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  1. Call for artists: East Midlands Artists Showcase - Open 23

    Rebekah Harriman /

    Artists from the East Midlands are invited to apply to exhibit art and contemporary craft at the Open 23 exhibition at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. The Open 23 exhibition is at New Walk Museum & Art Gallery from 12th November 2011...

  2. Nottingham Trent university to launch creative short course programme

    Jaselyn Melling /

    Dozens of creative short courses - aimed at both beginners and professionals - are being launched at Nottingham Trent University from October. Delivered by university experts, they will span a wide range of art and design disciplines and will include intensive week-long courses and ten week evening classes...

  3. (R)evolutionary thinking continues in Shropshire

    Jaselyn Melling /

    Shropgeek, a group of Shropshire based web developers, designers and creatives started in 2009 with one simple aim, to share ideas. Now the group who have nearly 700 followers on Twitter are attracting world class speakers to Shropshire for their (R)evolution web event on 2nd September...

  4. Feather & Flower - Blooming Marvellous Showcase at Ferrers Gallery

    Jaselyn Melling /

    A blossoming exhibition opens at Ferrers Gallery on 21stJuly with shimmering jewellery and craft displayed on their middle exhibition floor. Seven jewellers are taking part in an exclusive showcase Feather and Flower alongside a hand picked selection of craft makers working on a bird and floral them. A host of new work to Ferrers Gallery sees a flux of East Midlands based artists including mos...

  5. Hollywood beckons for Leicester fashion student

    Jaselyn Melling /

    A Buckinghamshire student whose designs will hit the catwalk in London next month has been offered a job with a Hollywood clothing company. Sophie Kempner, a third-year fashion design student at Leicester’s De Montfort University (DMU), has been offered the job after she graduates in July by ice-skating fashion firm SEKU Skatewear where she did work experience...

  6. Interview: Rachel Spicer

    Katy Cowan /

    Playing the lead female in one of the most well known love stories as her debut stage performance is a great feat for Rachel Spicer. Freelance journalist, Jemma Crowston, caught up with the 22-year-old who will be playing Juliet in Pilot Theatre’s contemporary Romeo and Juliet at Curve, Leicester next month...

  7. Dreamlike Picture Wins Chatsworth Photography Competition

    Katy Cowan /

    The dream-like quality of a photo of Chatsworth at sunset marked out the winning image from the hundreds of entries in Chatsworth’s inaugural photography competition. The finalists and winning pictures were selected by a panel of judges including the Duchess of Devonshire, Lord Burlington and Derbyshire Life editor Joy Hales. Novice photographer Lisa Green from Peterborough, who has bee...

  8. A Flair for Creativity

    Katy Cowan /

    Twenty East Midlands artists and makers work is now on display at Ferrers Gallery, in North West Leicestershire as part of ‘FLAIR’ which opens on Friday 11 February. The new ‘FLAIR’ exhibition opens on Friday 11 February with a Private View from 4pm-6pm,we hope to see you there to meet the makers and celebrate the fantastic range of creative talent that the region has to offer. ‘...

  9. Snow sculptors brave freezing temperatures to take top prize in international competition

    Katy Cowan /

    A team of students from Nottingham Trent University have just returned home from Northeast China after securing an incredible victory in an international university snow sculpture competition. Jennifer Greenwood, Bobby Sayers, Rose Walsh and Oliver Tirre braved sub-zero temperatures to claim a first prize in the International University Snow Sculpture Competition in Harbin. The quartet, which c...

  10. Early bird tickets on sale for Y-Not Festival

    Katy Cowan /

    The Y Not Festival in the heart of the Peak District, Derbyshire is gearing up for another exciting summer and will be releasing a limited number of early bird tickets on Tuesday 1st February. These tickets will be priced at £55 per person for the whole weekend and children under 12 years of age go free. Once early bird tickets are gone a standard ticket will cost £65 for the full weekend. Th...

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