Oh, come all ye Brummies!

Following our recent success in developing a partnership with a Dutch community group, Active Arts is now looking to set up other strategic partnerships with our fellow Brummies. The group’s community arts remit means that we’re always looking to make new links with fellow community groups, artists and creatives, and funders. In the coming months we will be looking [...]

Going Dutch

Always one for developing international partnerships,  Active Arts was delighted to play host to a group of residents and community workers from Pendrecht, Rotterdam on Saturday 12th April.
The group, aged 13-82, came to Birmingham to perform their original piece of theatre, ‘The Pendrecht Dialogues’. The play, which was performed at Castle Vale’s Spitfire House and later The Custard [...]

The art is in the making

Castle Vale’s Active Arts Day made an impressive debut on Saturday-even if we do say so ourselves. The event, designed to launch the new Active Arts group and offer locals a chance to take part in a range of free performances and workshops, drew hundreds of participants from all over Castle Vale and Birmingham, and indeed as far as Warwickshire! 
Despite the weather, The [...]