out about the work of Untethered Magic in Nairobi, Kenya and a discussion about autonomy and self sustainability When and where Date and time Sat, 12 November 2022, 18:00 – 21:00 GMT Location The Edge 79-81 Cheapside Birmingham B12 0QH About this event An extra […]
Job opportunity – Art Club Lead Artist
Art Club Exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Art Club Lead Artist/ Tutor Friction Arts are on a quest to find the right Lead Artist/ Tutor to work with an inspiring group of young people with different needs, abilities and SEN. Our Art Club is a free, weekly term-time Club, which supports young people […]
Quiet Carnival
Performance and art 29th August 2020 At the Edge 79-81 Cheapside Deritend B12 0QH Is it safe? As we emerge into a new paradigm, how do artists and audiences get to engage? How do we make ourselves feel safe in a time when going to the shops feels like a game of Russian Roulette? Quiet […]
Forge
Forge Saturday 19th October 10-5pm – Free Forge is a social building event in which people come together to build a colourful semi-permanent structure for the benefit of the area, made entirely using hands-on sustainable compressed-earth building processes. All day on Saturday 19th October we will be testing with participants the brickmaking process at The Edge, and over […]
3 Men in a Pub
Coming up at the Edge on 20th/21st September New Mercury Theatre presents a double bill: “Three Men in a Pub” by Alan GrayNever discuss politics or religion in a pub, but what happens if things turn strange? “Giving Up” by Brendan HigginsThree friends meet, but the tobacco fiend raises its head. What happens next? Friday […]