Workshops
Chandos finds what Community sounds like
Chandos Primary School, collaborative music-making led by Natalie Mason and Beth Hopkins (Multicultural Music Making) work with year 5 at Chandos Primary School, supported by found sound and interview work with Marcus Belben and Russell Green, explore what it means to be ‘Home in Highgate’. We introduced our giant map, ran interviewing workshops and walked […]
Light into Night – Bringing New Hope
To celebrate the beginning of the dark nights we ran a magical event – ‘Light Into Night’. We all got together and made a fire in New Hope park for people to gather round. We lit the park with LED lights and candles and Glue Collective made shadow puppets while the children toasted marshmallows at […]
Highgate Heats up – a summer of fun and creativity
This summer, we started our ‘Home in Highgate’ journey with local young people exploring and celebrating the vibrant community of Highgate. Through a series of activities and opportunities, young people had the opportunity to show us their neighborhood, share their stories and interview local people. The Summer programme led to a summer fete at New […]
Making Friends and Dens Home in Highgate
Join us for a fun-filled day of den-making at Appletopia Park (formerly Conybere Street Public Open Space) on Thursday, August 29th from 11am to 1pm, and then at St.Martin’s Youth and Community Centre, 1pm to 5pm. Our Summer Youth Programme for ages 8 to 18 has been a blast, and we’re inviting parents with younger children […]
CREATE Discover Highgate
18th May we went with our youth panel and art club members to discover Highgate. First step was to check out our giant map, and find out where people wanted to go. We went to the Baptist Church, home of Rev. Peter Stanford (1858-1909), who was the first Black Baptist Minister in the UK (Benjamin […]
CREATE looks to the summer
I hope you had an amazing bank holiday weekend and are all enjoying the sunshine! We continued character designs, zines and protest pieces(see image) and also plans for future trips and things, including next week at the Botanical Gardens. Looking forward we discussed plans for a Summer Art Club during the holiday, both dates and […]
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 […]
Sleepless night of love and resistance
Yalda and Rainbow…The night that starts from the cold behind the door and brings people to the warmth of intimacy and friendship. Wednesday 21st Dec 9pm to Thursday 22nd Dec 6am, brought to you with Socio Cinema at The Edge! This is a free event including If possible please bring something to drink, poetry and […]