21.05.2026
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As part of our Creatives in Place work, Arts Derbyshire have been running the 30 Days Creative Campaign throughout May. Derbyshire artist Carla Dee (@lovelalalanduk) illustrated the calendar and posters for this… and we loved her approach and creative aims to enable a ‘celebration of positivity, individuality and everyday joy’…so much so, we wanted to do MORE!
We invited Carla to spend a day at each of our general practice partner surgeries – Hannage Brook Medical Centre (Wirksworth) and Littlewick Medical Centre (Erewash) – to collaborate with staff and patients and create live art on their surgery windows in response to ‘What brings you joy?’
The response from staff and patients was overwhelmingly positive, with comments such as ‘I like to see a bit of artwork!’, ‘Ooh that’s lovely, that’s really nice, thank you’, ‘Very entertaining!’ and ‘That looks nice and bright! Wonderful!’.
Creativity in action, in a healthcare setting. A little bit of creative health in practice, starting conversations and opening up possibilities and the impact it can have on health and wellbeing… unlocking the door to further work to blur the boundaries and build more bridges!
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