2024
Wirksworth Festival 2024 Going further back for answers Looking at an archive, which shows a personal journey, appears to take a different route than was I thought I had originally trod. How did I get this far, and does the archive truly represent this? By...
I started making figurative sculptures from upcycled bits and pieces when a neighbour left some fence wire out for the scrapman and I decided to use it as metal armature. I describe myself as ‘a materials led’. The found materials I use dictate what I make e.g. a...
How Do You Dance in a War Zone? When people think of dance, they often imagine something rather poetic involving arabesques and pirouettes. But this notion couldn’t be more at odds to the stark form of resistance presented by the Ukrainian dance community, where...
For the last 7 years, I have dedicated my time to become a visual art artist. I create high contrast wall illustrations combining hand-cut black card with colourful fabrics, without the need to use any paint. In the past year I have focused on perfecting the...
Fourteen Artists at Haarlem Studios are opening up their workspaces in the historic Haarlem Mill, to show original artworks; paintings, ceramics, photography, textiles, jewellery and more. Come and meet our friendly artists and makers, discover first-hand how we...
20 years ago I took part in the Wirksworth festival, exhibiting Pastel paintings of the beautiful Derbyshire countryside. Before that I used to press or dry flowers from my garden and make pictures in recessed frames behind glass. I was also providing a service for...
My work is inspired by the changing seasons, the patterns and textures of the landscape and the way light falls on different surfaces. I love mark-making and draw whenever possible. I often use bold, bright hues that capture the energy and vitality of the natural...
Using paint, print and collage I explore impressions, atmospheres and revealed glimpses of place and time. My paintings result from the exploration of colour combinations and forms that generate suggestions of captured moods and sightings of landscape and place....
My work is grounded in my lifelong obsession with collecting. I use found objects and collage to make intricate and dense dioramas and pictures. Cabinets of curiosity and shrines and reliquaries are a great source of inspiration and subjects range from mythology...
Kasra Jalilipour is an Iranian multidisciplinary artist. Through humour, provocation and storytelling their work often explores race, gender identity and sexuality. They work in a range of mediums including moving-image, sculpture, drawing, live performance and...
I am an artist and illustrator exploring visual and emotional responses to locations, objects and loved ones. I create collections based around a theme or story. ‘My Mother’s Vases’ is a series of still life pieces in collage, paint and ink. They celebrate the...
Student exhibition - Art, Media, Technology and Photography (GCSE & A Level) Sharon Repton - Photography Drop in workshop - making faces, fun and free (all ages) 10am - 3pm on Saturday 7th Cafe - tea, coffee, cake Grand piano available for a St Pancras style...
Gallery M.I is an independent art gallery and social space in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales. We believe art is for everybody and we bring art to the community. We are an open space hosting workshops allowing people to develop their own creativity and connect...
Exhibiting Artists and Statement Peter Knight - Painting. Gunther Walker - Photography. Maude Allen - Mixed Media. Jo Heron - Mixed Media. Elin Rossiter - Painting. Ruth Cox - Painting. Dianna Green - Painting. Henry Fothergill - Illustration. Esther Patterson -...
14 Wirksworth artists exhibited at the 'Chatillon Arts et Vigne' Festival in France, August 2024. This was a twinning project between Wirksworth & Die, the two regions have been twinned since 1993 and many fantastic collaborations and exchanges have taken place...