by Martin Brooks | Sep 26, 2025 | Exhibition, Uncategorized
Artists response to being resident and featured artist: My three months spent a Wigwell Lodge were one of the best three months I have ever had. The time to step out of my life and away from other work...
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 | General, Festival, Visual art, Art Trail, Uncategorized
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...
by Festival Admin | Jun 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
Architecture… Automata… Ceramics… Dance… Furniture… Glass… Installation… Jewellery… Mixed Media,,, Painting & Drawing… Paper… Printing & Collage… Photography… Sculpture…...
by Festival Admin | Jun 9, 2023 | Uncategorized, Exhibition, Contemporary, Art Trail
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...
