by Sarah Fry | Aug 29, 2024 | Art Trail, Visual art, Festival
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 | Art Trail, Visual art, Contemporary, Festival, Uncategorized
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 | Visual art, General, Festival, Uncategorized, Art Trail
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 Festival Admin | Feb 28, 2023 | Visual art, General, Craft, Festival, Contemporary, Take Part, Art Trail, Exhibition
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 | General, Festival, Take Part, Exhibition, Visual art
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...