Dartmoor Art Project

Region: South Devon | City: Drewsteington

The Dartmoor Arts Project originated from an idea by the sculptor, Peter Randall-Page and the artist and poet Stephen Park. The idea was to unite the breadth of artistic talent in the North Dartmoor area, into an organisation that would enable established artists to pass on their skills and knowledge to each other, to emerging artists and to artists wishing to reassess the direction and content of their work. It would be an inspiring place accessible to emerging artists for contact with established artists of national and international repute.

The Summer School 2007: 25th June – 6th July

The Dartmoor Arts Project will run its first Summer School in 2007 supported by grants from Arts Council England and the Dartmoor National Park. The summer school comprises a two-week programme of eighteen concurrent taught courses in painting; photography; drawing; stone carving; iron casting; film making; ceramics; printmaking; performance skills; poetry and cob.

The courses run in length from the full two-weeks through to a number of five day, three day, two day and one one-day courses.

The cost of each course includes materials and equipment, an evening meal and entry to the evening events: a mixture of artists’ talks and live music which run throughout the fortnight: Artists’ Talks: Jackie Abey, Jolyon Brewis, Susan Derges, Antony Gormley, Alan Lee, David Mach, Peter Randall-Page, Jill Smallcombe. Music: Louise Parker; The Mike Westbrook Village band; The James Shipway Quartet and The Neil Burns Quartet.

Contact details

All booking details are on our web site: http://www.dartmoorarts.com

The project is administered by Robin Duttson who can be contacted at : robin_duttson@yahoo.com