Welcome to
Secret City Arts
Creative, Original & Inclusive Community Arts
LIBRARIES
Secret City Arts loves libraries! We offer intergenerational projects linking our library partners with schools and local communities
SCHOOLS
We offer creative, inclusive workshops and projects in primary schools, sparking lively learning and engagement
COMMUNITIES
We work with all ages, building wellbeing and community links, making a creative response to secret wild green spaces and hidden history in our shared urban environment
About Our Work
We work with adults, children and communities, making a creative response to secret wild green spaces, living stories and hidden history in the urban world. Working inclusively, we co-create innovative projects, producing writing, live performance, film, digital and audio work, and printed leaflets and trail maps.
Meet The Team
Pyn Stockman
Artistic co director
Mandy Ross
Artistic co-director
Mandy is a writer and poet. She has written lots of children’s books. She loves playing with text visually, and weaving different voices together to make collective work. Recently Mandy has been the Tree Whisperer for Ledbury Poetry Festival.
Dave Walsh
Graphic Designer
Birmingham-based independent graphic designer with a varied portfolio of artwork through to large bespoke work, Dave produces all of our beatiful graphic design & specialises in attention grabbing design, art direction & effective print solutions
Marc Reck
Audio Visual Creator
Specialising in all aspects of Narrative based Audio & Visual Composition & Production, from film & audio editing, visual animation & motion graphics, to sound design & music composition, Marc composes produces our end of project audio & visual compositions.
Projects
Here are some of our favourite recent projects
Wellbeing Brew
We brewed all sorts of creative ways to wellbeing, in a series of workshops with really diverse groups of people in Balsall Heath and beyond. We to...
City Of A Million Trees
Birmingham 2022 Festival Presents…City of a Million TreesA Creative City Project generously supported by Birmingham City Council. Birmingham is a...
City Secrets – An Audio Adventure Story Game
City Secrets, our audio adventure-story game, is ready! There's an audio story to listen and play, with ten challenges unlocking ten levels. Look...
Postcards From Here
For Postcards From Here, we gathered inspiration in the heart, soul (and belly) of the city. We’ve co-created all sorts of audio, visual and edible...
Tell It To The Bees
Tell It To The Bees is a project that explores who and how we remember. It’s inspired by the European folk tradition of telling the beehive of...
Story Green
 Young people at the Naseby Centre, Thornton Primary School and Heartlands Academy have co-created all the work you’ll find here. They contributed...
Animal Lullabies
The excitement’s building! What does Rabbit get up to while Child and Fox are away on their bedtime adventures? Our Animal lullabies show toured...
Gallery
From Handsworth to Flanders Field
with Rookery School
Southside Storytelling
With Hippodrome
Educational Project
Community Venue
Halloween Story Walk
with Roundhouse Birmingham
Testimonials
The performance made us SOAR! So much fun – interactive, immersive, engaging and wise!
Parent
Animal Lullabies
Discovered more about the Bull Ring Market than in the 10 years we have been living here! Great for meeting new people in the community
Participant
Art on Your Shopping List
Wonderful to see sharing of stories between young and elders
Project co-creator
Green and Lively
Contact Us
If you would like to work with us, we would love to hear from you via our contact form or email : secretcityarts (at) gmail (dot) com