Join us at the Glasshouse College/ Ruskin Glass Centre for a fun filled family day. Unique Craft Stalls Resident Artists and Makers Children's Activities Free event and parking. Read more
A heartwarming story about friends pulling together, Your Toys is funny, full of music and surprises, and will send you home with a smile on your face. Adults and children are invited to bring along a toy and watch it join in the rumpus! Read more
Join Steve Silberman, poet Kate Fox and ecologist Dara McAnulty for Crafting Connections: a unique partnership with the renowned Hay Festival. This Living Conference explores neurodiversity in an atmosphere of creativity, social inclusion, research and lively cultural exchange. Read more
The Rat Affair are proud to present RAT - The Pied Piper of Hamelin reimagined through live music and shadow puppetry. Read more
Throughout 2020 we are running a new enterprise project called Crafting for All. Our monthly sessions will provide an opportunity for people with a learning disability or specific learning need to gain practical enterprise and traditional crafting skills. By the end of the project the makers will have made quality hand-made products to sell at a local craft market. Find out more and register your interest here. Read more
OPENS 2 MARCH 2020 A joint exhibition of new work by Jemma Gunning and Tracey Thorne. The Fading City is inspired by the textures and typography of buildings that surround us, and calls on us to immerse ourselves in a world that might otherwise slip by. Both artists have produced new works for the exhibition using different printmaking techniques to draw out the character and souls of the buildings. Read more
In our Working with Makers programme this year we are delighted to be working with Anwa to offer a taster workshop, using art clay silver. These are evening classes to help you creatively unwind after a busy day and make beautiful items of pure silver you can be proud of. Read more
As part of our Working with Makers programme we're delighted to be working with glass artist Jackie Cooley. Jackie is based at The Ruskin Glass Centre in Stourbridge and has 30 years of experience and studio practice. Read more
Our monthly Saturday Session is a day of activity, themed on our current gallery exhibition and includes craft experiences for families, guided building tours at 11am and 1.30pm, and heritage exhibitions and activities. All free entry. You are welcome to Pay As You Feel for craft materials and tours. Read more
OPENS 20 MARCH. For the first time in Birmingham, the city of 1000 trades, experience the highly-acclaimed 'The Machinery', a three screen, immersive, sound and video installation capturing the earliest known machine dance. The dance performed by Caroline Radcliffe and captured by filmmaker Jon Harrison is augmented with the sounds and movements of the Industrial Revolution’s textile industries by composer and digital artist Sarah Angliss. Read more
Spend the morning in The Hive's Makers Studio learning the ancient craft of wax carving and making your own wax jewellery design. This Jerk 'n Jewels workshop is led by Paul Spurgeon, twice UK Designer of the Year and multi-award winner in the craft. As part of the ticket price, the workshop includes a Jerk 'n Jewels all-you-can-eat Jamaican buffet. WHAT A LOVELY MOTHER'S DAY GIFT!! Read more
Jerk 'n Jewels bring you a pop up monthly Sunday Gospel Brunch at The Hive! They'll be serving food and music for the soul! Enjoy a delicious three-course home cooked Jamaican buffet and be entertained by local talent with live traditional and contemporary Gospel music. This is a collaboration event with The Hive. MOTHERS DAY SPECIAL Read more