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Opportunity – Art Club Lead Artist
This role has been withdrawn for the time being – please check back for future opportunities to work with us.
Training Opportunity – participation, engagement and responsiveness
Training Opportunity On Friday 1st and 8th July, Friction are offering a small group of artists and performers the opportunity to benefit from their extensive experience in developing participatory approaches to making art in the world. If you are someone who is interested in developing their approach to creating engaging artwork, aimed at the widest […]
The Edge Renewed
We’re very pleased to announce that we’ve been awarded just over £500K to upgrade our HQ, The Edge by Arts Council England. This is huge news for us and we’re very happy that the building will be more accessible and more sustainable as a result of the work we will do. We’re working with architects […]
Job opportunity – Art Club Lead Artist
Art Club Exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Art Club Lead Artist/ Tutor Friction Arts are on a quest to find the right Lead Artist/ Tutor to work with an inspiring group of young people with different needs, abilities and SEN. Our Art Club is a free, weekly term-time Club, which supports young people […]
Halloween Film Reviews
J’s Halloween recommendations. J is a regular attender of our Art Club programme on Saturdays. He’s an avid cartoon and film fan and these are his reviews and recommendations for this Halloween viewing. Hallo – these are my Halloween recommendations.. .in no particular order… 1st choice – ‘Killer Klowns from outer space’. The film ‘It’ […]
Job Opportunity – Projects Manager
We are looking for an energetic and committed person to be the company’s Projects Manager, to oversee successful delivery of our socially-engaged programme of work. The role will include looking after our programme and working closely with our existing team of artists, project management, and support staff. This will be a rewarding role working with […]
Culture Club, Week 10: Animation 2
After a few hundred photos and a broken pencil or two, we have come to the end of the pilot for Culture Club. There were a few tears and an extended session due the young people not wanting to log off. I am so proud to see the personal progressions that came from exploring so […]
Culture Club, Week 9: Animation 1
Last week was the penultimate week of Culture Club and I can hardly believe it. Where has the time gone? After eight weeks of exploring an array of art, week nine of Culture Club brought it all together: the members chose their favourite week from the programme and began to interpret their theme (self-portraits, extinct […]
Culture Club, Week 8: Portraits
Last week was great and not just because of how much the young people loved the session but also because of the weather! As we approach the final weeks of Culture Club, we took a closer look at ourselves, which really helped with the theme for this week: portraits! We started off the session by […]