Arts news

A mini 'what's on' guide, showcasing exciting, upcoming events around Derbyshire, informing readers of how they can make the most of their summer without even stepping out of our beautiful area.

Latest news from the Gallery at Cromford Mills

News from Complete Music Update

The Open Arts Forum works to promote and develop community access to arts activity in Nottingham.

Contemporary Folk Live at The Art Lounge

Saturday 19th May

Sterling Machining Ltd. of Staveley’s Steel Diamond to mark Queen’s Jubilee for Chesterfield Park

Chesterfield Action for Arts Forum (CAAF) Time Capsule Project

Derbyshire acts to support chart topping names at major music festival, The Big Session

June 15th - 17th

Long Eaton Art Room Open Studios Weekend over the Jubilee weekend 2nd June to 5th June

A new jazz club is starting on 24 May with the aim of bringing UK and international acts to Chesterfield

Derby Theatre has been awarded £923,000 of Arts Council strategic funding; new prodcution programme announced

Once again Belper Artists and Makers (BAM) will be opening their houses and studios to the public.

2nd and 3rd June

May and June events in the King George Gallery

“Ophelia”, is a composite picture made up of 54 separate panels painted by different members of The Chesterfield Art Club

Tickets are now on sale for Buxton Festival, Derbyshire’s biggest summer arts event.

From July 7 - 25 Buxton will host hundreds of opera, music and literary stars as well as thousands of arts lovers.

The Vaselines, Summer Camp, The Monochrome Set and The Jasmine Minks have been added to the line-up for this year’s Indietracks Festival, which takes place on 6-8 July 2012 at the Midland Railway in Ripley, Derbyshire.

22nd-24th June, a three day event with over 100 scarecrows made by individuals,families & groups throughout the village.

 The Belper short play festival now has over one hundred performances scheduled over the three days 2 / 3 / 4 June.

Hollingwood residents association is looking for people to demonstrate their talent at their summer fair.

The Trusted Trader website has been undergoing a re-vamp - take a look, it's very useful for creative businesses.

Research project looking at the health benefits of knitting is to recruit volunteers in Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield.

The final year’s programme of the Cultural Olympiad in the East Midlands has now been launched officially.

New services from Whitepeaks art

Studio space to let in Matlock

ENO is proud to announce the launch of Mini Operas: From 26 March 2012, a groundbreaking and innovative worldwide search for new talent will seek to reinvent opera for future generations.

The Derbyshire Literature Festival celebrates all that is literary across the county of Derbyshire. The festival is full of activity with events taking place in local libraries, community venues, heritage centres, schools, and residential homes across the county. Events range from the large to the small with something to appeal to everyone.

Tickets are now on sale for the Derbyshire Literature Festival:  Friday 11th – Sunday 20th May 2012.

Fresh New Programme of Workshops - Spring / Summer 2012

Nottingham Writers' Studio is launching a new series of evening workshops for spring and summer 2012, covering both fiction and non-fiction.

Chance of Selection to Exhibit in London Gallery - Desperate Artwives

Alison Daykin of Alison Yule Textiles, an award-winning textile designer from Derbyshire, has received the Environmental Quality Mark by the Peak District National Park Authority.

Critically-acclaimed Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin and BBC TV presenter Evan Davis are among the big names appearing at this year's Derbyshire Literature Festival (May 11th - 20th).

Tickets go on sale on Monday March 19

 

Textile artist and professional crafter Joelle Harris has launched a new website showcasing her jewellery making and creative sewing workshops.

Derbyshire filmmaker Stuart Wheeldon seeks funding for his new short film The Stonewall.

Go Sailor, Standard Fare and Gordon McIntyre of Ballboy have been added to the line-up for this year’s Indietracks Festival, which takes place on July 6-8 at the Midland Railway in Ripley, Derbyshire.

The Trustees of the East Midlands Book Award are pleased to announce the shortlist for the best book published by an East Midlands writer in 2011.
 
The winner will be announced during the Derbyshire Literature Festival, at Haddon Hall on Thursday 24th May 2012.

Brochure of the new season's exhibitions at Studio 61 can be viewed on their website http://www.studio61gallery.co.uk/exhibitions

Major exhibition of work by Sir Anthony Caro at Chatsworth House

28 March - 1 July

A very proud Derwent Brass were awarded a solid and consistent 6th place at the Midland Regional Championships and is now firmly established in the Championship Section.

£100,000 from Arts Council England, for a project which will explore Ilkeston's heritage and links with industrialism. 

Film and step-by-step guide to making your own theatre.

Regular classes in Buxton are being made available through  the summer by Helen Jagger.

Call for entries open from 1st April
The new date for this years show will be the 4th - 7th of October 2012.

ASFF 2012 is an international competition that will take place in the historic city of York from 8 – 11 November.

Submissions deadline: 31st May

Arts Council England and the BBC today announced the 53 successful applicants that will be creating hundreds of hours of original commissions for The Space.

We have recently launched a facebook page for Buxton Museum and Art Gallery.

Indietracks Festival is to collaborate with American indiepop label Slumberland Records for this year’s festival, due to be held on July 6-8 in the grounds of a picturesque 1950s steam railway in Derbyshire.

An exciting new service has been launched for anyone involved with amateur groups.

The conference will be on Tuesday 26th June 2012 at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield

New Social Network For Poetry Fans: Open Mic Voices launched January 29, 2012

"Together, we will move poetry forward..."

Major music event moves to Catton Hall
 
15-17 June 2012
Catton Hall, South Derbyshire

Belper Book Chat, a well-established reading group that meets regularly at the Queens Head pub, is delighted to announce that they have been chosen to be one of ten 'Dickens Champions' groups nationwide.

Cromford Mills is now home to Whitepeaks Fine Art, the newest addition to the Derbyshire gallery scene.

Featuring previously unseen amateur footage of Midlands life from the 1930s to the 1970s set to an atmospheric soundtrack performed live by Cipher and musicians from Sinfonia Viva.

Derbyshire dates: June and July

This year’s brochure and programme cover has been designed by local mixed-media artist Ingrid Karlsson-Kemp.