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Arboretum by John Blakemore and Rosalind Pounder

During a residency at Derby's Arboretum, Rosalind Pounder & John Blakemore, created two distinctly different yet complementary bodies of work inspired by Derby Arboretum the first "publicly owned, landscaped, urban, recreational park in England".

STUDIO CLOSED

Please be aware that the studio is closed for Bank Holiday. The studio will re-open as usual on Tuesday 29 August at 10am.

WE R ALL DOING TIME! by Hal Wright

In 1980, when I was sixteen years of age - with all the earnestness and empathy at my then command, I gave an old homeless man a pound. Then, I asked him where he was living. He replied, 'I am living next to you, or else, I would be dead!' Back then, both his sarcasm and realism were lost on me.