Fieldwork

Bringing expertise from a variety of backgrounds Fieldwork explores themes of contemporary art in rural contexts and involves both live performance and symposium. During the Wirksworth Festival there will be a film and exhibition of performance materials.

For almost ten years Brooks has been returning to his childhood home in Derbyshire to photograph the land and research the story of his family’s printing press, a business which he knew very little about due to the death of his father when he was a teenager.

Venue: The Blacksmiths

We offer dedicated and bespoke studios & co working space for creative practitioners in the inspiring and historic Grade II* listed Haarlem Mill building, Wirksworth, Derbyshire.

Haarlem Mill is located on the outskirts of Wirksworth, a historic and vibrant market town on the edge of the Peak District.

Haarlem Mill is a Grade II* listed building built in 1780 by Richard Arkwright, the first significant coal powered mill during the industrial revolution. Historic literary links include George Elliot, D.H.Lawrence, Daniel Defoe, Olive Schreiner, Eleanor Marx, and Friedrich Engels

The mill has undergone extensive renovation in keeping with English Heritage Grade II* listed buildings. Skilled craftsmen have used traditional methods to convert the space into bespoke studios for Artists and Designers.

The mill has undergone extensive renovation in keeping with English Heritage Grade II* listed buildings. Skilled craftsmen have used traditional methods to convert the space into bespoke studios for Artists and Designers.