26/11/2019 - 30/04/2020
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Following the coronavirus outbreak, we have put measures in place to protect our team and visitors. This includes closing KWMC. However, you can take a virtual tour of the exhibition via this… read more
22/02/2020 - 08/07/2020
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Following the coronavirus outbreak, we have put measures in place to protect our team and visitors. This includes closing KWMC and KWMC: The Factory. We are liaising with participants to organise alternative… read more
13/07/2020 - 29/07/2020
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Online Due to COVID-19, we have been unable to run our programme for young people in the way we are used to. We have been using Microsoft Teams to bring together… read more
29/07/2020
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Making the Difference: Human and Community Centred Design ***Please note this talk was originally scheduled for 22nd July but has been moved due to speaker availability*** Join our Factory technician… read more
04/08/2020 - 06/08/2020
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Knowle West Media Centre, Leinster Avenue Would you like to meet other young people going to the same secondary school as you? Come along to a closed creative group… read more
11/08/2020 - 13/08/2020
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Knowle West Media Centre, Leinster Avenue Come along to this two day summer music workshop and learn how to create your own music using free music production software! Booking… read more
13/07/2020 - 28/08/2020
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Knowle West Media Centre, Leinster Avenue Jump into…Creativity is an open session for young people aged 10-16 to get creative with art, technology and music. Booking is essential and… read more
02/09/2020
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Our September INSPIRE Talk will explore the Filwood Fantastic Mini Golf Club – a fun and inclusive community arts project in the Filwood (Knowle West) area of Bristol. We will be joined… read more
09/10/2020 - 09/09/2020
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Robot demo with our Making Together: for Trades group Join us Live Streaming on Youtube to see a live demonstration using a design App and an industrial robot to transform… read more
29/09/2020
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Interview with local residents involved in the build See Knowle West residents Don Jones, Megan Clark-Bagnall and John Bennett being interviewed by Automated Architecture Labs (AUAR) as they describe the process… read more
29/09/2020
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Join a live stream with Automated Architecture Labs (AUAR), the architects behind Block West. Hear them talking about the increasing opportunity for people and communities to experiment with new forms of… read more
09/10/2020
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
This talk will bring together cutting-edge perspectives on community participation and automation. Contributors include Automated Architecture (AUAR Labs) at The Bartlett School of Architecture, WikiHouse and We Can Make. What… read more
28/10/2020
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Online Event Housing is the most unaffordable it has ever been. Inequality is severe and has been made starker by COVID-19. What hope is there for “levelling-up” people and places? This… read more
28/10/2020
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Factory members assemble! Every month we invite our members to catch up over a virtual lunch or a well earned cup of tea. The aim is to unite makers and… read more
29/10/2020
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Live online event delivered by video call MADE in South Bristol is a new support programme for emerging and established creative SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and entrepreneurs based in South Bristol. With making at… read more
05/12/2020
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Online event Jump into the Christmas spirit! Learn how to design your own laser-cut Christmas decorations and remix a Christmas tune. Join the Jump Studios team from Knowle West Media… read more
08/12/2020
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: online event Joined-Up: Exploring Co-Creation Practice in Bristol, Gloucestershire and Somerset What do we mean when we talk about ‘co-creation’? How does creating together enrich our projects and ideas? How can it be… read more
08/12/2020
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: online event This year people across Knowle West and Bristol have been finding new ways to learn, live, work, support each other and respond to local needs. Join us… read more
15/12/2020
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Booking essential (Factory Members only) The Factory is soon to undergo an exciting renovation. As part of this we are looking to design and make the furniture / storage in… read more
25/02/2021
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Project Night is a bi-monthly meet-up for creatives, makers, artists and producers working in and with communities. It is part of the national Social Art Network. Project Night is an open space for you… read more
01/03/2021
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The team at KWMC The Factory are delighted to have been invited to present the ReThink, ReMake, ReCycle sustainability programme at the online event Maker Monday. Maker Monday is powered by STEAMhouse, a new… read more
29/04/2021
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Project Night is a bi-monthly meet-up for creatives, makers, artists and producers working in and with communities. It is part of the national Social Art Network. Project Night is an open space for you… read more
24/06/2021
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Project Night is a bi-monthly meet-up for creatives, makers, artists and producers working in and with communities. It is part of the national Social Art Network. Project Night is an open space for you… read more