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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 […]
Looking for a Youth Engagement Lead
We’re looking for an amazing person to work as a Youth Engagement Lead – an exciting opportunity to work with Friction Team mainly in Highgate. You’ll initially be leading outreach work with our local partners. Work will lead to initiating an open access youth offer at the Edge in 2025, following completion of our refurbishment […]
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
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 […]
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 […]