Create Space @ Long Eaton : Birds and Block Printing

We delivered 2 sessions of the Create Space project with the Long Eaton Self Help Group in June.

Lovely paper mache birds and block printed tote bags.

Kindly funded by Public Health Covid 19 Grant 

ArtWorks Project @ P3 Ilkeston

We have been working with the P3 group in Ilkeston over the last 6 months, funded by Erewash 5 Ways to Wellbeing.
We have made different artwork each month which we hope to exhibit next year.

Mental Health Action Group - AGM

We were invited to attend the MHAG AGM and create some diamond weavings with the members in October. We really enjoyed working with a talented group.

Mindfull of Art

Since January we have been very busy working with Dementia groups in Erewash at Bramble Lodge Residential Home, Midway Day Hospital and Flamsteed Day Centre.
We are working creativity with people with dementia and giving them opportunities to experience a wide variety of tactile and sensory artforms.

Here are some of the images

Inspiring Derby with its first Well Dressing Trail

We spent a very busy time in June working with 4 schools, Chaddesden Art Group, Goldsquad, Listen Love Learn, All Being Well, St Joseph's Youth Group and Derby Cathedral to create 10 well dressings for the first ever Well Dressing Trail around the Cathedral Quarter in Derby.

Here are some of the highlights 

Puddling the clay

marking out the designs

 

Mini Well Dressings

 

A big thank you to all the venues - Derby Cathedral, Quad, Deda, Derby Library and Derby Tourist Centre for hosting the trail and most importantly to Derby City Council and Quad for funding the project.

World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day took place at Derby University on 10 October.

It was a very busy event with a variety of activities and information. 

We ran a batik painting workshop and we were delighted at the number of people who came along to participate and chat to us about our work.

Here is one of the excellent batik paintings created on the day.