by Sarah Fry | Aug 29, 2024 | Festival, Visual art, Art Trail
A major new sculptural sound installation by Wirksworth Festival’s Artist in Residence 2023, Feral Practice, draws inspiration from Wirksworth’s annual Clypping ceremony to create a community of hybrid Rock.Plant.Human people coming together to collectively...
by Sarah Fry | Aug 27, 2024 | Contemporary, Uncategorized, Visual art, Art Trail, Festival
Liane Lang to unveil her latest work, Classifier, at the National Stone Centre, Wirksworth. Liane Lang is a London-based artist who has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally, including the Musée de Beaux Arts Calais, PS1 New York and Kunstverein...
by Sarah Fry | Aug 20, 2024 | Uncategorized, Visual art, Art Trail, General, Festival
Harpo @HarpoArt, has always loved drawing. He still has almost every sketchbook he has ever owned. A relentless traveller, Harpo took in multiple snowboarding seasons in Europe as well as time in Australia and New Zealand. Funding his lifestyle by picking up designing... by Sarah Fry | Jun 4, 2024 | Uncategorized, Art Trail, General, Festival, Contemporary
The Wirksworth Arts Festival launched its popular Artist in Residence programme in 2019. Each year artists from all over the country apply for a 3-month period of dedicated studio time in an 18th-century cottage located on the outskirts of Wirksworth, Derbyshire. We... by Sue Cullen | Jun 9, 2023 | Uncategorized, Exhibition, Art Trail, Contemporary
We are thrilled to announce our 2023/24 Artist in Residence has been appointed. Over 100 applicants applied for this 3 month residency based in a cottage on the outskirts of Wirksworth. The successful candidate was Fiona MacDonald, working as ‘Feral Practice’. Fiona...
by Sue Cullen | Feb 28, 2023 | Take Part, Exhibition, Art Trail, Visual art, General, Festival, Contemporary, Craft
Applications are now open for the 2023 Art Trail which will take place on the 9th & 10th of September. The Wirksworth Art Trail involves local people opening their homes to turn the town into a multifaceted gallery with over 100 artists & makers...