Harambee Organisation has allowed Hybrid to convert the old Harriet Tubman Bookshop into a community tea room and arts space on Grove Lane in Handsworth just off the Soho Road.
Hybrid has been commissioned by Birmingham City Council to produce the Inhabit programme to contribute to the Culture on Your Doorstep strand of Birmingham’s Cultural Strategy.
The Inhabit project is running across the city to open up empty shops to encourage people “to meet, have a cup of tea, enjoy taking part in creative workshops and share their stories and experience”.
The team are keen to hear from people who may wish to get involved and use the space.
Karen Meng from Hybrid said, “In addition to a regular programme of activities and drop-in sessions for tea and cake, we are keen to hear from local groups and organisations about how they would like to use this temporary space. We are there to offer activities but also to support work that is already going on. We would like to connect our artists to local people so that the work we produce is rooted in the community and its residents.
All of our events (including abundant tea and cake) are absolutely free.”
Hybrid will also have a series of exhibitions and workshops on the programme, which can be found on there website or in the shop.
The Community tea room opening hours are:
Tuesday 11-2 Crafts with Mel Tomlinson
Wednesday 11-4 Various activities with Strange Ways Collective
Friday 2-6 Photography with Anand Chhabra
For further information please contact Karen Meng: karen@hybridconsulting.org.uk , 0121 236 1669.
Also have a look at the Inhabit post card and Hybrid website to learn more.
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