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We’re looking for an Art Teacher/ Facilitator
We are seeking a creative, adaptable, and fun Art Teacher / Facilitator to work with learners aged 4–18 (including GCSE-level students) for one day a week as part of the newly developed programme for Home Ed communities, in partnership with Arts in Action CIC. To find out more about the role please take a look […]
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 […]
CREATE at The Edge
We’re pleased to be announcing a free May half term programme for children and young people between the ages of 8 to 18 who are looking for an opportunity to get involved in something exciting. On Tuesday the 27th, we will be having a barbeque at Stanhope Community Hub, where there’ll be the chance […]
Get Together at Stanhope this Winter
Home in Highgate are running a drop-in event at Stanhope Wellbeing Hub on the 19th of December, 12pm-3pm. Come along to enjoy workshop activities, including green craft, and a small exhibition produced by Art Club. Catch up on what the Home in Highgate team have been up to by watching some films of the activities […]
Indonesia Journal #1- Journey and arrival
We took off from Birmingham on Thursday afternoon, arriving at Jakarta airport at 6pm on Friday. It got a bit complicated getting through immigration, signage was confusing, and we joined several queues we didn’t need to, before finally realizing our pre-booked visas and UK passports allowed us to use the automatic gates and we sailed […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Kenya Journal #5
Days 7-9 In some ways these days have run into each other. We’ve mostly been mapping, working on archival stuff and planning the rest of the residency, including working out how we can most effectively and usefully share our practice with Kenyan artists. Syowia shared a map of the Nairobi art scene with us, and […]
Kenya Journal #4
Day 6 The early part of the day was spent preparing for the afternoon’s barbecue, with everyone making themselves busy moving tables and chairs around, and chopping and slicing fruit and vegetables. Quite a feast was created, with Kibe manning the piece de resistance that was the barbecue, big enough to hold the whole goat […]