Wirksworth Festival
6-15 September 2019

Category: Visual art

Exhibition poster for Where rock and hard place meet

Victoria Lucas: Where Rock & Hard Place Meet

An exciting new exhibition by Victoria Lucas has opened at Wirksworth’s Haarlem Artspace.

Grandfather clocks are the feature of Amanda Wray's sculpture Old Timers Wirksworth Festival 2018

Keeping it in the family

Wirksworth-based artists Johnny White and Amanda Wray have put together a show that offers wide-appeal with a good dose of fun thrown in.

Detail from Louisa Chambers Ziggurat

Introducing the 2017 curators

Wirksworth Festival’s 2017 curators shape an exciting line up for this year’s curated exhibition
Wolfgang Interview Image

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.
AlexRose_Lacuna Featuring Bolero

Our 4 Graduate Artists have now been announced!

Within the curated exhibition, directly alongside the work of accomplished practitioners, the Festival Curator, Geoff Diego Litherland has hand-picked graduates, Alexandra Rose, Helen Sayer, Hayley Blackwell and Aylwin Greenwood-Lambert.
Dermot Punnett_chrysopiea web

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.
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