Please contact [email protected] to arrange a visit to FORMAT Festival, including a QUAD gallery introduction and potential workshop opportunities for students.
We recommend educational visits take place between 21 and 31 March.
QUAD main gallery opening times are
Tuesday – Sunday 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Monday – Closed
For Oliver Frank Chanarin: A Perfect Sentence (at Museum of Making), please note that this exhibition contains images that are unsuitable for younger audiences. Please see the advice below.
For schools – this exhibition contains images that are unsuitable for younger audiences. We advise that it’s not included in your visit schedule due to some of the content.
For colleges/universities – this exhibition contains images of nudity, self-harm and injury.
If you’re planning to include this venue in your self-led visit, please call the Museum of Making to arrange for a visit: 01332 641901 or [email protected] and the following link if there’s space: https://www.derbymuseums.org/learn/
Join artist Helen Jackson in this creative mobile phone photography workshop. The session will start with a short photo walk outside QUAD and taking a selfie (if everyone is ok with using their face). Using Pixlr, you will then create a layered image using multiple photos, filters and double exposures.
Participants will need a mobile phone with Pixlr app already installed. Apps can be downloaded here: Android and iPhone
Workshop duration: 1 hour
Max number of participants: 20
Cost: £50
Workshops will be allocated on a first come first served basis, and will take place on the following dates/times:
24/03/2023 10.30 – 11.30 & 12.30 – 1.30
30/03/2023 10.30 – 11.30 & 12.30 – 1.30
Booking: A member of staff must accompany your group to workshops. To book your education group into a workshop, please email: [email protected]
Join artist Jon Legge to explore studio lighting in this digital photography workshop. Using DSLRs and different lighting techniques you will test different methods to create interesting lighting effects. Please note, there will be flash lighting in this workshop.
Workshop duration: 1 hour Max
Number of participants: 15
Cost: £50
Workshops will be allocated on a first come first served basis, and will take place on the following dates/times:
29/03/2023 10.30 – 11.30 & 12.30 – 1.30
31/03/2023 10.30 – 11.30 & 12.30 – 1.30
Booking: A member of staff must accompany your group to workshops. To book your education group into a workshop, please email: [email protected]
Hear from artists about their professional experiences in the field of Photography and Archives
FORMAT23 Graduate Fellow Sofia Yala in conversation with Debbie Cooper about their shared experiences of residencies at Derby’s iconic photo studio W. W. Winters.
Date: Wednesday 22/03/23
Time: 11.00 – 12.00
Location: QUAD – Cinema 2
Cost: Free
To book your place, please email: [email protected]
