Interested to hear about our upcoming work with the Hydrogen Academy? At the start of June, Iris Bertz and Aaron Lad attended the biannual Hydrogen Academy General Assembly in Reggio Emilia, Italy. You can read more about the trip in this blog written by Aaron available on our website.

Our next interviews as part of our conversations with innovators and educators is out now! You can watch our conversations with Jenifer Tamayo, Mossen Randeree, Tiziana Altiero and Harun Rabbani on the HyAcademyEU YouTube channel 💚 www.youtube.com/@HyAcademyEU... #Hydrogen #GreenHydrogen

Happy World Environment Day! 🌎🌱 Here are some of the ways that green hydrogen can help our planet and reduce global warming. You can watch our Conversations with Innovators and Educators series on the HyAcademyEU YouTube to learn more about the uses of green hydrogen. #WorldEnvironmentDay

We are so excited to share that George Eksts is the next artist to join the Lisel Haas project! George Eksts is a London based artist using animation, photography, and painting to explore ideas of progress, repetition and the archive.

Last chance to see! Luna exhibition 'Care and Defiance' at Centrala, closing on 27 May. The exhibition features a display about the Lisel Haas archive, a series of co-curated panels created through workshops funded by The National Archives and John Feeney Charitable Trust.

Join Bertz Associates LTD and Luna for a workshop exploring how history has preserved women’s photographic archives and reflect on the importance of living archives among contemporary practitioners now. 📅 Saturday 2 May ⏰ 1 - 3 pm 📍 Centrala 🎟️ Free, no booking required

In February, Iris Bertz visited Mönchengladbach to attend the Stolpersteine Ceremony for Lisel Haas, her father Adolph Haas and her partner Grete Bermbach. You can read the full blog of Iris’ experience over on our website. #LiselHaas #Mönchengladbach

We are delighted to announce that Rebecca Orleans is one of the artists who will be contributing to our upcoming Lisel Haas exhibition at the Library of Birmingham! Rebecca is a self taught multi disciplinary artist, using the medium of photography to develop her practice.

Happy National Pet Day from our team behind the scenes! 🐱 🐶 ❤️ #NationalPetDay

We are excited to share that Gibson Kochanek are the next artists to join the Lisel Haas project! This collaborative duo founded their studio in 2014 and merge the disciplines of photomontage, illustration, and graphic design to create striking, concept-driven visual work.

A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Lisel Haas archive exploration workshop in collaboration with Luna at the Library of Birmingham on Saturday! We had a really wonderful time sharing our research on Lisel Haas and Grete Bermbach and recieving feedback from the group.

Tomorrow! Join us and Luna to explore the Lisel Haas archive at the Library of Birmingham. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lisel-haas...

We are so excited to announce the second artist who is joining the Lisel Haas project! Laura Chen will create an artistic response to the archive that will be on display as part of our upcoming exhibition at the Library of Birmingham.

Happy International Women's Day! In celebration, we're sharing some of the amazing women that have featured in our projects #IWD2026 Why purple, white and green? These are the colours of women's suffrage, initially used by the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), better known as Suffragettes

Welcome to the team Nancy Mein! We are pleased to have Nancy joining us as Curatorial Assistant on our Lisel Haas project. She will be helping with the planning and co-ordination of our upcoming exhibition, due to open in late July.

We are so excited to share that Anu Gamanagari is joining us on the Lisel Haas project! She will create an artistic response to the archive that will be on display as part of our upcoming exhibition at the Library of Birmingham. Image credit: Marley Starskey Butler

Join us and Luna to explore the Lisel Haas archive at the Library of Birmingham! In this workshop aimed at women-identifying and non-binary photographers in Birmingham and the West Midlands, you will learn about the life and work of Lisel Haas through an exploration of the materials in the archive.

Happy LGBTQ+ History Month! We’re proud to contribute queer history by sharing Lisel Haas’ story ❤️🏳️‍🌈A recent trip to Mönchengladbach taken by @jenwilbur.bsky.social and Iris Bertz allowed them to connect queer past and future by meeting with Queers an der Niers, the LGBTQ+ centre in Haas’ home town.

New blog out now! 📝 Back in December, as part of our current @artscouncilengland.bsky.social project, our team went to Mönchengladbach to find out more about Lisel Haas and her home town. They met with local arts and heritage professionals, community organisations, and delved into the archive 💬

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Would you like to inspire young women to pursue a career in science? As part of @hyacademyeuproject.bsky.social we interviewed Yasmin Ali, an influential chemical engineer who has worked in many science-based fields. #WomeninScience

Calling all teachers and educators - we want to hear from you! As part of the @hyacademyeuproject.bsky.social we are working on the creation of learning resources for schools. Please fill out this survey to let us know what resources you'd like in your classroom: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🎥 Why join #HyAcademy? Iris Bertz from @bertzassociates.bsky.social Associates explains it perfectly: HyAcademy connects schools, universities and industry to build the skills the hydrogen sector really needs. #HydrogenEducation #H2Skills

We are pleased to welcome Kaia Bailey to the Bertz Associates team! As Research Assistant, she will be work on our Lisel Haas project to aide the cataloguing of the collection and write pieces to share the story of the archive.

Want to know more about hydrogen? It's time for Fun Fact Friday! Did you know that hydrogen is extremely versatile? From industry, power, buildings and transport, it has a wide array of applications and can be used in a myriad of ways. Learn more with @hyacademyeuproject.bsky.social

Interested in learning more about how a Europe wide project runs behind the scenes? Our Technical Lead Aaron Lad has written a blog about the recent HyAcademy General Assembly in Brussels! www.bertzassociates.net/blog/the-bru...

If you're at the @associationscied.bsky.social Annual Conference this Thursday, Friday or Saturday, make sure you come say hello and pick up a sticker with our wonderful Hydro Pigeon mascot! We'll be talking about the @hyacademyeuproject.bsky.social

Happy New Year! 🍾🥂🎇 Wishing you a lovely 2026, from all of us at Bertz Associates. It has been an incredibly exciting year at Bertz Associates. With new project launches and plenty of film screenings, here’s a look back on some of our highlights from the year.

We are so pleased to welcome John Akinde to the Bertz Associates Team! John is joining us as a Filmmaker on our Lisel Haas project, working to document the project funded by Arts Council England www.ideate-ed.com

For the 2nd instalment in the Fun Fact Friday series with @hyacademyeuproject.bsky.social , let’s learn about where hydrogen lives. From our stars to our planets, Hydrogen is quite literally everywhere as it is the most abundant element in the universe! ✨

We are so excited to welcome Clare Hewitt to the Bertz Associates Team! Clare is joining us as Cataloguer on our Lisel Haas project, working to catalogue the extensive Haas archive held at the Library of Birmingham Archives www.clarehewitt.co.uk

The second interview as part of our conversations with innovators and educators is out now! Yasmin Ali is Team Lead of the Battery Energy Management System (EMS) Development at RWE. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aEV...

We are excited to share that our film 'Rolling Out Brum' will be screened as part of Short Stack Film Festival in Nottingham this Sunday! Tickets available now: www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/sho...

#STEAMMeetsHydrogen In September, Bertz Associates visited Woodrow First School (UK) to co-create hydrogen learning resources using the #MantleOfTheExpert approach. Students became sustainability experts solving real-world challenges with hydrogen.

Welcome to our new series, Fun Fact Friday, where we tell you a piece of interesting information about hydrogen! 🤩 As a part of HyAcademy EU, we wanted to share with you some of the fascinating facts about hydrogen, what it can be used for, and its benefits.

This Saturday! Join our Director Iris Bertz for a guided walk around Kings Heath as part of Rhoda Bertz exhibition at nook gallery 📍 nook gallery, Kings Heath 📆 Saturday 1 November 🕚 11am 🎟️ Booking required, tickets £15 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lost-and-f...

We're so excited for this event next week! Sustain Midlands isn’t your conventional conference, that’s why it’s called an UnConference. It’s a space to think and learn, share experiences and build your network within the sustainability community. sustainmidlands.uk

A big thank you to everyone who attended our Lisel Haas Archive Exploration at the Library of Birmingham as part of Birmingham Heritage Week! It was lovely and exciting to share our Lisel Haas project with so many people.

New blog alert! Our research assistant Franziska Eggers has written a blog about her experience discovering the Lisel Haas archives, accompanied by some gorgeous illustrations of locations important to Haas's story. Read the blog now on our website: www.bertzassociates.net/blog/researc...

Thank you to everyone who came to our Rolling at the Tower Screening and Q&A for Birmingham Heritage Week, in partnership with Culture Forward at University of Birmingham! 🛼

Come work with us! We are looking for a filmmaker who can document our upcoming Arts Council project. The filmmaker will attend events, research trips and days, and interview project participants, to document the project. Full job description on our website 🔗 www.bertzassociates.net/work-with-us

New series announcement! As part of our work with Hydrogen Academy EU, we've been having conversations with Innovators and Educators working within Green Hydrogen and engineering. The first conversation with Lilo Maclachlan is available on youtube now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Aju...

We are proud to announce that our Discovering Lisel Haas project is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. This funding will enable us to hold an exhibition of Haas’s work at the Library of Birmingham in late 2026.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Art Deco in Birmingham walk last Sunday for Birmingham Heritage Week! 🏙️ Led by Christiane Worth, this walk around the city centre highlighted the beautiful Art Deco buildings Birmingham has to offer.

We are so excited to reveal the panellists who will be speaking at our ‘Rolling at the Tower’ Screening and Q+A! Chaired by Sara Jones, the panel will feature Iris Bertz FRSA, Empress Gibbs, John Munro, John Hill-Daniel, Simone Smith, and M.uuya. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rolling-at...

Don’t miss out! Our community documentary ‘Rolling at The Tower’ is screening at the Mockingbird Cinema next Thursday as part of Birmingham Heritage Week. youtu.be/B2GdXfz5-HU?...

Bertz Associates is excited to share our last event for Birmingham Heritage Week, an exploration of Lisel Haas’ archive at the Library of Birmingham. 📚 📅 Saturday 20th September ⏰ 2pm 📍 The Library of Birmingham www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lisel-haas...

Come work with us! We are excited to be hiring a cataloguer to work on our Lisel Haas project. We are looking for someone who is passionate about making archives more accessible to local communities and exploring what they can mean for people today. sites.google.com/bertzassocia...

As part of Birmingham Heritage Week, join us for a screening of our latest documentary 'Rolling at the Tower', funded by Historic England, to celebrate Brum’s rollerskating past, present and future 🌟 📅 Thursday 18th September ⏰ 8pm 📍 The Mockingbird Cinema www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1515808577...

Back in June, Aaron Lad and Iris Bertz FRSA travelled to Varna, Bulgaria for the biannual Hydrogen Academy Assembly! You can read all about their experience in a new blog by Aaron on our website - www.bertzassociates.net/blog/the-var...

Bertz Associates is thrilled to announce that we have been awarded an Archives Revealed Cataloguing grant from The National Archives to catalogue the Lisel Haas collection at the The Library of Birmingham, Birmingham City Council!