Gallery and Studios
Bringing Art to the Heart of South Derbyshire
Creative Melbourne Gallery & Studios are the home of Melbourne Festival
The Gallery features a collection of work created by Melbourne Festival Artists and Makers.
The Gallery has three studios for Resident Artists, hosts Creative Workshops, and can be hired for events.
Our exhibitions change each month and all work is for sale.
We look forward to meeting you at Wellington House, Church Street, DE73 8EJ, just off Melbourne Market Place.
Open Wednesday - Saturday 10am to 4pm.
Drop into the new Exhibition at Creative Melbourne Gallery
Our current exhibition is CALM
Summer may be over but after the hustle and bustle of the holidays it is time for to sit back and enjoy the bright Autumn sunshine and lengthening shadows reflected in some of the relaxed images in CALM this Autumn at Creative Melbourne Gallery. The exhibition is open until 16th November.
CALM features captivating, contemporary urban landscapes by Kerri Pratt, digital prints on alluminium by Bernie Rutter and Vitor Azavedo, linocut prints by Lottie Adams, mixed media paintings and prints by Jay Seabrook and pointillist paintings by Mark Langley, landscapes by Steven McLoughlin which will and paintings of the local countryside by Peter Watson. Our 3d work this month features ceramics by Mary Johnson and Ronnie Diggins.
With Open Evening on Wednesday 9th October
We are open 10-4 Wednesday to Saturday.
Visit our Online Gallery for a preview of the fabulous work on show.
Artists’ Studios
Creative Melbourne opened in January 2022 as a Gallery with studio space for artists & makers and to create a hub for creative industries in South Derbyshire.
Our three Studio Artists, Patrick Twiss-Prentice, April Young and Paul Dixon are a key part of our creative community.
Spaces to Create - Phase 2
This opportunity is not solely for visual artists, you could be a writer, digital creative, photographer, game designer or producer, we are open to creative people who can utilise the hotdesking space and benefit from supported development.
Creative Melbourne Gallery and Studio launched Spaces to Create, a new mentored artist development programme, in October 2023 with the aim of promoting the creative industries in South Derbyshire by supporting creatives to become self-sustaining small businesses; phase 1 of the programme ended in May 2024.
We are currently recruiting our next group of artists in September 2024; this opportunity is not solely for visual artists; our 2023/ 2024 artists included a poet, digital creative, and a photographer. Spaces to Create is open to creative people who can utilise the hotdesking space and benefit from supported development. We have now launched Phase 2 Applications!
The six artists who participated in the Pilot Project took up hotdesking residence in our newly launched space above the Gallery.
Spaces to Create aims to promote the creative industries in South Derbyshire by supporting creatives in becoming self-sustaining small businesses. Please contact us at info@melbournefestival.co.uk if you would like to find out more!
We would like to thank South Derbyshire District Council for their support for Spaces to Create.
Creative Melbourne hosts regular creative workshops in the Gallery throughout the year to find out more visit Creative Melbourne Gallery on Facebook
Community Workshops
BLOSSOMING - Creative Community Workshops at Creative Melbourne
It’s time to head out, catch up with old friends and make some new ones while enjoying making something special in FREE workshops led by some of MELBOURNE FESTIVAL’s favourite artists!
BLOSSOMING, and our Summer workshop programme BEARING FRUIT is also funded by an ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND National Lottery Project Grant and by Grants from Foundation Derbyshire and Melbourne Community Care.
They are FREE taster workshops for everyone from under 5’s to under 95’s book a space and come and join in! All materials are provided just bring yourself!
Join Our Team
The day to day operations of Creative Melbourne Gallery and Melbourne Festival are carried out by an AMAZING team of volunteers some of whom we have worked with since the first Festival in 2005.
If you would like to find out more about joining our team of volunteers please get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you!
