Following the success of Michael Shaw’s 2019 residency, we’re seeking applicants for this year’s Lodge Project.
As part of this year’s celebrations, the Festival is hosting a mystery postcard art sale to raise money for youth arts.
Internationally renowned artist and Wirksworth resident Denis O’Connor will be behind this year’s Curated Exhibition.
An exciting new exhibition by Victoria Lucas has opened at Wirksworth’s Haarlem Artspace.
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.
Wirksworth Festival’s 2017 curators shape an exciting line up for this year’s curated exhibition
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.
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.
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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