The latest news from producers, makers, venues and events organisers from around Derby and Derbyshire. If you have news to add to this page, then email us to let us know about it: editor@madeinderbyshire.org
Derby Book Festival has today (28th October) launched a new book of writing by Derby College students as part of its Shared Writing community programme.
Life on Hold: Young People in Lockdown is an anthology of short written pieces and artwork by 60 students from Derby College, reflecting on their lives during a year of COVID.
The specialist work of child exploitation charity Safe and Sound has been recognised with two further awards.
Safe and Sound supports children and young people across Derbyshire who are victims of or at risk of child exploitation. This includes online grooming, sexual exploitation, trafficking, drugs lines, modern slavery and radicalisation.
The charity also supports the wider family and raises awareness in local communities of the dangers facing young people.
Following the successful launch of Culture Cares in 2018, the conference returns for 2021, both in-person at Derby Theatre and live-streamed online on Tuesday 16th November.
In the context of the current Care Review (England), this is the second conference of its kind, bringing the cultural and care sectors together for insightful and lively conversations, presentations and workshops.
Image credit: Illustrations by Robin Lane-Roberts for Kazzum Arts
We know from our members that the people delivering culture and creativity for health and wellbeing need more help to do their work in a healthy and sustainable way.
Nicola Naismith's research 2019 report Artists Practising Well reflected a wider need across museums, heritage and freelance practice for logistical and emotional support. This has been backed up by our own sector surveys in 2020 and 2021.
Surtal Arts, the long-established Derby organisation rooted in traditional South Asian arts, will premiere a new production next month (November) as part of the new Derby Season of Light festival.
Stories of Diwali: the Diwali experience will premiere at the city’s Museum of Making on Friday 5th November at 6pm as part of the Museum of Making’s new First Fridays late series.
Applications for the Derbyshire Open Arts 2022 event are now open. This will be a return to the physical format of former years. Applications are open until January 12th and the team at DOA are look forward to a successful event, with so many of our former members expressing an interest as well as a number of newcomers.
Draft plans to revitalise Staveley town centre as part of the wider regeneration of the area are being considered by Chesterfield Borough Council.
The Staveley Town Centre Draft Vision Master Plan is to go before the council’s Cabinet on 2nd November and, if approved, will be subject to a six-week public consultation starting on 8th November.
We're pleased to report that the latest edition of our quarterly newsletters is now available for you to download.
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FORMAT is delighted to announce the appointment of Khatun as the Historic England's artist in residence in Leicester.
The residency is for Picturing England’s High Streets, a three-year project as part of the national cultural programme for Historic England’s High Street Heritage Action Zones.
Khatun will work with local people to reimagine the high street, creating a contemporary portrait of Leicester and producing images which will become part of the Historic England Archive.
Haarlem Artspace have some exciting news! Despite having been quiet for a while, negotiating the pandemic, and wondering about the future, Haarlem Artspace has been working with the Red Lion Hotel and The Feather Star Alehouse.
Supported by a National Lottery Project Grant from Arts Council England, Haarlem are opening a town gallery in the amazing "St Ives of the North" that is Wirksworth.