Opportunities within the Arts Sector

Call for Applications to Derbyshire Artists

Arts Derbyshire is thrilled to announce Festivity 2025, an exciting touring showcase celebrating the vibrant artistic talents in our region. We are seeking ten singer-songwriter / solo musicians and ten visual artists to join us for a series of live performances and digital exhibitions across five outdoor locations in Derbyshire throughout Summer 2025.

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New Mills Festival Annual General Meeting!

If next year you'd like to see another New Mills Festival, bringing people, noise, music, singing, dancing, running, walking, drawing, painting, galleries, knitting, crochet, weaving, spinning, poetry, puppets, antiques, beer, coffee, cake, beaches, vibrancy and colour, excitement and laughter, please come along to the AGM, and be prepared to listen, understand, speak up, ask questions, problem solve, contribute. 

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Invitation to attend Create Growth D2 Hub webinar.

This session is free to attend and will cover advice on how to best grow your creative business which will help you thrive in today’s entrepreneurial landscape. Delivered by Rebecca Robinson, co-founder of The Growth Playground, this webinar is packed with actionable insights and strategies to help you:

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New free-entry exhibition People’s Art set to open at the Harley Gallery in 2025.

On show from 18 January until 13 March at the Harley Foundation in Nottinghamshire, People’s Art shows the work of five contemporary artists – Ingrid Murphy, Zac Weinberg, Liaqat Rasul, Julia Griffiths Jones, and Francisca Onumah.

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Culture Derby Director – Recruitment is Open

The role will take a strategic lead in the start-up and growth of Culture Derby, a new cultural development agency for the city.

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Derbyshire Makes announces inaugural spring festival dates, locations and special guest artist from the BBC’s The Great British Sewing Bee

Derbyshire’s three-year cultural programme – Derbyshire Makes – launches its first free annual festival on Friday 28th March to Sunday 27th April 2025, taking place across six locations over five weeks. The Derbyshire Makes festival will visit the town centres of the six community Hubs: Chesterfield, Heanor, Glossop, Bolsover, Swadlincote, and Cromford Mills.

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Announcing Grants for Community Hubs in Derbyshire and Derby City

This network will create a strong community of supportive relationships to unlock the potential of community hubs across our region. The network will learn from each hub’s experiences, enable peer support, joint training, and knowledge sharing.

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Funding to Support Core Costs of Small Charities

The funding will support small-scale, local initiatives. Priorities include effective use of volunteers and encouraging past and current users to participate.  And ensuring that funds awarded will promote community cohesion and the development of skills.

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