DARTINGTON COLLEGE OF ARTS

1961 - ?

Dartington College of Arts was a specialist arts college located at Dartington Hall in the south-west of England, offering courses at degree and postgraduate level together with an arts research programme. It existed for a period of almost 50 years, from its foundation in 1961, to when it closed at Dartington in 2010. The College was one of only a few in Britain devoted exclusively to specialist practical and theoretical studies in courses spanning right across the arts and had an international reputation as a centre for contemporary practice. In 2010 the College it merged with Falmouth College of Art & Design and by 2012 had been granted full university status as the University of Falmouth. Suffolk artists who studied at Dartington include Judith Glover, Moira Hazel, Heather Hodgson and Liz Waugh Mcmanus.
Website: https://campus.dartington.org/arts-school