Stirchley Art Room

Welcome to Stirchley Art Room!

About Stirchley Art Room

“A place to connect, experiment and practise self-care.”

Stirchley Art Room aims to provide our local community with positive and enjoyable experiences with making art to support personal and collective creative development, health and well-being.

Our weekly art clubs for adults are at the heart of what we do — welcoming, inclusive sessions where you can explore materials, learn new techniques, and develop your own creative practice at your own pace.

We are a not for profit Social Enterprise, constituted as a Community Interest Company (CIC) in April 2019. Since then we have initiated and participated in a range of community arts projects, using funding awarded from organisations including Arts Council England, National Lottery Communities Fund, and the Postcode Community Trust. For more information, please see pages detailing our Current and Past Projects.

”A real sense of community – everyone is very welcome.”

“It’s more than an art class – it’s something I really look forward to each week.”

“The kindness from other people and the tutors makes it easy to try new things.”

“It’s given me the confidence to experiment and develop my own style.”

We are qualified artist educators with extensive teaching experience in a variety of settings, and a professional understanding of art pedagogy. We have vast practical expertise in supporting individuals’ creative development, and of working with individuals & groups with a wide variety of ages, abilities & needs.

We love what we do, and we do it with passion! We look forward to working with you.

Nicki Allen
Director, Artist-Educator

Nicki is an enthusiastic & accomplished artist educator with over 24 years’ teaching experience in secondary art & design education and additional experience in primary, FE and art gallery & museum settings.

Nicki’s art practice is concerned with artist books, printmaking, pattern and texture.

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Sarah Barton
Director, Artist-Educator

Sarah is an experienced artist educator and education activist with over 25 years of art teaching experience in secondary school and community settings, as well as experience of developing and delivering collaborative community art projects and developing community forums.

Sarah’s personal art practice combines her interest in social activism with folk art traditions.