by Sarah Fry | Aug 29, 2024 | Visual art, Festival, 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 | Festival, Contemporary, Uncategorized, Art Trail, Visual art
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 | Festival, Uncategorized, Art Trail, General, Visual art
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 | Festival, Contemporary, Uncategorized, Art Trail, General
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 Festival Admin | Feb 28, 2023 | Craft, Contemporary, Take Part, Exhibition, Art Trail, General, Visual art, Festival
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...
by dcadmin | Feb 23, 2023 | Take Part, Exhibition, General, Visual art, Festival
Could you open up your home for an artist to exhibit? Wirksworth Art Trail 9th & 10th September 2023? We are looking for people of our wonderful town to help the festival by opening up their homes to artists to display their work for visitors. A major part of the...