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Celebrating the People of Derbyshire

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We Are All Derbyshire Has Reached its End

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After months of nomination events, choosing people for the collection from the nominations, meeting with them for portrait sittings, creating the portraits and getting them framed, meeting with venues, and exhibiting across the county, the project has reached its end.

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With hundreds of nominations and totalling almost two thousand visitors to the exhibitions, plus engagement from BBC Radio Derby listeners, County Council newsletter readers, website visitors, and attendees at public talks, the project has been a huge success. Visitors have said how uplifting it has been to read about the good in mankind and see it represented through the collection of portraits spotlighting Derbyshire people.

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With thanks to...

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  • Dark Peak Arts/ Bella Hardy

  • Oppenheim John Downes Memorial Trust

  • Derbyshire Libraries

  • Derbyshire County Council

  • BBC Derby

  • National Women's Register Bakewell

  • Ashbourne 50+ Forum

  • High Peak Access

  • Newsletter subscibers and visitors to the website

  • All who nominated and all nominees

  • Family and friends of each sitter

  • Curate's Room Framing

  • Forty Five Degrees Graphic Design and Printing

  • Exhibition phase volunteers

  • Samantha Riddle (BSL interpreter for the exhibition launch event)

  • Staff and volunteers at a non-disclosed venue for vulnerable people

  • Staff and volunteers at the venues listed below

  • All who visited events and exhibitions

  • Crowdfunder financial supporters

  • All who bought accompanying booklets

  • And of course, thank you to each person featured in the portrait collection

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Glossop Labour Club | 28 March to 7 April | Entire Collection

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High Lea Hall, New Mills | 11 to 21 April | Entire Collection​

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Heanor Baptist Church, and St Lawrence's Church, Heanor | 2 to 5 May | Partial Exhibition Across 2 Venues

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Marston Montgomery Village Hall |16 to 18 May | Partial Exhibition

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Elvaston Castle | 25 May to 1 June | Entire Collection

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Bolsover: Library, Castle Tea Rooms, and The Pump cafe | 14 to 21 June | Partial Exhibition

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Sharpe's Pottery Museum, Swadlincote | 23 to 28 June | Entire Collection

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Booklets Available

Booklets featuring all fifteen portraits, plus two bonus BBC Radio Derby portraits, and the stories behind them, are available for £5. Get in touch at melissa@weareallderbyshire.com to enquire.

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Visit one of the exhibitions to view the portraits and read the stories behind them. Maybe you’ll be reminded of someone you know.

Want to donate to the project? We Are All Derbyshire is a not-for-profit project, with Melissa's time and work being voluntary and only part of the project's costs being funded. The portraits are gifted to the sitters at the end of the exhibition phase. If you'd like to contribute, visit the Crowdfunder page.

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