Past Present Future - Erewash Museum Craftmas Fair

We created willow stars at the Craftmas Fair at Erewash Museum. Even though it was a cold night, luckily we had plenty of visitors come into the barn to take part. 

This is part of the Past Present Future Project funded by the Arts Council.

Coop Members meeting

We were asked to come along to the Coop Members Meeting in October. We are very fortunate to have a good relationship with the Central England Coop and we are asked to work with them on many occasions. It was a very busy meeting with lots of interesting conversations. 

SEWA Group - bird cage display

The SEWA group is run by Making Space Dementia in Derby. We worked with the group in October to make a bird cage display for our Luminate Lantern event in November. The display looked gorgeous all lit up. 

Past Present Future - Erewash Museum - Pentrich Revolution

We have been working on a new project with Erewash Museum delivering workshops in Ilkeston and Long Eaton.

The first project started in September with the Pentrich Revolution Commemoration, we worked with YMCA students to create placards about 'What Matters to You' as well as schools getting involved to create mini protesters images. The event went off well with a good display of artwork.  

The project is funded by the Arts Council.

Lark in the Park 2023

Another great festival in the Arboretum was held in September to celebrate the park's anniversary - Lark in the Park in partnership with the Derby Peace Concert. 

The Spiral artists created Peace Rosettes with families.

Nature Spaces - September 2023

We have begun our September Nature Spaces workshops at Grove Lodge. We had a lovely group of people come to paint with watercolours and then when the paintings were dry we sewed into them with embroidery threads. They did look good.

Arts Desire Exhibition - Ilkeston Hospital

We have recently installed an art exhibition of work at Ilkeston Hospital of our Arts Desire Project. We created this artwork with members of Flamsteed Dementia Day Centre and the Creative Arts Project in Ilkeston. You can see we had a lot of fun in the sessions.