May Crowns Video Workshop with Kate

Our 3rd creative video was with Spiral Artist Kate Smith making May Crowns. Watch Kate creating crowns from flowers and leaves from your garden for the May Fest Celebrations.

Suncatcher Workshop with Kate

Kate delivered a great workshop on zoom to create Suncatchers for our May Fest. They look stunning.

Paper Birds Video Workshop with Marie Hegarty

Be inspired as Marie shows you how to create Paper Birds using decorative papers, to display in your window to celebrate the May Fest on Sunday 9 May.

An online event organised by Friends of Derby Arboretum and Spiral Arts

Flamsteed Day Centre Exhibition

We held an exhibition at Flamsteed Day Centre in Ilkeston on 12 March. We had worked with this wonderful group of older people on batik, collage, applique and paper mache birds over the last few months. We always enjoy working and chatting with this group, its a very happy place to be. The project was funded by Erewash Borough Council Small Arts Grant.

Wednesday Wellbeing - Exhibition

We were very pleased to hold an exhibition of all the Wednesday Wellbeing workshops, created with the P3 group and local people from the Erewash area at the beginning of March. The exhibition took place at the Hayloft Gallery in Erewash Museum, and was attended by the Mayor, Councillor Sue Beardsley and her husband John. It was a very enjoyable event with the members and their families coming to view the work.
The project was funded by Erewash CVS 5 Ways to Wellbeing.

Sahaly Thursday Group

We have been working with the Sahaly Group who meet on Thursdays at Fairdene Court.
We have created a range of artwork over the last few months, woven bowls, batik bags, twisted yarn and sunflowers for the Derby Feste Day.

Summer sessions in the Arboretum

We had a busy summer creating art in the orangery at drop-in sessions.
Spin Art, Wrapped cds, recycled notebooks, pencil pots, bracelets, wooden people, and cardboard faces.

Particle Project - Well Dressing @ Middle Street

Our 4th session we created small well dressings using clay, flowers, fish tank gravel, seeds. We placed them in the Middle Street Garden under the tree.

 

  

Particle Project - Mosaic Shapes @ Middle Street

At our 3rd session we created mosaics using glass beads, mosaic tiles, ceramic tiles onto wooden cutout shapes with tile grout.