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The museum and the Derwent Valley Visitor Centre which are operated by the Trust, its staff and volunteers in leased premises in the North Mill, currently receive financial support from Belper Town Council and from Amber Valley Borough Council.
Councillor Chris Emmas-Williams, Leader of Amber Valley Borough Council, wrote to the Trust recently in the following terms:
Another LoveLit writing workshop with Joanna Courtney is coming up on the 21st October. The Art of a Good Plot is now open for bookings and tickets cost £12 from Eventbrite. The workshop will be online via Zoom. For more information please visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-art-of-a-good-plot-tickets-116747544047
Other up coming events:
Please see below for a questionnaire about developing a vision for Staveley for residents and colleagues who live and work or have connections to the Staveley area.
We’re looking for people to join a Shared Reading group on Zoom.
Shared Reading groups bring people together through great literature to talk, laugh and share.
Enjoy listening to a story or poem – no pressure to talk or read. Each session will be facilitated by a trained volunteer Reader Leader
To find out more and experience Shared Reading come along to one of our FREE online taster sessions.
Where: Online via Zoom
When: Monday September 21st 2:00-3:00pm Monday September 28th 2:00-3:00pm
It's time to treat yourself to some creative me time
14th September, 2020 – 6:30pm - 7:30pm
There is no doubt about it, writing is hard. There are so many reasons to quit. To hold strong, you need to develop a clear and focused growth mindset. This workshop will help you explore the tools you need to see your writing projects through.
08/09/2020 - 22/09/2020 (Morning Course or 09/09/2020 - 23/09/2020 (Evening Course)
Our Memories to Memoir online course is perfect for those looking to start documenting their life through written stories. Your life matters, it means something; you have a story to tell. It’s time to bring it to the page. A three-week course delivered online via Zoom, more details and a course outline is available on our website.
QUAD invites you to create a digital self-portrait from home. This is for any artist, of any age, anywhere. Perhaps you will make a collage and photograph it; you may make a play-dough sculpture and capture it in an image; maybe you’ll transform a room in your house into a photography studio, or you might develop your design skills by creating a digital collage.
WENDY DARKER WORKSHOP Paint a Longwool Sheep
Saturday 12 September 10am - 4pm
Please email enquiries@stjohngalleryandcafe.co.uk or call 01335 324502 to book.
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.