earth art & architecture

Dartmoor Arts Summer School
Scholarship



Summer School Evenings

Desert Island Images:

The panel includes artists Rupert Johnstone, David Brampton-Greene, Jackie Abey and Marcus Vergette. Find out about the inspiring art works these castaways would take to a desert island.

Artist's talk by Daniel Hunt
Daniel is Professor of Sculpture at Kansas State University and is leading this years Iron Casting course at the summer school.

Artist's Talk by Tim Knowles

Tim Knowles work is exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally, recent shows include; Wanderlust a solo exhibition curated by Paula Orrell at Plymouth Arts Centre [2009] and Unpredictable forms of Sound and Motion Bitforms Gallery, New York [2009]. He is teaching one of the Drawing courses this year.

Artist's talk by Kate Davis

Kate Davis studied at Glasgow School of Art where she is now a part-time lecturer in the Painting and Printmaking Department. Davis has had several international solo shows, including Kunsthalle Basel (2006), Art Now, Tate Britain (2007), Galerie Kamm, Berlin (2007) and is teaching on this years drawing course.

Music from Pavlov

Pavlov draws its music from a rich variety of influences: traditional English song, grooves from Mali and contemporary jazz.

Piers Taylor – People, Places, Process

Architect Piers Taylor will talk about the Studio in the Woods, which has been running since 2006. He is currently working on the infamous ‘cheesegrater’ site in Leadenhall (the site of the postponed Richard Rogers designed building) and is proposing a city farm where city workers can grow their own produce. Piers is leading the Spatial Structures course this year with Charley Brentnall.

Documentary films by the Dartmoor Arts

A special screening of films that have been shot and produced during the summer school.

Music with The Jive Jacks The Jive Jacks are a Devon-based 6-piece band playing a mixture of Jazz, Swing, Soul, Rock n Roll and Latin.