PARTNERS WITH A Private FOCUS

The Bike project

Website: https://www.hellobvu.com/

Email: info@hellobvu.com Phone: 07513270228. Access via the Courtyard Entrance.

The Bike Project takes secondhand bikes, fix them up and donate them to refugees and asylum seekers in London and Birmingham.

Darkroom Birmingham

Website: https://darkroombirmingham.co.uk/ Email: info@darkroombirmingham.co.uk Phone: 07779159217

Community photography facilities. Hourly darkroom access available. B+W film dev and printing up to 5×4. Portraiture, event documentation, product and commercial photography. pop up photo booth, digital printing. Photo courses and tuition available. Analogue and digital photography services – photographic commissions, portraiture – event documentation. Analogue photography courses, regular weekend dates. Bespoke photography tuition, individual and group tuition and project support. Independent access to darkroom facilities available to members following an induction by arrangement.

Balsall Heath Local History Society

Website: balsallheathhistory.co.uk

The Society was founded in 1980. We aim to foster links across different cultural, religious and age groups by promoting and exploring local, community and family history. In the last few years they have: worked with schools; mounted a range of exhibitions; produced publications relating to local heritage; interviewed and recorded many people’s life stories; indexed our extensive photographic collection; organised trails; and undertaken specific projects.
At our base at the Old Print Works we have a good collection of photos of the area over the years, a range of maps and other resources.

Elliott Packham

Instagram: @elliottpackham_art
Website: www.elliottpackham.com
Email: info@elliottpackham.com

Elliott is an artists who uses acrylic paint to create images inspired by modernist and brutalist architecture, using a hard edged painting style.

3. 'Silodam' Elliott Packham 82x67cm PRINT.jpg

rebecca cowley - working clasp jewellery

Website: https://www.workingclasp.com/ Instagram: @workingclasp

Handcrafted jewellery label inspired by travel, Birmingham heritage and art and design. Distinct, wearable jewellery for people seeking something different. Rebecca puts on regular jewellery focused workshops in The Old Print Works. She has had her Jewellery worn by stars so check her website out.

monica perez vega, artist

For further details click on her Website: www.monicaperezvega.com or Email: info@monicaperezvega.com. Access via the Courtyard Entrance.

Working within a process reflective of life experiences, Monica embraces accidental and incidental moments; allowing herself to be guided by material. In doing so, she has come to realise that she is always seeking the catalyst or disruption and has embraced the transformative nature of the elements as potential collaborators in her practice.

Jerry Sykes

Email: jeremymsykes@yahoo.co.uk

Jerry is a local woodturner and carpenter who specialises in a wide variety of designs.

Jon Greenaway

Website: https://www.churchwindows.co.uk/.

Focusing on the design, manufacture and installation of bespoke architectural metalwork, innovative glazing systems and window protection for churches and listed buildings.

Yvonne Bunce

Instagram: @bunceyopw

Yvonne is an acrylic and digital artist who focuses on abstract and unusual patterns.

laura bridle from DO MAKE SAY INK

Twitter: @domakesayINK Instagram: @domakesayink Website: www.domakesayink.com

Great by hand screenprinting using eco-friendly water based inks for a long lasting, soft and breathable finish. Website with prices here. Access via the Courtyard Entrance.

BVU - Affordable Video Production Services

Website: www.bvuvideoproductions.co.uk Email: info@hellobvu.com Phone: 07513270228. Access via the Courtyard Entrance.

Local production company for events coverage, corporate video, advertising, live streaming services, music videos, documentaries and bespoke online content. From ongoing marketing campaigns to a 10 second time lapse for social media channels, BVU specialises in capturing what viewers will engage with.