Community Organisations
Case studies
Creswell Crags
Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge honeycombed with caves, including Britain's only known Ice Age rock art. The gorge is part of the Creswell Heritage Landscape Area and incorporates a Museum and Education Centre. Since 2005, Creswell Crags has been delivering a pilot project to provide young people at risk of exclusion from school with an alternative environment in which to learn. read more
Bend in the River
Bend in the River is an organisation that exhibits contemporary British painting from a Georgian warehouse adjacent to the River Trent. It hosts five shows a year, four of which are solo. It is also the driving force behind an ambitious project at the redundant church of St John the Divine, Gainsborough, called Slumgothic. At the church it provides a vast arts project space plus community rooms for mixed use. read more
Sites of meaning
Sites of meaning is a millennium project of Middleton and Smerrill in the Derbyshire Peak. It marks the seventeen entrances to its parish with boundary stones each inscribed with a text chosen by members of the parish. read more
Recent news
Rural Creative Industries Research District Reports
As well as completing important regional research into the creative industries, Burns Owens Partnership completed 29 separate reports on rural and partly rural districts in the region. You can download each individual report and find out about your district here. read more
PROGRESS: Development Programme for Small or Emerging Arts Organisations
PROGRESS is the new development programme managed by Cultivate, the development agency for cultural audiences and organisations in the East Midlands. It operates in partnership with Creative Launchpad, Creative Leicestershire and Derbyshire Arts Development Group, and is funded by Arts Council England. read more
EMARAN artist commission
East Midlands Arts in Rural Areas Network commissioned Jo Fairfax to respond to the issues, conversations and atmosphere at their conference in May 2008. Read on to see the result of their first artists commission. read more
Resources from EMARAN May 2008 event
EMARAN's May 2008 event aimed to support individual practitioners to thrive in their businesses. There were workshops and presentations that inspired attendees to up their game and find new solutions to the difficulties of working in a rural area. You can read notes from the workshops and download resources here. read more
Cultivate Seminars and Teatime Talks
The first season of training from Cultivate in autumn 2008. 13 different courses on a range of topics that will help in organisational development and planning for cultural organisations. read more
Derby and Derbyshire Creative Industries Strategy
Derby and Derbyshire have a fast growing creative industry sector. They have used recent research and local input to put together a strategy for encouraging the development of their creative industries. read more