Splash and Scream 27th to 29th June 2021
Come and help us as we develop the musical soundscape of a new site-specific opera at the Moseley Road Baths… In this entirely free event we are opening the doors of the Gala Pool for private sessions of up to 6 members of the public to explore how this unique space behaves when it is animated through sound, […]
Specular Reflection
Specular Reflecular was an art exhibition launched on 4 March 2020 in the striking Gala Pool hall, at Moseley Road Baths, in Birmingham. It was a creative celebration of the buildings past, present and future. Unfortunately, like other public exhibitions and activities, we closed the show sooner than planned in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Lucy Reid of the National Trust
The National Trust is just one of the many partners that have worked very hard to keep Moseley Road Baths open. This weeks blog post is by Lucy Reid, Assistant Director of Operations, of The National Trust, Midlands. Lucy understand us, the MRB coalition, her work along with the amazing team at NTMidlands is greatly […]
Kat Pearson – Moseley Road Baths CIO Trustee
Let’s leap straight in shall we! This week’s blog post is a special one indeed, Moseley Road Baths CIO is a charity and the board of trustees go above and beyond to ensure Moseley Road Baths not only continues to operate day to day as a swimming facility for our community but they also strive […]
Specular Reflecular Interview
Moseley Road Baths CIO are working with Trust New Art to bring Specular Reflecular to the Gala Pool this March. This immersive art installation by Juneau Projects will celebrate the newly restored Gala Pool with an animation created with local people. We’ve interviewed Juneau about the project and their work. You can find out more about the […]
Janet Moir – Long time swimmer at Moseley Road Baths
Specular Reflecular by Juneau Projects is coming to the Gala Pool this March (see here for more info), celebrating the newly-restored Gala Pool space with an animation created with local people. To mark the occasion, Moseley Road Baths CIO are exploring what the baths means to our local community. We start with long-time swimmer and […]
Volunteers Event Assistants
Moseley Road Baths CIO is seeking to recruit enthusiastic individuals to support the delivery of the ambitious Specular Reflecular Art Project, an exhibition by artists Juneau Projects. This Trust New Art project celebrates the re-opening to the public of the historic Gala Pool at Moseley Road Baths. Volunteer Event Assistants will play a vital role […]
Juneau Projects update
We carried out the first pair of workshops at the end of August. These workshops were aimed at families and we were pleased to see many of the parents joining in as well as the children. The focus of the workshops was to paint a series of still images which, when put together in sequence, […]
Moseley Road Baths Animation Workshops
It was the week before ‘back to school’; September was accompanied by a slight chill in the air and the promise of school runs; pencil cases and new beginnings. Here at Moseley Road Baths we marked the end of the holidays with two fabulously arty workshops that form part of a long term project with […]
Gala Pool Art Project
Welcome to the Gala Pool Art Project blog. This post represents a real milestone, as it’s been a year since we started planning this project in September 2018. Why this project and why now? The Gala Pool was closed to swimmers in 2003, but it was still accessible to visitors for heritage tours and other […]