Saturday 30 June 2018

Derby Well Dressing Trail 2018

A busy week working at QUAD to create 6 well dressings for the trail around the Cathedral Quarter. We worked with 4 schools, participatory groups and held drop-in sessions.
The launch was in Derby Cathedral led by Revd Dr Elizabeth Thomson and Mayor of Derby Cllr Mike Carr, with singing from Derby Cathedral Junior Choir. 
The well dressings were exhibited at QUAD, Deda, Local Studies Library, Derby Cathedral, Derby Sales and Information Centre and Furthest From the Sea.






Sunday 24 June 2018

Great Get Together - Normanton Park

What a sunny day at the Great Get Together event run by the Friends of Normanton Park. We were creating Nature Notebooks using recycled papers. A busy event with great performances from spoken word poets and dancing from Folk Dance Remixed.



Thursday 21 June 2018

Creative Caring @ Flamsteed - The Exhibition

We celebrated the end of our Creative Caring project with a  showcase of all the artwork created over 6 months.
We were honoured to have MP Maggie Troup, Deputy Mayor Sue Beardsley and Councillor Mary Hopkinson attending the event as well as Catriona Paterson from Erewash CVS who funded the project. 
We enjoyed working with Flamsteed and say a special thank you to Lisa and all the volunteers at the centre.
 

 



Tuesday 19 June 2018

Spin Art @ Madeley Youth

We created some great designs using a salad spinner and paint with the Madeley Youth Group. The young people enjoyed spinning as fast as they could go.











Inspiring Derby with Pajakis

We held a Pajaki workshop during Inspiring Derby Week in June with a group of adults at Grove Lodge in Derby Arboretum. 






Sunday 10 June 2018

RHS Chatsworth Well Dressing

Wow, what a great time we had at RHS Chatsworth creating 2 well dressings over 5 days. Lots of great conversations and lots of people from far and wide.