CREATE’s first site visit

We came back to the Edge to see how the building work is going.  At the moment the only sign of the builders is a sign on the gate and a very empty Edge.  Next door there is a storage area with everything that used to be in the Edge. For our first site visit […]

Youth Panel CREATE

Our Youth Panel has a new name! After much deliberation, Friction Youth Panel are now ‘CREATE: Creative Revolution Evolving At The Edge’, thoughtfully named and voted on. We also discussed how to safely pass on messages to our team, be they comments, safeguarding concerns, or just praise for our all star art clubbers work. Some […]

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

Moseley Road Baths Living Room

A place to call Home

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 […]