Derbyshire County Council is looking for a Film Maker, for their project celebrating the dance work of people with disabilities, as part of the Made in Derbyshire 2015 programme.

Derbyshire County Council is looking for eight community dance artists, for their project celebrating the dance work of people with disabilities, as part of the Made in Derbyshire 2015 programme.

The Markhams were an old Northampton family, chiefly associated with the practice of law.

Chesterfield born artist Paul Cummins is well known for his work producing ceramic flowers for landscape art installations.  Starting out at Chesterfield College Cummins went on to be a maker of architectural models, leading to studying ceramics at the University of Derby’s College of Arts.

Organisers of an art exhibition in Hathersage in June are calling on local artists to help them boost their fundraising campaign.

The team behind the Heart For Hathersage initiative, which is aiming to create a multi-functional vibrant open space in the centre of the village, is planning an art exhibition in June at the Memorial Hall, to raise funds for the ambitious £400,000 project.

The Old Station Gallery have had a huge response to our call out for exhibitors for our inaugural Arts Festival this Spring Bank Holiday. There is still time to apply as the deadline for applications is 31st March.

For further information visit the website at: 
https://theoldstationgallery.wordpress.com/gallery-events/

Past and present swimming champions have pledged their support for a local charity’s bid to find a site to build a new pool and leisure facility including Ellie Simmonds OBE, four time Paralympic Champion and 10 world records holder.

Buxton Festival’s acclaimed  poetry competition is open for entries and has announced its theme for 2015 as ‘Time’. The competition is now in its 8^th year, each year around 600 poets enter the competition from across the country and even further afield with entries coming in the past from the USA, New Zealand and Slovenia.

The annual Derbyshire Sports Awards, sponsored by the University of Derby and held every November, is one of the showpiece occasions in the county’s sporting calendar. You can download a nomination form now.

The life and times of George Stephenson's days in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, which is where he buried inside the town’s Holy Trinity Church on Newbold Road.