by Martin Brooks | Jul 15, 2025 | Festival, Exhibition
Project Summary: My practice explores human behaviour, development and our relationship to the places we inhabit. I draw ideas from social anthropology, psychology and folklore. I primarily work in printmaking, bringing photography and drawing into traditional... by Martin Brooks | Jul 11, 2025 | Festival
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/artist/name/liane-laing-ra It is so exciting to be able to announce that Liane Laing, our second Festival Artist in Residence has been elected a Royal Academician. She was with us during the pandemic and curated a brilliant exhibition...
by Sarah Fry | Aug 29, 2024 | Art Trail, Festival, Visual art
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 | Uncategorized, Festival, Visual art, Contemporary, Art Trail
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, Visual art, Art Trail, Uncategorized, General
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, General, Festival, Contemporary, Art Trail
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...