Artcore Gallery

27/05/2026

Artcore is delighted to announce our upcoming exhibition, "Faces & Places" by Ray Gumbleya photographic exploration of the people, places, and shared histories connecting Derby and Osnabrück, reflecting on five decades of twinning, exchange, and everyday life across the two cities.

Preview- 5 June 2026
Venue: Artcore Gallery, 8 Albert Street, Derby DE1 2DS
Time: 6:00 -7:30 PM
Exhibition Dates: 6 June – 4 July 2026

The exhibition will be a parallel event to the 50:50 celebrations marking 50 years of the twinning between Derby and Osnabrück.

22/05/2026

We are very excited to share that our ongoing exhibition, Connecting Solidarities, has been extended by one more day and will be on view tomorrow, 23 May 2026

If you haven’t had the chance to experience the exhibition yet, this is your moment to visit today or tomorrow at Artcore Gallery. Through oral histories, archival material, film, installations, and personal objects, the exhibition reflects on solidarity, resilience, memory, and the power of community care across generations of the Derby Bosnia Herzegovina Community Association over the last 30 years and the networks of support and belonging that have been built along the way.
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21/05/2026

🎉 Join us for a fun-filled Family Osnabruck Day.

Enjoy FREE drop-in activities for all including:
📸 Photo Booth Experience
🏺 Pottery Open Day
🎨 Chalk Mural Activity
🖼️ Creative Exhibition

Bring the family along for a day of creativity, community, music, and celebration in the heart of Derby 💚

📅 Friday 6th June
⏰ 11:00AM – 4:00PM
📍 Artcore & Osnabruck Square, Derby

FREE ENTRY | FAMILY FRIENDLY | DROP-IN ACTIVITIES.

20/05/2026

Do you have a memory of Osnabrück Square, Derby?

A photograph.
A postcard.
A map.
A story.

Something personal, something forgotten, something worth sharing. Ray Gumbley’s ongoing project, Faces & Places, returns to expand on his earlier documentation of portraits and everyday life around the square.

This time, the archive grows with you.

We invite contributions of Photographs / Archival material / Printed matter / Personal records. Selected materials will be part of the exhibition, Faces and Places (June 2026).

Email: [email protected] or Call: 01332 384 561.

Ray Gumbley Photography

19/05/2026

Faces & Places brings together photographer Ray Gumbley’s ongoing exploration of identity, memory, and belonging across two connected cities: Derby and Osnabrück. Developed in celebration of fifty years of the twinning relationship between the two places, the exhibition reflects on how communities are shaped not only by geography, but by the people who inhabit, remember, and continually redefine them.

This exhibition builds on Gumbley’s earlier residency project at Artcore’s Cabin Fever in 2021, where he spent a month documenting Osnabrück Square through the lives of local residents and workers. Through portraiture, conversation, and public participation, the project revealed the quiet significance of everyday encounters and shared spaces. The resulting outdoor exhibition and collective time capsule became both a record of the neighbourhood and a living reflection of community memory.

In Faces & Places, that archive continues to grow. Bringing together photographs made in Derby and Osnabrück, Gumbley’s images trace connections between people and place, intimacy and public life, history and the present moment. His portraits are not simply records of individuals; they are collaborative acts of recognition that invite viewers to consider the stories, relationships, and lived experiences embedded within urban spaces.

At the heart of the exhibition is participation. Visitors are invited not only to observe, but to contribute, becoming part of an evolving dialogue about community, cultural exchange, and belonging. In doing so, Faces & Places asks us to reflect on what it means to share a place with others, and how photography can preserve fleeting moments of human connection across borders and generations.

Launch Event Details:

📅 Launch: Friday 5th June, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
📅 Exhibition Dates: 6th June - 4th July
📍 Artcore Gallery, 8 Albert Street, Osnabruck Square Derby DE1 2DS

We look forward to welcoming you.

Book your FREE place: https://bit.ly/faces-and-places-exhibition

Ray Gumbley Artcore Derby City Council Arts Council England

18/05/2026

We are thrilled to share a video from the interview series following the successful opening of Connecting Solidarities at Artcore. Developed in collaboration with the Derby Bosnia Herzegovina Community Association and the University of Derby, the exhibition marks 30 years of solidarity, resilience, and community-building by the Bosnian community in Derby and Derbyshire.

In conversation with Pam Sidhu, Ferid Kevric reflects on the history and impact of the community, alongside Dr Larissa Allwork and Giulia Levi, exploring themes of memory, belonging, migration, and collective support.

Watch the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Z9NkOM1wIL4

📍 Artcore Gallery
8 Albert Street
Osnabruck Square
Derby DE1 2DS

🗓️ Exhibition open until 22 May 2026

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