Join our radical learning community and experience transformative learning for yourself in stunning surroundings!
The Arts School is a new faculty of Dartington Trust, a centre for learning, arts, ecology and social justice based on a 1,200 acre estate near Totnes.
Students will join an incredible community of current students, staff and alumni, and experience for themselves the leading-edge models of progressive learning in the arts and ecology at Dartington.
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
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research at dartington
We offer research degrees in partnership with University of Westminster CREAM. Our researchers have expertise in a wide range of topics including arts practice-led research; animism; medieval literature; modernism; story and myth; arts, design and ecology; ecology and spirituality; Goethean science; regenerative economics, farming and food; social work with adults and children; and social enterprise.
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
Colleges’ Bursary Campaign gets a boost from funding partners
Schumacher College and Dartington School of Arts are increasing financial support for students from less well-off backgrounds who want to study at the colleges.
Edgewise
Edgewise is a student blog featuring new work from the Poetics of Imagination MA. Affiliated to Dartington, Edgewise is run independently by the students.
New MA programmes begin and students arrive
A historic moment for learning at Dartington Trust as students on our two new MA programmes experienced their first day of teaching on site here at Dartington.
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@saramohrpietsch helping with rehearsals for @ravenchcn’s Drum Grid which takes place in the grounds of the beautiful Dartington estate at 5pm today.
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What a way to spend an evening, listening to live music while immersed in the natural beauty of birdsong and glowing sunsets! We're live streaming the audio from all our concerts into our Grade II* listed gardens for ticket holders. There are still tickets available to join us outside for many of the concerts so please book to join via the What’s On link in our bio.
Such a joy to have music back in the Great Hall thanks to @thecitymusick starting off the Summer School in style last night! Lots more music to come over the summer! #music #dartington #summerschool #musicfestival #musician
The 2021 Dartington Music Summer School & Festival has started! We asked our Artistic Director Sara Mohr-Pietsch how it feels…
#DartingtonMusic #Dartington #classicalmusic #festival #music #summerschool