Healing Arts Birmingham

Mothership Exhibition: Contemporary Art, Children's Activities & Wellbeing Space

24, 25, 26, & 27 June
10:30am - 3:30pm

Stryx Play Gallery Cafe, 90 Vyse Street. Birmingham, Jewellery Quarter, B186JZ

Mothership is a residency and exhibition programme supporting mother-artists through creative development, peer support and family-inclusive approaches to artistic practice.

Healing Arts at Centrala Creative Workshop, Exhibition & Film Screening

27 June
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Centrala, Unit 4 Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, Birmingham B5 5RT

Healing Arts at Centrala brings together a creative wellbeing workshop, exhibition and film screening exploring themes of identity, migration, belonging personal resilience. Led by Roo Dhissou, the creative workshop invites participants to create their own personalised pocket object using collage, drawing and craft techniques.

Community Mapping Through Islamic Art

25, 26 & 27 June
12:30PM - 6:00PM

MIAH Foundation, 496 Moseley Rd, Balsall Heath. Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 9AH

MIAH is hosting a special 3-day community arts project where together we will create an illuminated Ottoman-style map of Balsall Heath, inspired by traditional Islamic artistic practices, including geometric design, illumination, biomorphic patterns, decorative drawing, and Ottoman-style visual motifs.

‘Where Gratitude Flows’ Watercolour Workshop

12:30-14:30, 27 June 2026

MIAH foundation, 496 Moseley Road, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 9AH

This gentle workshop explores theme of ‘Where gratitude flows’ through reflection and art practice. Following a guided meditation, participants will then receive some beginner-friendly instructions on how to use the medium of watercolour.

The Rut Unblocker

22, 23, 25 & 26 June
11:00am - 12:00pm

CircusMASH, All Saints Centre,, 2 Vicarage Rd, Kings Heath. Birmingham, West Midlands, B147RA

A hands on workshop using juggling to explore how we learn, how we get stuck and what happens when we get out of our own way. Most people walk into a room believing they can't juggle. Most people walk out having started the process. The gap between what we think we can do and what we actually can is where the real work happens.

Birmingham Settlement Creative Showcase

26, 27, & 28 June
10:00am - 4:00pm

Birmingham Settlement Nature and Wellbeing Centre, Edgbaston Reservoir, 79 Selwyn Road. Birmingham, West Midlands, B16 0SL

Join Birmingham Settlement for a creative showcase exhibition, celebrating the creative work of our community groups across both Birmingham Settlement Sites.

Healthy Blooms: A Garden of Community Voices

22, 24, 27 June
12:00pm - 2:30pm

Shenley Court Hall Community Centre, 200 Green Meadow Road
Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 4ED

Join Bournville Village Trust for a creative sewing session. The Sewing Project will be to design and create individual fabric petals that express wellbeing, health, identity, experiences, strengths and personal stories.

What We Carry

27 June
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Legacy Centre of Excellence, 144 Potters Lane. Birmingham, Newtown, B6 4UU

Join Legacy Centre of Excellence for a free creative wellbeing workshop exploring the stories, memories and emotional legacies we carry.

Linked Minds

22 to 27th June
10:00am - 5:00pm

Link Road, Summerfield
Birmingham, West Midlands, B16 0EP

As residents of Link Road, we have collected our thoughts on what we do to look after our mental health and turned them into a poem. You can walk freely along our road anytime during Healing Arts Birmingham week and read the poem line-by-line in our front windows. To complement it, we have installed flowering hanging baskets made with the help of local gardening collective, Warm Earth. We invite you to share our joy in who we are as a community. Link Road is only 8 minutes walk from the no 11 bus route and fewer from the no 80.

Healthy Blooms: A Garden of Community Voices

22nd, 24th & 27th July
12:00pm - 2:30pm

Shenley Court Hall Community Centre, 200 Green Meadow Road
Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 4ED