AEL Community Update

We start our Natural Sculpture project with Victoria Brown on Monday looking for inspiration in the natural forms repeated in nature. We will be working towards a group sculpture piece over the 5 sessions.     

AEL Family Day

On Friday 21st February we had Dawn Campion join us painting funky plant pots! Both children and parents got involved and painted their own pots, some of the participants painted abstract creations and others kept to themes such as bees and butterflies.

Dare to Dream

We kick started our exciting Dare to Dream 2020 programme with a creative dreaming session. Participants thought about where they want to be in 5 years and the steps they need to get there.

Lego Family Day

On Friday 26th July Artcore hosted Make to Make who ran an amazing Lego workshop with us! With over fifty participants, it’s fair to say that this was a great success, and it was amazing seeing people’s Lego creations come to life! We had planes, boats, tanks, monsters and animals of all kinds, and we

Steam Celebration

We encouraged and supported Year 6 students at Village Primary School in a year long project STEAM to express their creativity and get involved with artistic activities. It culminated in a tree installation in their library with unique leaves made from 90 pupils; leaving a legacy beyond the life of the project and a celebration

Street Art Festival

The Festival showcased the work of young people from a number of different programmes and organisations, including the dance troupe Retro Warriors from Trinity Warriors, who worked with the organisation Baby People to come up with a spectacular routine. The Festival also exhibited the work of two groups of young people who have been involved

This Is Derby Celebration event

Saturday 13th July saw hundreds of children, families and young people gather in Derby’s market square to celebrate our city and their achievements through the This Is Derby Project. All year our young people have taken part in sports and art activities and projects in community hubs and schools. From the Jungle Book performance with

St Giles Street Party

It was great to be a part of the St Giles Big Street Party on Sunday 11th June on Village Street in Derby which was held in celebration of the Queen’s Birthday. Artcore was involved along with other local community groups. The street party brought together the community, with music and food, with a local

Home from Home Exhibition & Workshop

To mark Refugee Week,  Artcore put on a series of workshops and an exhibition that displayed works and videos that showcased works of migrants and refugees exploring their stories through print, painting, textiles as well as narrating stories through film. Refugee Week takes place every year across the world in the week leading up to,

Our Stories – 12/09/2017

Artist Jane Smith was ill, so Gayle led a very relaxed drawing session

Our Stories – 05/09/2017

In this session we used the medium of plaster. It was great fun for everyone, both the children and the adults enjoyed the process. There was such a wonderful atmosphere within the group. We used drinking straws inside the plaster to create holes for hanging as well as using plates to make the moulds. Almost

Our Stories – 29/08/2017

This session was a very positive workshop. Using pens and paint as the main medium, all the participants learned about illustration as well as how to develop their fairy tale and folklore skills.  

Our Stories – 22/08/2017

In the session participants made print blocks using quick print polystyrene and then created different coloured prints. These prints were based along the theme of “What makes you unique?” and “What do you like to do?” as inspiration. It was a very busy workshop with people learning how to print using simple materials.   

Celebrating Togetherness

A big thanks to everyone who attended as part of our Sharing Celebrations Project, supported by the Celebrate Fund. Artcore raised a toast of a hot cup of Chai to connect the common threads of cultural heritage between England and India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. We built connections, strengthened trust, and celebrated togetherness. We showed that

Our Stories – 15/08/2017

In Our Stories everyone enjoyed the ambience and pop up garden outside Artcore! Participants created beautiful rag rug flowers, birds and fish whilst others created fabric pictures. The atmosphere was great as everyone stayed for lunch afterwards to celebrate 70 years of India’s independence with the local community.