The Arts School is a new faculty of Dartington Trust offering 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.
ABOUT US: Read more about our history and ethos >
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Find out what it’s like to study at Dartington, and explore our programmes
flexible learning models
We offer pathways to learning to suit all needs – including part time routes, ‘build-your-own’ modules, and blended learning
postgraduate programmes
Reimagining Performance Practice
MFA | MA | PGDIP | PGCERT
Reimagining Performance Practice is an integrative, transdisciplinary programme for performers, and anyone working in the field of performance, who are determined to reimagine performance and performative public engagement for the coming decades.
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.
Cultural Production
MFA | MA | PGDIP | PGCERT
Study Arts Management at postgraduate level, researching the latest innovations in the sector, while also exploring Dartington’s own arts team as an example of best practice and innovation, and trialling your own ideas in the context of our unique collection venues and resources.
Arts and Ecology
MFA | MA | PGDIP | PGCERT
This is the most decisive decade in human history and unlike previous highly significant periods in history, we are fully aware of how pivotal these few years are to our species and the planet as human habitat. Arts and Ecology is a low residency master’s degree that asks how the whole of our humanity can be brought to this urgent conversation.
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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why join us?
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
“One Song” Kadir Karababa’s Museum of the Home installation
Recent Dartington graduate exhibits new work exploring how songs are carried across borders and continents and yet remain firmly rooted in the places they were first sung.
Dartington student nominated for 12 Theatre Awards
We are delighted for our student Rachel Long who has received 12 Theatre Award nominations for her performance piece, ‘Bright Mother’.
Zoe Benbow discusses her exhibition at Dartington
With the arrival of her arboreally-inspired paintings in our gallery space, we catch up with artist Zoe Benbow to find out more about her creative process, the influences and training that helped shape her work, and the ways in which place and the natural world continue to inspire her.
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We’re excited to be working with very inspiring guest lecturers to develop our MA Reimagining Performance Practice, drawing on practical expertise from across the sector. These include:
@neilacallaghan
Simone Kenyon
@gracesurman
Augusto Corrieri
@KarenChristopher
Helen Billinghurst
Phil Smith
Check out their bios on our course page. Also, join the programme lead Emma Bush on 22 November for a live chat to discover more about this course. Dartington.org/events
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We are delighted for our student Rachel Long who has received 12 Theatre Award nominations for her performance piece, ‘Bright Mother’. The piece was performed to sell out audiences earlier this year at@salvagevanguard in Austin Texas, after being conceived and developed as her final MA project here at Dartington Art School. Read more about it by selecting the "blog" link in our bio.
Image credits
1. Kate Taylor, Bright Mother May 2022
2. May 2022 Production Image by Black Kreaux
3. May 2022 Production Image by Black Kreaux
4. Mandy Steinbeck, Bright Mother rehearsal process
Photos from the 4th Pop Culture & Social Change retreat held here at Dartington earlier this month in partnership with Counterpoints Arts. It was inspiring for us to host such a fruitful two days, which saw 50 creatives come together to generate cross-sector exchanges, ideas and collaborations that will contribute to building long-term narrative power for displaced, migrant, Black and POC communities. Read more about it on the blog on the Dartington.org website.
All photos courtesy Counterpoints Arts
Last minute reminder that if you'd like to join one of our postgraduate programmes starting in April 2023, today (26 October) is the first application deadline. Bursaries are available for early applicants - and admissions will give you until 12 midnight tonight to submit. Contact admissions@dartington.org if you need any help with the application process.
Courses:
MA Arts and Place
MA Arts and Ecology
MA Culturel Production: Artrs Management
More info at campus.dartington.org
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