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Apply Now for the Art & Architecture Trail 2022

After our Covid enforced cancellation of the Art & Architecture Trail last year we are now thrilled to be back for 2022! Wirksworth Art & Architecture Trail 10th & 11th September 2022 Once again, the people of our wonderful town will be opening up their homes to artists to display their work for visitors…. Read more »

We’re recruiting – Festival Manager 2022

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, experienced project manager, with knowledge and understanding of the Wirksworth Arts Festival, to deliver a successful event for 2022.

2022 artist-in-residence applications – Now Closed

Applications now open for the Festival’s 2022 artist in residence programme.

Tim Ball presents Maisie Gregory with the Gerry Vaughan Award

This year’s Gerry Vaughan Award Winner

Congratulations to Maisie Gregory, this year’s Gerry Vaughan Award winner!

2021’s Festival Round Up

A HUGE thank you to everyone that has helped make this year’s Festival a smaller-than-usual, but still very special one!

Online Art Prize Results

Take a look at the winners of this first year’s Online Art Prize main and People’s Prize winners.

People’s Prize named in honour of constant Festival supporter

Stella Feldman loved art throughout her life and supported local artists through the Festival and beyond, and so it is most fitting that this prize should be named in her honour.

The Wirksworth Festival Online Art Prize

We are absolutely thrilled to announce the first ever Wirksworth Festival Online Art Prize, sponsored by Longcliffe Community Fund!

Meet our 2021 filmmaker!

We’re really pleased to announce the 2021 filmmaker commission has been awarded to Tom Dwyer from Belper in Derbyshire. Find out more about Tom in this blog.

Commission opportunity for Derbyshire-based visual artist / filmmaker

We’re looking for an up-and-coming Derbyshire-based visual artist / filmmaker to create a 10-minute film documenting the work of our artist in residence for this year’s Festival.

artist Liane Lang in her studio in London

Meet Liane Lang, 2021’s artist in residence

We’re really excited to announce that the Festival’s next artist-in-residence is London-based artist, Liane Lang, who will be taking up the residency in July 2021.

an image of sculpture inside st mary's church with text announing 2021 news

Festival 2021 update

An update on where we are with our plans for this year’s Festival in September 2021.

Let’s buy art for Christmas!

Find out more about our new Facebook group designed to make it easy to discover great presents this Christmas!

The Trail Must Go On… line

We are so excited to announce that Wirksworth Festival has commissioned acclaimed filmmaker, Gavin Repton, to create a short film in celebration of our annual Art & Architecture Trail.

Arts Council Emergency Fund Success

We’re delighted to say that the Festival has been successful in securing emergency support from Arts Council England due to the Covid-19 crisis.

Denis O'Connor photographic portrait by Chris Webb from Made in Wirksworth exhibition

Looking back at ‘Made in Wirksworth’

Taking a look back at 2019’s Curated Exhibition: Made in Wirksworth

Festival Coronavirus Update #2

A further update regarding Coronavirus – Wirksworth Festival will return in 2021.

Festival Coronavirus Update

An update on the Festival in light of the Coronavirus situation. Applications to exhibit are still open.

Wirksworth Festival AGM 2020

Our AGM takes place on Fri 6 March this year!

Michael Shaw installation, St Marys 2019

Applications open for The Lodge Project, artist-in-residence programme

Following the success of Michael Shaw’s 2019 residency, we’re seeking applicants for this year’s Lodge Project.

Denis O’Connor 2019 Curator

Internationally renowned artist and Wirksworth resident Denis O’Connor will be behind this year’s Curated Exhibition.

We’re looking for new trustees

Energetic, art-loving folk wanted to be part of the Wirksworth Festival board and help guide this much-loved community event

Visitors in the Market Place during Wirksworth Festival 2017 by Jonathan Day

Thank you to our sponsors

Local businesses support crucial to the running of Wirksworth Festival.

Not forgetting the kids

This year a new children’s trail is just one of the many things for younger visitors to the Art & Architecture Trail.

Street entertainment at Wirksworth Festival Fringe

It’s time to dust off those dance shoes

As plans are well and truly underway, we’re looking for talent to help make up this year’s Festival Fringe

A new charity to support this Christmas!

Wirksworth Festival is delighted to announce that as from 21st September 2016 it has become a Registered Charity and you can now join in as a member!

Wirksworth Festival 2016 in numbers

Over two weeks and three weekends the Festival saw 4,000 Trail Weekend visitors, 1,800 performance audience members and 150 artists…

An interview with Wolfgang Buttress in St Mary’s Church

Here’s a short film made by Gavin Repton of Wolfgang Buttress and Geoff Diego Litherland (this year’s curator) talking about the idea of Wolfgang’s new piece, BEAM and how it relates to Wolfgang’s wider practice and recent work The Hive.

Call out for Young Musicians, Dancers, Performers and Artists!

We’re looking for young musicians, dancers, performers and artists to be part of our Youth Arts Festival.

A sneaky peek at this year’s performance programme!

A sneaky peek at some of this year’s performance programme highlights chosen by our partners, Town Hall Events including: Get the Blessing, Adverse Camber productions, Shazia Mirza, Soothsayers, the Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers, What do Pirates do all Day? and more…

Introducing this year’s curators

For 2016, we are pleased to announce that our main exhibition is curated by Geoff Diego Litherland and Wirksworth based artist Dermot Punnett, titled Nature: Here and Now.

Calling all Fringe Performers!

We are looking for people to come forward with their own performances and events to create this year’s Festival Fringe programme.

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