Derby Sketching Club

It was founded in 1887, and still meets today, providing members with a creative environment and the opportunity to meet up with like-minded local people, sharing their interest in painting and drawing.

[1] Early members included F. Booty, Alfred John Keene, William Swindell, George Thompson, Charles Terry and Frank Timms In 1887, a group of young men held a meeting at the County Hotel in Derby and founded the Derby Sketching Club with the aim of providing a place where they and others could work and share their interest in painting and sketching, a place to share their art.

Outings are arranged in the summer months including outdoor sketching at various Derbyshire locations and trips to art exhibitions all over the UK.

The club has an annual exhibition at Markeaton Park Craft Village with a Trophy prize awarded.

[1] Ernest Townsend, R. W. Bardill, Harold Gresley and J. P. Wale, Andrew McCara