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
INTROSPECTION
INTROSPECTION features an extraordinary collection of original artwork—paintings, prints, photography, and mixed-media works by an impressive line-up of artists. Their work has been inspired by looking into the past at our industrial heritage to find images for the future.
TINTROSPECTION opened on 19th February and continues until 15th March. The exhibition includes work by printmaker Karen Wicks who captures the atmosphere of abandoned buildings perfectly, Oliver Lovley creates dreamlike paintings of people doing everyday things – football crowds, Saturday shoppers, etc. Emerging Artists Beth Edge and Jenny Stevenson bringing their artistic flair to the gallery with a selection of beautiful and thought-provoking works, including the captivating Reviving Melbourne series, their unique ability to capture emotion and storytelling in visual art adds an exciting dimension to INTROSPECTION.
Not to be missed is Amanda Graham’s exclusive collection of jewellery designed for INTROSPECTION using recycled precious metals and semi-precious stones. The exhibition also includes work created from foraged materials by Jane Bevan and beautiful Raku pottery by Andrew Mason.
In addition to our featured artists don’t miss the stunning work by two of our studio artists Michelle Holmes and Patrick Twiss-Prentice.
Open Wednesday - Saturday 10am to 4pm until 15th March
CREATIVE MELBOURNE GALLERY, Wellington House, Church Street, Melbourne DE738EJ
We look forward to meeting you and hope that our gallery visitors will become gallery friends!
We have an open-plan balcony studio with spaces for artists & creatives to hire by the week. The Gallery hosts regular Creative Workshops and can be hired for events.
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, Sujata Aten, Michelle Holmes and Patrick Twiss-Prentice. are a key part of our creative community. Follow the links to their websites and check back soon to visit their mini-pages to find out more.
Spaces to Create - Phase 2
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!
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.
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!
