Thanks everyone for bearing with us on our canopy project. The existing structure is being moved by the end of the week and we will be working with a new contractor in 2026 to get us to completion!

We had a fun time at AAF doing a mono-printing session yesterday! We did a little bit of addition, a little bit of subtraction and a little bit of collage for cards! Thanks to @BhamCityCouncil

We just managed to beat the rain yesterday at Art Pad! A block printing session with our artist Eliza Bennett produced lovely tote bags and pencil-purses! Great job everybody! @TNLComFund @BVSC

We were busy-busy at the Form of Clouds social prescribing program this week. We ran a metal-working session focusing on jewellery and etching! Brilliant makes! @BhamCityCouncil @KarisNeighbour @BVSC

Such a great set of mono-collage prints created by our participants at Art at the Folly! We used wallpaper books, doilies and fabric to create raised abstract surfaces. Block printing inks were then applied to create unique works. We 💕them! @migranthelp @BVSC @BhamCityCouncil

We had a lovely afternoon in the sunshine with our Form of Clouds participants yesterday. We did needle felting with Eliza Bennett. One of our participants finished the make off at home with brilliant stitching and button! @BVSC @BhamCityCouncil

A busy day Tie-dyeing at the Folly yesterday for Form of Clouds! We saw wonderful impressions and patterns emerging through different colour schemes. Thanks to @BhamCityCouncil @BVSC for ongoing support through the Prevention and Communities program for disadvantaged citizens.

We had a great session with our families group this afternoon making cute little rock animals! Alien - slugs and ladybirds scuttled into being! We love our little friends! @migranthelp @SercoGroup

#researchbettertogether is an invaluable opportunity to create a working relationship with @rachmarsden to better understand the impact of our work & the arts more broadly on health and social care. We can't wait to get started!! p2/2 @BVSC @unibirmingham @NIHRresearch

Hooray!! We've been successful in our application to the #researchbettertogether programme led by @BVSC @unibirmingham. We will be partnering with @rachmarsden to create an evaluation for our Form of Clouds Social Prescribing Program. Kindly funded by @NIHRresearch @NIHRSPHR P1/2

After nearly three months of ‘rain stopping play’ at Perrott’s Folly, we are half way through the canopy project and small capital works at Perrott’s Folly via @TheUKSPF. @Planestructure , Wilkinson’s Environmental and Chris Shepheard Builders on the case! @BVSC @BhamCityCouncil

We had another wonderful adventure to @comptonverney this week with the Form of Clouds. We loved the atomisers in the Naples Collection - they really brought the volcanic paintings to life. The Towering Dreams exhibition was a FOC fan-favourite! @BhamCityCouncil @BVSC

TAP is funded by Birmingham City Council under the Home Office's Community Recovery Fund, supporting communities impacted by the public disorder that took place in summer 2024. Our project will use mosaics to celebrate Birmingham as a place of welcome, kindness and support. p2/2

We're excited to be starting 'Together at Perrott's'; a project creating a permanent mosaic for Perrott's Folly with asylum-seeking families celebrating Sanctuary, Togetherness & Community. https://t.co/Y3f0oWl9Ke @BhamCityCouncil @ukhomeoffice @migranthelp @SercoGroup P1/2

The little glimpse of warm weather lifted our spirits at last week's Form of Clouds session as we invited artist @PaulaLigo to deliver a painting session for us. We got comfortable with acrylics and then did some simple still-life's in the sunshine! @BhamCityCouncil @BVSC

We are in the final flurry of activity for our @TheUKSPF project. Concrete delivery onsite with Wikinson’s Environmental. In two weeks our canopy will be started, now the weather is not consistently horrendous!!! 🧱⛱️@BhamCityCouncil @BVSC

We delved into the world of oil pastels at this week's Form of Clouds. We rarely use more traditional mediums for our sessions, so it was fun to immerse ourselves in colour and texture. @BhamCityCouncil @BVSC

We dived into the world of paper quilling at A.C.E. with @elizabennett_art. Such diverse art pieces created, lots of fun, easy to get lost in the swirls! @BhamCityCouncil

We had a lovely session with our asylum cohort last week. We did collaged mono-printing using textured wallpaper and printing ink. We had lots of considered geometric designs and also floral creations. Great job all!!! 🌹🌷🌼💠🔺🔰@BhamCityCouncil @migranthelp

John kindly gave us a tour of the current weather station onsite and showed us original hand-drawn graphs & charts from the archives. To connect the Folly's history from 19th.C. to present climate concerns through John's research is brilliant!P2/2 @metofficeWMids @HistoricEngland