Events | Peak District Artisans

PDA Events

PDA members exhibit together throughout the year and our group shows include the annual Great Dome Art Fair in Buxton and winter exhibition at Chatsworth House. Members also exhibit together and as individuals at local, national and international events. See below for details of upcoming and past events

Upcoming Events

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Chatsworth Showcase in the Shop

30th January – 2nd March 2025
Located in the Stables Shop, in the Stable Block adjacent to the main house.

Spring Art Fair

12th – 13th April 2025
The Octagon, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton SK17

Derbyshire Open Arts

Sat 24th to Mon 26th May 2025
Various venues

Gatehouse Gallery, Haddon Hall

2nd to 22nd June 2025
Haddon Hall Gatehouse, Bakewell

Art at the Crescent

19th-20th July 2025
Assembly Room, Buxton Crescent Hotel

Past Events

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Autumn Art Fair

9th and 10th November 2024

Burlington Showcase

9th to 22nd September 2024 Burlington Room, the Stable Block, Chatsworth

Emerging Artist 2023 Sponsored Exhibition

Holly Clifford
September 7th – 28th, 2024 –The Courtney Gallery, Ashbourne DE6 1GH

Great Dome Art and Design Fair

19th to 21st July 2024
Devonshire Dome, Buxton

Christmas Art Fair

2nd & 3rd December 2023, 10am – 4.30pm
For the first time Peak District Artisans will be holding a Christmas Art Fair at Sudbury Gasworks

Creative Melbourne Exhibition – April 2023

12th to 23rd April 2023, Creative Melbourne Gallery.
A new and exciting venue for PDA

Emerging Artist 2021 Sponsored Exhibition

Bethan Nadin Exhibition
Courtney Gallery, Ashbourne. 27th July – 31st August 2022

Emerging Artist 2019 Sponsored Exhibition

Rececca Perry Ceramic Exhibition
Courtney Gallery, Ashbourne. 14-28 Sept 2021

A Year of Wondering Exhibition – May 2021

A Year of Wondering showcased some very personal work by members; inspired by, and completed during, this year of restrictions and lockdown.

The Great Online Art & Design Fair – October 2020

Every year, Peak District Artisans hold an award winning art & design fair at the Devonshire Dome in Buxton. In 2020 however, like many other organisations, we took our annual extravaganza online.

Castle Park Exhibition – February & March 2020

2020 found Peak District Artisans exhibiting at a new venue – Castle Park Arts Centre, Frodsham, Cheshire. 25 members took part showing fine art, ceramics, textiles, willow and jewellery.

Chatsworth Exhibition – January & February 2020

For several years now, during January and February, Chatsworth House has kindly hosted the Peak District Artisans’ Winter Exhibition. Our 2020 Chatsworth Exhibition was entitled Twenty/Twenty Vision