An exhibition celebrating six of our artists who have won prestigious awards:
Lewis Noble, Kerri Pratt, Anna Thomas, Wendy Darker, Sue Lewis-Blake and Mark Langley
from 1st - 25th September 2020
In order to observe Covid19 guidelines we will not be able to have a preview of the exhibition. However, if you buy an original painting by any of these artists, you will receive complimentary bottles of estate wine, supplied by Vintage Expectations Wine Club.
Lark Online Festival is led by Friends of Derby Arboretum.
Please search for "friends of derby arboretum" on YouTube to find our channel.
Indoor track cycling is set to resume at Derby Arena from Monday 14th September for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, following confirmation today from British Cycling, the sport’s professional body.
British Cycling is working closely with all venues to support a safe return to indoor activity. It will be a phased reopening, with accredited cyclists initially allowed to return. Indoor competition is not yet permitted, but wider participation will be allowed over the coming weeks and months as guidance changes.
Time is running out to send in your submissions to the FORMAT21: Control Open Call. Don't delay any longer.
Take advantage of this opportunity to have your work seen by our stellar panel of international jurors and the chance to have your project exhibited in the UK's leading international photography festival. Read what the experts say about FORMAT.
Wang Baoguo – China
Writers in Derbyshire are being offered the opportunity to sign up for online workshops that we are supporting this autumn.
My novella The Cat of Doom, a surreal fantasy with poetical and musical interludes, was published this month. E-book and paperback formats both available from the publisher (FBP) or the great monster Amazon, or of course can be ordered through bookshops. Cover picture attached.
Mark P. Henderson
Writer, editor, folktale collector, storyteller.
Secretary, "Write from the Heart".
Audience Engagement Officer
£21,589 (Full-time @ 35 hrs per week/flexi time)
Responsible for managing and implementing the audience engagement and marketing plans for all Live & Local programmes using a mix of traditional, digital and engagement marketing techniques including supporting our network of local promoters and managing our Marketing and Publicity Assistant.
Dry Stone Walling Course
Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th September
£50 (£45 Members)
We're looking forward to holding our first event since we re-opening at the start of July! Don't miss our dry stone walling course, which will take place over two days in September. Places are limited to ensure social distancing, so, if you're interested, book your place soon to avoid missing out!
As part of this year’s Derby Feste, members of the public are invited to submit lines of text summing up their experiences of Lockdown to be included in a new poem called ‘The Derby Witness’.
The poem, comprising of 49 lines (one for each day of lockdown before restrictions were eased) will be written across the city of Derby for Feste weekend on the 26th and 27th September.
To submit your line of text email imgenrefluid@gmail.com