Friends Institute Life Study Group

Friends Institute Life Study Group Drop-in Life Drawing group who meet every Tuesday (6.30 - 9.30pm) at the Friends Institute, Highgate You'll find us in the big hall upstairs.

We are a friendly informal drawing group meeting between 6.30 and 9.30pm on Tuesday evenings. Although the group is untutored there is the opportunity to interact with other members, who include practising Artists and Art Lecturers. We have a single pose every week because that is what some of our regulars require. Artists who want to do multiple sketches/drawings tend to move around the hall as t

here is plenty of room to do that. The cost is £10 per session (you only pay when you turn up - NOT by the term). You'll need to bring your own drawing materials (paper, pencils, crayons etc, but we have drawing boards and easels and there are tables and chairs. The Friends Life Group stays open during holidays when schools and colleges are closed, only closing between Christmas and New Year or on the odd occasion when there's a Bank Holiday on a Tuesday. The address is The Friends Institute, 220 Moseley Road, Highgate, Birmingham B12 0DG. There is on-site car parking and it's very handy for the number 50 bus (the number 8 orbital is just around the corner too).

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02/04/2026

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01/04/2026

We're now closed until further notice

Watch this space for updates!

30/03/2026

This week (Tuesday 31st March, 6.30-9.30pm) is our last week at the Friends Institute, assuming current attempts to keep the building open come to nothing. Please, please, please, keep watching this space in the hope that either we find an alternative venue or we get an extension at the Friends!

10/03/2026

We are still on. That's tonight (10th March) and the following Tuesdays:

17th March

24th March

31st March

The sad news though, is, the Friends Institute is closing on 2nd April. We are trying to find an alternative venue, so keep following us to see if we do, and if you can, please come along and do a bit of life drawing on any or all of the dates mentioned above.

04/01/2026

We're back on this coming Tuesday (5th January 6.30 to 9.30pm) and then running continuously till the next time the building closes. Remember we're a drop in group and don't stop for holidays (apart from the building closin over Christmas). It's a tenner a session and bring your own materials. We cater for all levels and wew could sure use your support to help keep our prices down.

28/10/2025

We're open this week.

Double pose this week (21st October). Male/Female seated on stools with a symmetrical composition. It will be in the cen...
15/10/2025

Double pose this week (21st October). Male/Female seated on stools with a symmetrical composition. It will be in the centre of the room for an all round view. Should be good.

17/12/2024

Tonight (17 Dec) is last drawing group this year. Back on Tuesday 7th Jan.

04/04/2024

Back this coming Tuesday (9th April). See yoiu then!

12/03/2024

Sorry Folks...
I have to make a correction to this post. We are now closed till after Easter, starting back on Tuesday 9th January, so no session on the 26th.
That's all a week earlier than I originally thought, but it's not down to me, so it can't be changed. It's down to when the building is closed. Hope you can make the 9th as we have a model to pay!
HAPPY EASTER

Address

220 Moseley Road
Birmingham
B120DG

Opening Hours

6:30pm - 9:30pm

Telephone

07905 559 167

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