For general press enquiries please contact:
Louise Bennett
Press Officer
The Dartington Hall Trust
The Elmhirst Centre
Dartington Hall
Totnes
TQ9 6EL
Tel: 01803 847026 Extension 7026
Fax: 01803 847107
Email: l.bennett@dartington.org
David Rose received the first Roberto Rossellini Award in 1987 in recognition of his sponsorship of new writers and directors, the Royal Television Society’s Gold Medal in 1988, and a BAFTA Fellowship in 1997. In this talk David will look at the creative role of the producer and celebrate the many writers and directors who benefited from his ability to create a space in which they could work without artistic interference.
The Dartington Hall Trust and Duchy College are teaming up to bring a new course onto the Dartington estate, aimed at training a new wave of students with the skills necessary for 21st century food production and gardening.
The Dartington Photographer of the year competition is extending its deadline for entrants to July 10th – so that it runs parallel to last year’s winner, Alice Carfrae’s, photographic exhibition that opens this week in the Dartington Roundhouse Café. Find out how to enter the competition and more about the prize here!
Ways With Words 2009 Festival of Literature and Ideas is using its unique relationship with Dartington Schumacher College to create a line up of the most exciting sustainable thinkers in the UK – including the founder of Gaia theory and the very first visiting teacher at Schumacher College, James Lovelock.
From 20-28 June, US director/choreographer Stephan Koplowitz, the award winning site-artist best known for making public dance performances around the world, is coming to Plymouth – working with Dartington on a one-of-a-kind new commission to bring the public dance show to 8 historic sites throughout the city and beyond.
After the enormous success of last year’s Dartington Photographer of the Year Competition – Dartington is now working in partnership with Visit South Devon to offer the same amazing prize to two of the most innovative and ambitious photographers in the South West.
The winners will spend 2 days a month from August 2009 to August 2010 working closely with Dartington and Visit South Devon to document the work of the charity and photograph the magic of the region. They will each receive a bursary of £2,500 and be given a wide array of opportunities to build their careers and portfolios.
The competition was set up by Dartington in 2008 to support emerging photography talent on route to a professional career, while building a comprehensive photo library of the charity’s work in the arts, sustainability and social justice. The image library created by last year’s winner, 25 year old Alice Carfrae, has now had been used throughout Dartington’s online and printed publications and many of her pictures have appeared in the regional and national media.
Alice Carfrae said, “Winning the Dartington photographer of the year competition has been a massive boost to my career and I have photographed everything from large scale art performances to real life social justice situations. I highly recommend this competition to anyone who is serious about working as a photographer – it really has been the opportunity of a life time”.
During her time at Dartington, Alice has taken over 800 images for the Dartington photo library, the very best of which will be displayed throughout June in an exhibition in the Dartington Roundhouse Café. Alice will be one of a panel of 5 judges for the new competition and has also been invited back to work at Dartington this summer photographing the Dartington International Summer School.
Dartington’s Chief Executive Vaughan Lindsay said, “Alice has done a marvelous job in bringing the activities and people of Dartington to life through her sensitive and imaginative photography style. Now we are really looking forward to year 2 of the competition, working with Visit South Devon to support another two emerging photographers in their careers, asking them to create some of the most inspiring images in South Devon.”
John Stainton Chairman of Visit South Devon said, “We are really excited to be working with Dartington on this excellent venture and helping to support budding photographers. Visit South Devon are looking for exciting, vibrant and original photographs to showcase the best of what South Devon has to offer to attract visitors to the area. We want to show visitors what a beautiful, friendly and exciting place South Devon is”.
How to enter the competition
What you win
Terms and Conditions
The massively successful post apocalyptic climate change movie, The Age of Stupid, is being aired at Dartington Barn Cinema from Monday 20 April to Thursday 23 of April – and to stir things up a bit, Dartington have gathered together a panel of the region’s finest environmental minds to kick start a debate on the back of the controversial film.
Rupert and Claire Callender, the husband and wife team behind The Green Funeral Company, have moved their unique and groundbreaking business from Cornwall to Dartington, where they intend to become part of a community working hard to deliver sustainable solutions to the pressing problem of life and death.
Dartington Plus has secured its Arts Council funding for the next 2 years – enabling this partnership, between The Dartington Hall Trust, University College Falmouth and King Edward VI Community College (KEVICC), to develop its profile as a centre of excellence for the development of new work.
On March 12th Dartington Hall in association with Business Network (SW) is hosting a Sustainability Networking Dinner for regional businesses keen to get to grips with sustainability and have a really good time in the process. The dinner, drinks and networking event will start at 6.30pm and feature local and national speakers including Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf, Scrapheap Challenge).
Dartington is delighted to announce the appointment of David Francis, as the new Director of Arts at Dartington. David Francis said about his appointment, “There is no doubt that Dartington is an important national centre of creativity, learning and research, with a hugely committed creative community at its heart‘
Based on the Elmhirst philosophy ‘that an abundant life is a happy life’ – The Dartington Hall Trust plans to develop a flagship retirement community, where creativity and personal development will run alongside support for life – with the intention of influencing a cultural shift in the way we think and engage with older age.
Dartington has been helping three young illustrators from the University of Plymouth test their talents on an exciting project, working with a top international designer to create exciting art pieces that can be seen in the latest Dartington Annual Review.
The Dartington Hall Trust is taking recycling to the next level, experimenting with the fastest composter in the UK – which is turning all their kitchen waste into compost or bio-fuel in a matter of hours.
For the first year ever Dartington Cider Press has added some eco-sparkle to the Christmas shopping experience, by switching its traditional fairy lights with 7,000 brand new LED lights that burn brighter than conventional fairy lights but use 10% of the energy – adding a touch of eco-magic to your shopping experience.
On Wednesday 3, 10 and 17 December, Dartington Cider Press is inviting the public on a special late night ghost tour, led by a group of paranormal investigators called ‘Hidden Realms’ – who have been on site exploring the supernatural stirrings of the 17th Century shopping village.
On 1 December 2008, Charlie McConnell will take over as Dartington’s first Director of Sustainability – overseeing the internationally renowned Schumacher College, the Land Scope Project and Dartington’s much publicised sustainability drive.
The largest straw bale building in Devon is being constructed on the Dartington Hall estate, as part of the new carbon and waste neutral community saw mill run by Greyfield Timber – a Dartington Land Scope project that will provide a year round supply of local, sustainable, and cost effective fuel to the Totnes and South Hams community.
Ever wondered just what Social Justice at Dartington is all about – and how the work of research in practice for adults (ripfa) makes a real difference to the everyday lives of adults who are receiving support from social services across England?
Peter Boyden the new Director of the Arts at Dartington will be speaking at the Lib Dem Conference in Bournemouth on Monday 15 September, discussing the relationship between arts funding and governmental policy.
The Dartington Hall Trust is working closely with University College Falmouth (incorporating Dartington College of Arts) to enhance the creative career opportunities that are available to arts graduates.
On 14 and 15 of August Dartington Hall played host to ‘Apparitions’ – a world exclusive nighttime performance, set in the buildings and grounds of a 12th Century Medieval estate, starring a cast of 85 professional and amateur musicians and actors and featuring a 2000 year old Celtic war horn, a full choir, and the devil on a very large horse.
The Dartington International Summer School has been mixing music with nature – in a week long ‘Sustainable Sound’ workshop based around the creation of musical instruments from found materials sourced from the Dartington estate, both natural and recycled.
The Dartington International Summer School is very proud to be part of the TQ9 community – and after 60 years of putting Dartington on the international map, the famous music school is looking for new ways to engage and involve the local community.
24-year-old Alice Carfrae has been selected as the winner of the Dartington Hall Trust and the Western Morning News Photographer of the year competition.
BBC2’s Earth Pilgrim Satish Kumar joins four other notable figures from the world of literature and big ideas – to compete in a ‘Dead Poets’ Slam at Dartington Hall on Monday 14 of July. Their aim – to breathe new life and purpose into some of the greatest words ever written, while playing a part in what promises to be one of the highlight moments of the Ways With Words literature festival.
The Dartington Hall Trust is not going anywhere… this is loud jubilant cry from the pioneering Devon based charity that prides itself on its inspirational location, its value to the South West region as a whole – and its ability to nurture ideas to address pressing problems.
From 11 – 20 July The Dartington Hall Trust throws open its doors to one of the top literature events in the UK calendar – celebrating 18 years and beyond of words and ideas at one of the UKs most inspirational locations.
Lost, injured or poorly bats need fear no longer, for the first ever South West bat rehabilitation facility is opening on Monday 16 June, just outside Dartington. The new outdoor flight pen will offer injured bats a place of healing and recovery before being released back into the wild.
1,500 people came to Dartington this Saturday for The Dartington Hall Trust Open Day 08 – to experience a glorious day of creative expression and innovation – all set against the backdrop of the beautiful country estate and some much appreciated sunny weather.
The Dartington Hall Trust is raising the stakes on their hunt to find the most exciting new photographer in the region – seeking ambitious and exciting individuals to compete for the photography commission of a lifetime…
The summer holiday just got a lot more fun, as Dartington opens its doors to the ultimate holiday club.
The Dartington Hall Trust can now announce its plans to create a new Schumacher Academy/Educational Centre located at the heart of the Dartington estate and ethos.
Dartington led project South West Music School is opening its doors for a second year, intent on uncovering the most exciting young musicians from across the region and significantly boosting their chances of making a career in the music industry.
South West Sound is about to kick-start its 5th annual music convention – positioning itself at the heart of the UK music industry debate, while giving real careers advice and business development opportunities to some of the top music talent in the South West
From the 17-19 March 12 teams of social justice champions from 8 countries will be gathering at The Dartington Hall Trust to take part in the first ever international conference into the most effective use of social research evidence in the child and adult services.
4th March will see South Devon College coming to the Dartington Hall estate to promote the new creative and media diploma, kick starting the first stage in a creative partnership – with a view to boosting vocational arts education in the South West.
The Totnes Festival will be back from 5-14 September 2008, bigger, brighter and building on the successes of its first two years.
The Dartington Hall Trust welcomes the news that the merger between Dartington College of Arts and University College Falmouth has been agreed.
The most talented rising music stars from the South West are about to embark on one of the most exciting musical projects of their young careers – thanks to the Dartington Hall Trust and the ‘virtual’ South West Music School.
The most talented rising music stars from the South West are about to embark on one of the most exciting musical projects of their young careers – thanks to the Dartington Hall Trust and the ‘virtual’ South West Music School.
At a recent reception, the Dartington Hall Trust was delighted to recognise the importance of the founding members of the Dartington Business Circle to the successful launch of the scheme.
The Dartington Hall Trust is using heat-seeking camera technology to help the charity become carbon and waste neutral by 2015.
Internationally respected ecologist, writer and Ghandi disciple Satish Kumar is making two appearances in Totnes to talk about his new book, the work of Dartington’s Schumacher College and his soon to be aired BBC2 documentary Earth Pilgrim.
20 young people from the BTCV (British Trust for Conservation Volunteers) have received a £200 funding boost from GreenPrints to carry out a range of practical conservation tasks at Dartington Hall Estate this weekend (Saturday 19th– Sunday 20th January 2008).
At the start of the New Year, Dartington is making an important change to its Board of Trustees, with Sir David Green KCMG taking over from James Cornford as the new Chairman.
According to initial confirmation, Dartington has secured a 2.7% increase in Arts Council funding for the next 3 years positioning the charity as one of the top centres for creative excellence in the UK.
On 13 December Dartington and the staff and students of ‘On Track’ training, will be celebrating the first successful term of Forest School activity on Dartington land – with a campfire fry-up in their woodland classroom.
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