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
Our first workshop in the 2020 Saturday Sessions is Bargello stitch! At the end of this three hour stitching workshop with Tina Francis Tapestry you will have made your own colourful framed tapestry and learnt a stitching technique which dates back to the 15th century and is making a come back! It's time to listen to our hearts... Read more
31 JAN - 25 FEB. We are delighted to exhibit the work of contemporary artist Franziska Schenk who uses nano-pigment technology to depict the iridescent colour of nature. This exhibition takes its theme from John Ruskin's call for artists to 'go to Nature, rejecting nothing, selecting nothing and scorning nothing' and his attack on Darwin's theory of evolution. Alongside this exhibition we have a programme to mark Ruskin's 201st birthday and the end of his bicentennial celebrations. Read more... 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
Join us for afternoon tea and birthday cake and for the Birmingham finale of the #Ruskin200 celebrations. The event includes talks, Q&As, a tour, refreshments and a creative workshop. Find out more and book tickets... Read more
We've teamed up with Jerk 'n Jewels for a unique and authentic Jamaican Valentine experience at The Hive. Come as friends, families and couples to enjoy an evening of good food, love, warmth and music. Hosted by Paul & Shereen Spurgeon. Jerk 'n Jewels is exclusive to The Hive. Read about this new exciting creative fusion and how to book tickets... Read more
Join us for a family workshop where you will closely observe the beautiful iridescent rainbow colours of butterflies to then render these artistically, using magnifying glasses and latest nano-paints. An opportunity for children and their parents and carers to explore art and be creative together with artist Franziska Schenk. 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