The Arts School offers a distinctive portfolio of postgraduate degrees, short courses and events inspired by the experimentalism and innovation in art practice that has animated this place for almost 100 years.
This radical legacy is reimagined afresh on each of our courses, all of which are designed to help artists and creatives reshape their practice through the lens of contemporary issues.
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postgraduate programmes
Poetics of Imagination
MA | PGDIP | PGCERT
Explore story and culture, examining how we have conjured stories from the earliest times to the present day. The course is centred around oral telling and opens to a broader spectrum of arts, examining the work of ancient to contemporary storytellers, writers and artists.
Arts and Place
MA | PGDIP | PGCERT
Open to practitioners and curators working in any art form including performance, writing, soundart, moving image, photography, digital art and fine art, this course puts particular emphasis on collaborative practice in response to an expanded understanding of place, via a unique residency-based programme.
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our venue
Dartington has a range of dance, theatre, music and art studios and a wealth of outdoor learning spaces including woods, farmland, the river Dart, the medieval deer park, food growing and landscaped gardens.
our faculty
Dartington Arts School has a rich interdisciplinary learning community of staff and students working with a passion to be change-agents for a sustainable future.
our programmes
Our low residency, innovative programmes offer you a learning experience rich in intellectual and creative exploration, with a flexibility that suits the complexities of modern life.
latest news & blogs
New interdisciplinary programme announced!
The first educational program of its kind that actively seeks out new modalities of co-learning around social and ecological justice.
How studying at Dartington changed me
Poetics of Imagination student Isabella Jones says her year at year at Dartington has been an enriching experience helping her grow in ways she could never have imagined.
An echolocation from our Poetics team
Alice Oswald, Martin Shaw and Valentin Gerlier discuss the origin story and ever growing relevance of our MA Poetics of Imagination on which they all teach.
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Join our students and staff next week for five days of discovery and inspiration on this introduction to our arts taught programmes. Through a series of talks, practical workshops, facilitated sessions and personal inquiry time, this short course aims to give you space to inspire, grow and reshape your practice, and help you find your creative energy while ‘lifting the lid’ on what it’s like to study at Dartington. For more information and to book, see the link in our bio.
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TURNER`S TIDES & TWILIGHT | JUNE 19-23
Join artist Tom Rickman for this exciting short course based in the studios here at Dartington and on location at South Milton, on the wild south Devon coast.
Ideal for those looking to be a bit freer and more experimental in their work, this oil and colour wash course is an opportunity to learn from an acclaimed contemporary landscape and seascape artist and also take inspiration from the work of JMW Turner and the breathtaking scenery of the South Hams.
There are a few places remaining - to secure yours, see the link in our bio or head to dartington.org/shortcourses.
A recent @arts_and_place fieldtrip to Wistman`s Wood and the West Dart Valley on Dartmoor. The studesnts were re-locating Nancy Holt`s Trailmarkers (1969) on the walk from Wistman`s Wood.
Image credits : Jo Joelson @libraryoflight
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Congratulations to artist Rosie May Jones, current @arts_and_place student, who has just arrived in Venice for her @britishcouncil fellowship @venice.architecture.biennale where she`ll be developing new work and contributing to the life of this year`s event. Follow
@rosie_may.jones to find out more about her work and the trip!
Here`s what Rosie had to say as she set off to make her mark on the Floating City: "What an incredible opportunity to develop my practice in one of the most unique cities in the world. During my one month fellowship in Venice, I will be creating a series of spoken word pieces exploring the language of place and how the use of public space can affect human interaction. As a city dripping in history and poetry, Venice is also a city overrun with tourists, and it is through this lens I will be asking questions around: ownership, belonging and how the ways we use our bodies can impact the environments we inhabit.
"I will also be working in the British Pavilion at the 2023 Biennale Architettura, where I will have the chance to meet incredible artists, architects and curators from around the world, and take part in conversation of how our creative industries envision the future."
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