The Art Café is situated upstairs within the Pavilion Gardens Café. It is an extension of the ‘Gallery in the Gardens’ where members periodically host exhibitions, both solo and group, at two-month intervals. This enables artists to exhibit current work including large scale and other work precluded from the main gallery space downstairs.
All exhibitions are FREE and accessible from 9:30 ‘til close every day.
‘Derbyshire Green’ An exhibition of work by Louise Jannetta
3rd of June – 3rd of August 2025
The title ‘Derbyshire Green’ makes a connection with the term ‘Irish green’, describing the vivid rich greener than green of the Irish landscape caused by plentiful rainfall, weather which Derbyshire shares.
Louise has been travelling to her Gallery & Studio at Carsington Water Visitor Centre for the past year in all the weather conditions that Derbyshire has thrown at her. It has been a joyous experience as the journey has witnessed changing seasons and made evident the farming activity that colours our countryside. Barren winter of lace like trees and furrowed earth often touched with shimmering light caught in a blanket of frost, or rich greens of new growth populated with bright wildflowers.
This series of paintings reflect the transition of colour and line that agriculture and weather paint on the landscape. The exhibition will open your eyes to the subtle changes that occur to suggest you reconsider the colour green.
All original artwork and framed prints are available to buy directly from the artist.
Schedule of artists – 2025 and beyond
2025
August & September – Paul Morin
October & November – Elizabeth Swift & Alison Vasey
December & January – TBA
2026
February & March – TBA
April & May – TBA
June & July – Tracey Coverley- Stitch Artist
August & September – Louse Jannetta, Fine Artist
October & November – TBA
Sorry, there is no disabled access upstairs in the Art Café
Access via the spiral staircase within the Pavilion Gardens Café & tearooms.
