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
Déda has been Highly Commended for its contribution to the 2015 Get Creative Family Arts Festival, with its family storytelling event to inspire little ones and grown-ups who enjoyed Compagnia TPO’s stunning digital show ‘Bleu!’ programmed in partnership with Derby Theatre.
Derby-based orchestra Sinfonia Viva has won a national award for its family concert 'The Boat & The Blue' at last year's Get Creative Family Arts Festival.
The annual Get Creative Family Arts Festival is a national festival offering families an extraordinary range of arts activities to enjoy. Voted for by a panel of expert judges from the arts sector, the Awards recognise the outstanding events that took place within 2015 Festival and the organisations and venues that participated.
Sinfonia Viva won the national award for the festival’s Best Family Event.
Derby College’s Little Explorers Day Nursery at the Broomfield Hall campus in Morley is inviting families to an outdoor event designed to bring some of the best-loved children’s story books to life.
The Family Forest School Day will be held on Saturday April 16 between 9.30am and 1pm with outdoor story-telling and exploration activities based on well-known stories. Taking inspiration from the book ‘We're going on a bear hunt’ – families will follow the nature trail around Broomfield and make musical instruments.
You are warmly invited to the opening of our 'Spring Show' at The Old Station Gallery in Rowsley.
The Show opens on 9th April from 3-5pm - please feel free to join us for a glass of wine and an exhibition of work by 7 fine artists and 2 ceramicists. The work in the show includes landscapes, still life, floral work, ceramic vessels & bowls - a diverse and beautiful Spring show in our main gallery area.
More than 530 cyclists from all over the UK have already signed up to take part in Derby’s Spring Classic Sportive on Sunday 1st May.
Chef Gordon Ramsay and his 17-year-old son Jack have lent their support for the ‘Be More Bailey’ challenge which will be held for the first time in Derby this summer as part of the Jenson Button Trust Triathlon.
Derby College will be showcasing a wide range of skills and career opportunities at the annual Roundhouse Open Day on Saturday 16 April.
Now in its 29th year, The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition is the largest and most prestigious prize for contemporary watercolour painting in the UK. Generously supported by Smith & Williamson, the accountancy and investment management group, the competition aims to celebrate and reward brilliance and innovation in the medium of watercolour.
For more information, including how to take part, please visit the website : BuxtonSpaPrize.co.uk
A group of 24 Derby College Engineering students have just returned from a two-week trip to Derby’s twin town of Osnabrück where they gain specialist training in robotics at a local company.
The trip was organised as part of the College’s Erasmus+ programme which gives students work experience in other European countries and hosts learners and staff from Colleges abroad. All the students receive a Europass Mobility certificate at the end of the trips to enhance their CVs for future job searches.