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Ben and Ross, the duo behind Dice Ideas have just returned from their residency in the beautiful holiday destination of the Fari islands in the Maldives. Dice ideas were invited by the hotel resort Patina, to take up residency in March 2024. We asked the guys how they got on and how the experience has impacted their business.

New tenant Lucy Mills is off to a fantastic start here at Banks Mill. Lucy is an experienced teacher and lover of arts, crafts and heritage. Having spent 20 years teaching in schools in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, Lucy saw that pupil’s opportunities for creativity and to experience different art forms had become increasingly limited.

Banks Mill tenant Dawn Wesselby, along with her creative partner Anne-Marie Kerr, set up Grantham Arts as a Community Interest Company. Grantham Arts are looking to provide not only classes in creativity but the space and equipment that people can hire to create their own work, often after completing creative short courses.

The Arts Enterprise Challenge, run by Banks Mill and Derby University’s Enterprise and Incubation is now open to all Creative Arts students from the University of Derby.

In Memory Of…Mark Gordon

Sunter Studio & Mr Ps Pots – Moving On

Maria Terry is one of our newest tenants here at Banks Mill, specialising in design and making for theatre, performance, live art and events, Maria has studied at the University of York (BA Writing, Directing & Performance (2014)) and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, (MA Performance Design (2021)). Maria brings a whole new creative business and energy to the building that’s full of excitement! We spoke to her about her journey so far and what she has planned for 2024 now that she’s settled in at Banks Mill Studios.

Textile collage artist Zaza Lewis, also known as Artizaza, talks to us about her time at Banks Mill, how having a studio here helped her practice and what she plans to do next.

The Derby Print Open is an exhibition open to all showcasing contemporary printmaking from artists based in the United Kingdom. The call for entries has now been announced, with a submission deadline of 31st March.

Meet Steph Trethowan – New Affiliate Member