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.
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New Arts and Ecology podcast kicks off
In April this year, the MA Arts & Ecology returned to Dartington with a renewed focus on the development of arts practice in the context of the climate crisis. Now the team behind the masters programme have launched a new podcast about the vital role art and...
Student Accommodation Fees Reduced
As part of our continuing efforts to make studying at Dartington more affordable, and in recognition of the costs that students face today, we are reducing our postgraduate accommodation fees by 30% for the next academic year.
Lecturer contributes soundscape to Chelsea Flower Show top prize garden
The Rewilding Britain Landscape garden which has just won top prize at the Chelsea Flower Show includes field recordings of beavers and the natural environment made by our Arts & Ecology lecturer Mike Edwards.
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Hi! It’s @rach3wphoto here again for day 3 of my Instagram takeover for the Arts School. Today me and fellow MA Arts & Ecology student Katie have been exploring the Ferment Festival art trail. There’s some fascinating installations tucked away all around the estate, it’s on until 2nd Oct and you can pick up a trail map at the gallery or @greentablecafe. Here are a few highlights…
1. A Thousand Handshakes by Katran
2. Sleeper by Alexandra Dementieva
3. Artist Union. Still life by Anna Frants
4. Reverse Drift. Unpacking and Absorption by Pavel Ignatev.
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#instatakeover #artsandecology #postgraduatestudy #postgrad #postgradlife #artexhibition #artinstallation #artsfestival #fermentfestival #dartington #dartingtonarts #devon #artistsofinstagram
Allenheads Contemporary Arts (ACA) welcomes MA Arts and Place students Gavin Blench and Stephe Gray for a 2-week artist residency responding to the theme: Out of the Darkness: subterrania and the cosmos. Working at ACA’s rural base situated within a designated Dark Skies Area, they have the opportunity to use the on-site astronomical observatory (North Pennines Observatory) to explore some of the country's best views of stars, meteor showers and the Milky Way. In contrast, they may also engage with the rich mining history of the area, where below ground is a labyrinth of lead mining tunnels and chambers, excavated by hand in the 18th Century, most of which no natural light ever reaches. The artists will have an Open Studio on Friday 30th September. All welcome.
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Hi! It’s Rachel (@rach3wphoto) again here, from the MA Arts & Ecology course. Our group show ‘Navigating’ is currently on at the gallery at Dartington, I’ll be sharing a sneak preview of the show over the next couple of days.
The MA Arts & Ecology is the setting of a journey in which arts practitioners pursue ways to develop the ecological underpinning of our work. With the ‘Navigating’ exhibition we invite you to step into our present moment of flux within this endeavour and sample a collection of our works-in-progress that address themes such as migration, regeneration, interconnection, disruption, loss, equality, interdependency and negative space.
The exhibition is on until 2nd October, and is open 11am-4pm daily. Do pop in if you’re in the area, we’d love to see you and hear what you think!
#instatakeover #artsandecology #postgraduatestudy #postgrad #postgradlife #artexhibition #artsfestival #fermentfestival #dartington #dartingtonarts #devon #artistsofinstagram
Hello! It’s Rachel here (@rach3wphoto) - I’m an MA Arts & Ecology student at Dartington Arts School and I’m going to be posting here during the next week. I’ll be sharing images from our MA group show ‘Navigating’ which is currently on in the gallery, as well as exploring what’s going on at Ferment festival. I'm looking forward to sharing my week with you!
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#instatakeover #artsandecology #postgraduatestudy #postgrad #postgradlife #artexhibition #artsfestival #fermentfestival #dartington #dartingtonarts #devon #artistsofinstagram