What we’ve done so far!
Free Family Adventure Day in Handsworth Park
JUBILEE BANK HOLIDAY | Art, Fun & Games. Friday 3rd June & Sunday 5th June 2022 11.00am - 4.00pm
NEW COMMISSION FOR 2022
Tim Tolkien - Handsworth Creative is pleased to announce a commission for an additional piece of public art to mark the hosting of the Commonwealth Games locally in 2022.
LET’S CREATE! - WORKSHOP VIDEOS
2020
Four visual artists demonstrate how to be creative at home or school using recycled materials, plants and even how to draw cartoons!
Guided walking tours took place from September - November 2021
Handsworth Park Arts Trial
September - November 2021. Local artists took visitors around the park arts trail.
Map by Hunt Emerson
HANDSWORTH PARK ARTS TRAIL 2015 - 2023
Following a successful temporary Arts Trail in 2015, Handsworth Creative is developing a permanent Arts Trail in Handsworth Park that will lead to the creation of six new pieces of public art over the course of three years.
GYPSY BOY
A film by Surjit Simplay
Filmmaker Surjit Simplay has been a Charlie Chaplin fan since she was a kid, and when evidence emerged that Chaplin was born not in the East End but in a caravan in Smethwick's Black Patch Park, cogs began to turn.
VERANDA STORIES
The Pyramid Tower from Veranda Stories is located a few hundred yards from the ‘Sons of Rest’ building. The galvanized steel tower was designed by Birmingham based visual artist Pauline Bailey, in collaboration with the Women’s Sewing Group at Saathi House who co-designed many mandala patterns, which Pauline then developed and had laser cut to decorated each side of the three-metre high steel tower.
SONS OF REST
Sons of Rest Building was saved from demolition after it became vandalised in the 1990s and was renovated as part of the restoration of Handsworth Park, which was completed in 2006. It is now a meeting place for local community groups, serving the whole community.
The Amal Project
