The Spiral Artists were part of Luminate '25, another lovely community event organised by Friends of Derby Arboretum. We had the trees lit up, a lantern procession around the Arboretum, a fire eater, a drumming circle, and hot refreshments served by St Thomas's church.
A lovely evening of communities together.
Another puppet making session, this time with dogs, we had a very busy time, lots of participants.
A lovely sunny day for the Wild Wellbeing Celebration at Derby Arboretum. Brendan, Leah and I ran a busy workshop creating clay creatures outside in the park. We used air drying clay and seeds, cones and sweetcorn.
Some images from our recent Tree Haven Exhibition funded by the National Lottery Fund.
Image Credits - Rowan Anderson & Alan Jenkins
Last October we delivered a super project in the Derby Arboretum called Tree Haven. It was based on using natural materials from the park to create artwork and involved working with Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity, students from Derby College and young carers supported by Derby City Council.
The Spiral Arts team - Jenny, Brendan, Kate, and Mandy led the sessions with volunteer help from Bhee, Leah, Venus and Tina. It was a busy project and we were able to use the brand new Loudon Lodge building in the Arboretum and Grove Lodge to deliver the sessions.
We held an exhibition of the work over 3 days in early December and were wowed with over 100 people attending. The comments we received were lovely.
'Splendid display'
'Inventive'
'Leaving with a big smile on my face'
'Good to see so many groups involved'
'Really engaged well with the young carers'
A big THANK YOU to all involved especially The National Lottery Fund.
