The rescheduled Circus Mash workshop took place in Cotteridge Park yesterday (Sun 19th May) and we had around 45 participants. Joe and his team were kept very busy by a very willing crowd – the sunshine helped ofcourse. Here are some pics…but if you didn’t make it, come and join in the fun (children & adults alike) next Sunday 26th May 2-5pm.
And some performers from Circus Mash show us some moves…
The next Arts Forum Selly Oak meeting will take place onWednesday 22nd May 2013 at The Hub Hazelwell in Kings Heath.6.30-7.30pmThe meeting will look at the plans for 2013-14 for the Arts Forum so it would be great if you could be there to feed into ideas & priorities.Please can you RSVP by Friday 17th May (this Friday) so that we know how many people are coming and organise some teas/coffees!
Don’t forget this Sunday & the Sunday of the Bank Holiday weekend, Circus Mash will be bringing their Aerial Silks workshop to Cotteridge Park (postponed from Art SOAK in March), come and have a go at playing acrobat! It is great fun & good for fitness. Workshop will take place 2-5pm near the play area.
Next meeting announced:
Come along to our next networking meeting on Wednesday 22nd May 6.30 – 7.30pm. This is a chance to network with other local artists and organisations as well as a discussing our Arts Plan for the coming year.
Venue to be confirmed – watch this space!
Due to the snow over Art SOAK weekend we had to postpone a few of our events but we have now rescheduled so if there was something you were looking forward to you won’t miss out!
We’ve got Lorna Rose’s Making a Masterpiece workshop at Yardley Wood Library, Recycled Jewellery with Jolene Smith, a double dose of Aerial Skills courtesy of CircusMASH in Cotteridge Park and we will be Drawing the City with Sarah Taylor Silverwood at Druids Heath Library.
Check out the new programme and find out more details.
Let’s have a SHOW OF HANDS for the Heritage Lottery Fund bid to get Stirchley Baths back into community use. Supported by Birmingham Conservation Trust, to be submitted in June by Selly Oak District (Birmingham City Council).
Come along to Stirchley Library on Saturday 6th April to get involved in the community art challenge to show just how much support there is for the project.
Paper, pens, glitter, glue, crayons, tissue paper, pegs, laminator and washing line provided! We just need your hands – and some dry weather would be nice too!
Silks in the Park has been postponed due to the unseasonable weather! We will reschedule and let you now the new dates shortly (fingers crossed for Spring arriving soon!).
Other events should be going ahead as planned today but keep an eye out on Facebook and Twitter for updates throughout the day.
