FREE Family Event

Saturday 28th April / 2pm-4pm / Birmingham Hippodrome

The dynamic agency for South Asian arts, sampad, and one of the UK’s busiest theatres, Birmingham Hippodrome will be providing opportunities for people in Harborne, Edgbaston, Quinton and Bartley Green to roll up their sleeves and get creative as part of Birmingham City Council’s groundbreaking ‘Arts Champions’ initiative. The scheme aims to bring the city’s residents closer to Birmingham’s world-class arts scene.

Why not come along to a FREE family event at Birmingham Hippodrome and try your hand at all the different activities including;

• Creative Cup Cake decoration
• Beginners Musical Theatre workshop
• Story Telling
• Pom Pom making
• Indian folk art – Rangoli

Activities are free, drop in and suitable for all the family, the day includes free refreshments and entry into a prize winning raffle.

Cost: FREE to residents of Harborne, Edgbaston, Quinton and Bartley Green*

Where: Birmingham Hippodrome Level 1&2 Foyers, Hurst St, Southside, Birmingham B5 4TB

How to book: No need to book, just turn up and register!

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In association with Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham City Council and sampad

Fit for a King!

This blog describes the fun session I (Tom Jones - the artist) had at The Barber Institute with Welsh House Farm School pupils.

Date: 20th March 2012

Hello!

We had a great day at Birmingham University Barber Institute of Fine arts with a session for Edgbaston Arts Champions E.A.T project. The young people from Welsh House Farm drew food on paper plates inspired by two big feast paintings in the Institute Gallery: imaginative cakes, one shaped like a girl, a rainbow fish, a 'posh bowl of fruit' and following one of the paintings: the mother of all mealtime rows with broken pots , a frightened dog and some really angry people !

I think the bit they enjoyed most was pretending to serve all the 'food' they had drawn to the angry king in the painting. We lined up like servants holding up our plates and ceremonially paraded to the sound of Purcell trumpets through the Gallery to lay all the 'food' out on the huge table between the two paintings.

It was a really collaborative effort with Tess from the Barber and teachers from the school joining in... a good balance of creativity, knowing more about food and art and generally enjoying he experience.

Tom x

We had a fantastic time at Woodview Community Centre in Edgbaston on Saturday with local residents.
Our Rangoli workshop with the community drew the attention of most people visiting the Spring Fair.

Once they got involved, it was hard to tear them away from the calming, enjoyable and relaxing vibe the activity creates.  Our artist Neemita Dhabi, used a range and array of bright and beautiful ingredients from Coconut to Lentils for everyone to add their shapes and designs from.

Thank you to Jackie Moore and the local residents who made our visit a real opportunity to engage with the Arts.

Arts Champions