A LAND ART RESIDENCY

LESSONS IN
LISTENING

16th ‘til 23rd September 2026
Dartmoor, Devon, UK

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Person taking a photo in an orchard with trees bearing red fruit and a field of yellow flowers in the foreground.
A group of people standing outdoors in a garden or yard, with a rustic shed or barn in the background, engaged in conversation.
Several white tents pitched on a grassy field near a small pond, with trees and hills in the background under a partly cloudy sky with the sun shining.
A person with short dark hair, sitting in tall green grass, examining a small frog or insect with their hands. Nearby, there is a gray container or case with a small fabric pouch on top, resting on the grass.
A group of people walks along a garden path in front of a long, metal-roofed building, with smoke billowing from a chimney, surrounded by green hills and trees.
A washed painted cloth laid on the ground among rocks, with people’s feet around it. The cloth has a landscape painting with hills and trees, and words along the edges that are partially visible.
Group of people sitting around a campfire outdoors during dusk, with a cloudy sky and trees in the background.
Person showing muddy hands, with dirt on fingers and palms, outdoors with blurred background.
Group of people sitting on the floor in a cozy room with a wood stove, some smiling and one person using a phone.
An open book resting on grass during the daytime.
People sitting in a circle on wooden floor, participating in a group discussion or meditation in a rustic room with large windows, beige walls, and a piano in the background.
A group of people standing outdoors on a grassy field near greenhouses and garden structures, with a backdrop of trees and hills.
People picking apples in an orchard on a sunny day with blue sky and green trees.
A group of people sitting around a campfire on a hilltop during sunset with a cloudy sky in the background.
A man with glasses and a black cap sitting at a table with a group of people in a cozy, rustic room filled with books. The table has a vase of sunflowers, a laptop, and natural objects like an apple, a ball, and sticks. Behind him are bookshelves and
A woman in a red dress sitting cross-legged on a rug illuminated by candles and yellow flowers inside a dimly lit room.
A woman standing in an apple orchard, gesturing with her hands as she speaks, with apple trees and rolling hills in the background under a partly cloudy sky.
People lying on the ground outside viewed through a window with curtains.
Group of women sitting on a wooden floor in a circle, participating in a meditation or spiritual gathering inside a rustic, wooden room with large windows and skylights, soft natural light filtering in.
Group of people practicing yoga or stretching exercises in a rustic indoor studio with wooden flooring and large windows.
A woman leading a meditation or storytelling session in a wooden room with large windows, while a group of people, including children and adults, sit on the floor listening.
A group of people sitting on the grass outdoors in a field, with one person standing, under a partly cloudy sky with blue sky visible.
A group of people standing in a field during daytime, with green hills and trees in the background.
People sitting on the grass in an orchard, picking apples or taking notes, with backpacks and shoes nearby, and apple trees bearing ripe fruit.
A reflection of a woman with a headscarf and jewelry seen in a window, with a kitchen and outdoor landscape in the background.
Three people are outdoors in a green field, engaging in an activity involving a small object, with sheep grazing in the background and rolling hills under a partly cloudy sky.
Two women standing near a pond, with one performing a yoga pose with hands together above her head, while the other watches. In the background, there is grassy land and trees under a blue sky.
A small pier with a bench and a life preserver on the edge, surrounded by tall grasses and trees, with a backdrop of a forested hillside on a sunny day.
A group of people gathered around a table in a rustic, open barn with wooden walls and hanging herbs. Some are sitting, others standing, engaging in an activity or discussion. Sunlight filters through the open side, illuminating the scene. On the tab
Group of people gathered outdoors around a table with pumpkins and boxes, engaging in an activity on a sunny day with trees and a barn in the background.
Group of women gathered outdoors around a wooden table, smiling and engaging in conversation, with lush green trees and a rustic building in the background.
Group of people sitting at a table in a rustic, barn-like room, engaged in conversation. The room has wooden walls, shelves with books and supplies, and decorative dried plants hanging from the ceiling.
A hand with red painted nails arranging colorful flower-shaped candies or decorations on a piece of parchment paper.
People sitting around a campfire at night with one person standing and speaking.
A group of people sitting outdoors on grass, facing a woman standing and speaking in front of them, with trees and a cloudy sky in the background.
A group of people gathered around a table inside a rustic, open-air space with large windows and a view of trees outside. The table has a laptop, a vase with sunflowers, mugs, and other items. Some individuals are seated, others are standing, listeni
A large wooden room with natural light from windows and skylights, decorated with a central cloth on the floor, surrounded by small rugs, vases with yellow flowers, candles, and various objects for a ceremony or meditation session.
The photo shows a reflection of people sitting and kneeling in front of a memorial with candles and flowers, seen through a window with a landscape of trees and a cloudy sky in the background.
Group of people sitting on the grass in an orchard, listening to a woman speaking with rolling hills and partly cloudy sky in the background.
Close-up of a fallen apple on grassy ground, showing red and yellow skin with some dirt and small green sprouts nearby.
A woman in a black shirt, smiling and holding garlic bulbs on a wooden cutting board in a rustic kitchen with sunflower flowers on the counter.
Group of people sitting on cushions inside a cozy, rustic room with large windows and pink curtains.
A woman with dark hair, dressed in black, is standing inside a building and looking at a tablet or notebook she is holding. The photo is taken through a glass window with white curtains tied back, and the reflection of her and the outside landscape o
A landscape scene with a rainbow arching across a cloudy sky above a grassy hill dotted with trees and shrubs.
Group of people hugging and taking pictures outdoors on a grassy hill with trees and a beehive in the background.
Group of people walking down outdoor brick steps in a garden, viewed from inside through a window.
A group of people gathered around a long wooden table inside a rustic barn with a high ceiling, hanging dried plants, and large windows. The table is decorated with sunflowers in glass jars, and people are engaged in conversation and drinking from mu
People in line at a buffet table, serving themselves food at an outdoor gathering.
A group of people gathered around a long wooden table outdoors in a rural setting with green hills and trees in the background, participating in an outdoor activity or workshop.
People sitting at a long outdoor dining table, eating and drinking, with a pumpkin in the foreground.
A woman swimming in a dark pond surrounded by tall green reeds, smiling and enjoying the water.
Group of people sitting around a campfire at night, some on logs and some on chairs, with a dark sky in the background.
Nighttime scene showing illuminated camping tents among trees with a cloudy sky and moon in the background.

A residency that guides participants through a programme of creative experiences that attune & develop abilities to listen to the seen and the unseen voices of those we co-exist amongst, with creative practices inspired by the Land, Sea & Sky

The world communicates creatively and we, as humans, are embedded with all of the tools to join in this universal conversation collaboratively. Just as the trees are learning from each other and conversing deep through their roots and the moon from her starlit throne is conducting the tides, language between us all takes many shapes and forms and this residency intends to reveal the myriads of opportunities we have to explore this communication together. A communication that ushers in flourishing futures built on collaborative networks of communication and listening with all beings of the Land, Sea & Sky.

This residency will evolve your connection to your most creative self, inspire your practice, connect you deeply to the great and small, to the seen and unseen worlds we are in participation with and nurture and restore your perspective for possibility, personally and collectively.

‘From this residency a deep sense of transformation emerged, going far beyond learning new techniques. The residency opened space for reflection on the past, clarity about what to carry forward and a meaningful shift in both creative practice and life direction.’

– Previous Residency Participant

Elevate your Creative Practice

Learn & Develop Regenerative Skills to expand your Creative Tool Set.

Awaken a myriad of ways to communicate with the creative worlds around and within you.

Spend time in community, living close to the land.

Grow your network and perspectives of what is possible.

“I believe that our planet is inhabited not only by animals and plants and bacteria and viruses, but also by ideas. Ideas are a disembodied, energetic life-form. They are completely separate from us, but capable of interacting with us—albeit strangely. Ideas have no material body, but they do have consciousness, and they most certainly have will. Ideas are driven by a single impulse: to be made manifest. And the only way an idea can be made manifest in our world is through collaboration with a human partner. It is only through a human’s efforts that an idea can be escorted out of the ether and into the realm of the actual.”

Elizabeth Gilbert | Big Magic

Residency Agenda 2026

A group of people walking through a lush garden with colorful flowers, a wooden building in the background, and hills covered in trees and grass under a cloudy sky.
A painted cloth laid on gravel ground with rocks holding down corners, surrounded by people wearing sandals and barefoot, depicting an abstract scene with black, orange, and yellow colors, and a handwritten message along the edge.
A peaceful outdoor scene with white bell tents set up on a grassy field near a small pond, surrounded by trees and hills under a partly cloudy sky with the sun shining.
Group of people gathered outdoors near a rustic building with a red corrugated roof, partially obscured by foliage in the foreground.
A person holding a camera and notebook standing in an orchard with apple trees and yellow flowers, surrounded by lush green trees and hills in the background.
Person showing muddy hands with soil or clay on fingers in an outdoor setting.
Group of women sitting on the wooden floor near a fireplace in a cozy room.
Open book lying on grass with a small stone placed on the page.
A group of people sitting on the floor in a circle during a meditation or discussion session inside a room with wooden floors and textured walls. Large windows provide natural light, and a woman at the front appears to be leading the session.
Group of people standing outdoors on a grassy field with greenhouses and a hillside in the background.
A pond with a wooden observation platform surrounded by lush green trees and tall grasses, with a life preserver hanging on a post.
A person examining a small frog in tall green grass, with a small fabric bag and a notebook nearby.
People picking apples in an orchard on a sunny day with green trees and a blue sky.
Group of people sitting around a small campfire on a lawn, with a backdrop of trees and a colorful sky at sunset.
A group of people gather around a table listening to a man with glasses and a black cap speaking. The table has a vase with yellow flowers, apples, and various electronic devices. Behind them are bookshelves filled with books and wooden walls, creati
A woman sitting on a rug inside a dimly lit room with candles and flowers arranged around her, creating a cozy atmosphere.
A woman with gray hair standing in an apple orchard, gesturing with her hands while speaking, with apple trees and hills in the background, under a partly cloudy sky.
View through a window showing three people lying on the ground outside, apparently sleeping or resting, with one person resting on a blanket, and others on the dirt ground, surrounded by greenery and outdoor furniture.
Group of people sitting on the floor inside a wooden room with large windows and skylights, some with candles and books.
People participating in a yoga or stretching session indoors, bending forward with arms extended and holding hands with each other.
People sitting around a campfire at night, outdoors, with a dark sky overhead.
A woman sits on the floor leading a group meditation or yoga session with people seated on the floor in a wooden room with large windows and curtains, in natural outdoor scenery.
A group of people sitting in a grassy field during the daytime, facing a woman who appears to be speaking or leading a discussion. The sky is partly cloudy with some blue visible, and there are trees in the background.
A group of people gathered outdoors in a lush, green, rural landscape during daytime, possibly on a guided tour or environmental hike.
People sitting on the ground under apple trees in an orchard, picking apples, with backpacks and shoes visible in the foreground.
A woman with short hair, earrings, and a headband prepares food in a kitchen, seen through a glass window that reflects a countryside landscape with trees, hills, and a cloudy sky.
A group of three people in outdoor clothing, gathered in a grassy field with a fence and sheep grazing in the background, sharing a moment of friendship and joy on a bright, sunny day.
Two women standing by a pond with green plants; one woman is performing a yoga pose with hands together above her head, while the other is observing. In the background, there are trees and people walking on a hill.
A group of people gathered around a table inside a rustic barn with hanging dried herbs and laundry hanging overhead. Some people are seated while others are standing, engaging in a communal activity.
Group of women standing outdoors around a wooden table with pumpkins and boxes, with a barn in the background on a sunny day.
Group of women gathered outdoors around a table, smiling and engaging, with a rustic building and lush green trees in the background.
Group of people sitting at a long wooden table in a rustic barn-like setting, engaged in conversation. The room has wooden and corrugated metal walls, decorated with hanging dried garlic and herbs, and shelves filled with books and supplies. Sunlight
A person's hand arranging colorful flower-shaped candies or confections on parchment paper.
People sitting around a campfire at night, with one person standing and speaking or singing, others listening, some holding books.
Nighttime scene with two illuminated tents (one orange, one blue) among trees, moon partially hidden behind clouds, and stars visible in the sky.
A group of people sitting on grass outdoors, listening to a woman speaking, with trees and blue sky in the background.
A group of people gathered around a table in a rustic, outdoor setting with greenery in the background. Some are seated, listening intently to a man with glasses and a black jacket who is working on a laptop. The table has various items including a s
An indoor room with wooden walls and a high ceiling, set up for a meditation or yoga session. Small sheepskin rugs are arranged in a circle on the floor, surrounding a central area with vases of sunflowers, candles, and other decor. Large windows wit
People sitting on the ground and gathered around candles and flowers during an outdoor ceremony or gathering, photographed through a window.
A group of people sitting outdoors in a grassy orchard, listening to a person speaking in front of trees and rolling hills under a partly cloudy sky.
A fallen apple on grass with dirt and small plants nearby.
A smiling woman holding a bunch of garlic bulbs in a kitchen.
Group of people sitting on rugs inside a room with large windows and pink curtains, near a wood stove, with greenery visible outside.
A woman standing outside, looking through a glass window, writing on a notepad with a pen.
A rainbow arcing across a cloudy sky above a verdant hillside with trees, bushes, and some farm or garden structures.
Group of women standing outdoors on a grassy field, embracing each other, with a man taking photos nearby, surrounded by trees and green hills.
People walking down outdoor brick stairs in a garden, viewed from inside a building through a window.
Group of people sitting at a large wooden table inside a rustic barn or shed, eating and talking, with sunflowers in vases, hanging dried plants, and kitchen supplies in the background.
People in line at a food buffet, serving themselves from various dishes under a pavilion with sunlight and trees outside.
Group of people gathered around a picnic table outdoors in a rural, hilly area with trees and grass, during daytime.
People sitting at a long outdoor table, eating a meal together, with a large green pumpkin in the foreground.
A woman with blonde hair swimming and smiling in a dark pond surrounded by tall green grass.
People sitting around a campfire outdoors during dusk with cloudy sky.
Group of women gathered around a table in a rustic, open-air setting, possibly a farm or country inn, with sunlight streaming in from outside, and various hanging herbs and laundry drying in the background.
A person with long hair, wearing a red bracelet, is kneeling among green tall grass and holding a small insect or spider on a thin branch. There is a gray and beige device or container with a zippered pocket on the grass beside them.
A group of people walking in a garden with a building and trees in the background.
A textile artwork laid on rough asphalt ground, surrounded by people with feet visible, including sandals and barefoot. The artwork appears painted or printed with colors and black markings, and has stones at two corners to keep it flat.
Several white canvas tents set up in a grassy, meadow-like area with green plants and wildflowers, a small stream, and trees, under a partly cloudy sky with the sun shining through.
Group of people standing and talking outdoors near a wooden shed with a rusty orange metal roof, surrounded by foliage.
A person in a black coat with sunglasses, holding a camera and clipboard, walking through a garden with yellow flowers, apple trees, and green hills in the background.
Person showing hands covered in muddy clay, with soil on fingers and nails, outdoors with blurred background.
A group of women sitting on the wooden floor of a cozy, rustic room with a wood-burning stove, some with laptops and drinks, relaxed and smiling.
An open book lying on grass with a small rock resting on its pages.
A group of people sitting on the wooden floor in a circle, participating in a group activity or discussion inside a rustic room with large windows, exposed walls, and a ladder. Some are facing the speaker, who appears to be leading the session.
Group of people standing outdoors on a grassy field near greenhouses, with mountains and trees in the background, on a cloudy day.
A small boat dock with a bench, chairs, and a life preserver, surrounded by dense green trees and tall grass in a natural wetland setting.
People picking apples in an orchard on a sunny day.
Group of people sitting around a campfire on a grassy hill at sunset with cloudy sky and trees in the background.
A man with glasses and a black jacket sits at a wooden table with a group of people listening. The table has a laptop, a vase with yellow sunflowers, apples, and various electronic devices. The background has bookshelves filled with books and some wo
A woman with short gray hair, wearing a patterned long skirt, white blouse, and a dark vest, stands in an orchard with apple trees and green hills in the background. She is gesturing with her hands while speaking.
Four people lying on the ground outside, viewed through a window with white curtains. The scene appears to be a peaceful, rural setting with grass, dirt, and outdoor furniture.
People sitting in a circle on a wooden floor, participating in a group activity inside a room with large windows, curtains, and skylights, with a small lit candle, books, and cups in the foreground.
Group of people practicing yoga indoors, bending forward with arms extended and holding each other's hands.
Group of people sitting around a campfire at night, with some wearing jackets and hats, outdoor chairs and logs, and a dark sky in the background.
A group of people sitting on the floor inside a wooden room with large windows and curtains, listening to a woman sitting near a fireplace.
Group of people sitting on grass in a field under a partly cloudy sky, facing away from the camera.
Group of people on a farm or garden with greenery and rolling hills in the background, some listening to a guide or instructor.
People picking apples in an orchard with baskets and trees laden with red apples on a sunny day.
Reflection of a young woman inside a kitchen, seen through a window, with hills and trees in the background.
Three people outdoors in a grassy field, with a fence and sheep in the background. They are examining plants or flowers, with one person holding a bunch of sticks or flowers. The scene is sunny, with trees and hills in the distance.
Two women standing by a pond in a park; one woman has dark hair tied back and is practicing yoga with her hands above her head, the other woman has gray hair and is observing; background includes trees and a walking path with people.
Group of people gathered around a wooden table outdoors, engaged in an activity, with pumpkins placed on the table and items in boxes nearby, in a rural setting with a barn and trees in the background.
Group of women gathered outdoors around a long wooden table with food and drinks, engaging in a social activity under a partly cloudy sky.
A group of people sitting around a wooden table in a rustic indoor space with wooden walls and shelves, decorations of hanging dried garlic and greenery, and a large window letting in daylight. There are flowers in vases on the table.
A hand with red nail polish arranging colorful flower-shaped candies on a wooden surface.
A group of people sitting around a campfire at night, with one person standing and speaking to the group.
Camping tents illuminated at night under the moonlit sky, with dark trees and silhouettes of leaves in the foreground.
Group of people sitting outdoors, listening to a speaker in a natural setting with trees and a partly cloudy sky.
Group of women and a man gather inside a rustic open-air shelter with wooden beams and a table, during daytime. One person is working on a laptop with a vase of sunflowers beside them. Some women are seated, others are standing, and there are laptops
A spacious wooden interior room with natural light, decorated with sheepskin rugs arranged in a circle, a central white cloth with candles, vases of sunflowers, and various bottles, suggesting a cozy spiritual or meditation gathering space.
Reflective view through a window showing an outdoor gathering with people seated on the ground, flowers, and candles, overlooking a grassy area and a hillside with trees under a cloudy sky.
A group of people sitting on the grass in an orchard, listening to a person speaking. The orchard is surrounded by rolling green hills and trees, with a partly cloudy sky overhead.
A fallen apple resting on grass, showing red and yellow skin with some dirt and a small sprout nearby.
A woman with short blonde hair, wearing a black sweater and a light headband, is smiling and holding a bunch of garlic in a rustic kitchen. The kitchen has wooden shelves filled with jars and bottles, and a bouquet of sunflowers sits on the counter.
Group of people sitting on the floor near large windows in a wooden room with a wood stove and pink curtains, some with blankets, during daylight
A woman with dark hair, wearing a black shirt, is seen smiling and writing in a notebook through a glass window, with reflection of an outdoor green landscape and dirt ground inside.
A scenic view of a grassy hillside with trees and plants, under a sky with a rainbow and clouds, and sunlight filtering through.
Group of people hugging and smiling outdoors in a grassy field with trees and hills in the background.
Group of people ascending outdoor brick stairs in a green garden scene, viewed through a window.
Group of people sitting around a wooden table inside a rustic barn-like structure, sharing a meal and conversation, with sunflowers on the table and drying herbs hanging from the ceiling.
People in line serving themselves food at a buffet table indoors or at a covered outdoor area, with various dishes and food items visible.
A group of people gathered around a table outdoors in a grassy, hilly landscape with trees and a rustic structure in the background.
A woman swimming in dark water near tall green reeds, smiling at the camera.
People sitting around a campfire outdoors during dusk, with a sky filled with clouds and trees in the background.
People sitting at an outdoor dining table, eating and talking, with pumpkins in the foreground and a rustic building in the background.
A woman in a red dress sitting on the floor surrounded by lit candles and yellow flowers, in a dimly lit room with dark walls and small arched windows.

Session Practitioners:

  • A woman with reddish hair smiling while mixing something in a white bowl in an office or workspace.

    Hannah Fletcher

    Hannah Fletcher works with and researches the many intricate relationships between photographic and not-so photographic materials. Intertwining organic matter such as soils, algae, mushrooms and roots into photographic mediums and surfaces. Fletcher questions the life cycle and value of materials by incorporating waste from her studio and workshops back into the system of making. Working in an investigative, ritualistic and environmentally conscious manner, she combines scientific techniques with photographic processes, creating dialogue and fusions between the poetic and political. In 2019, she set up The Sustainable Darkroom; an artist run research, training and mutual learning programme to equip cultural practitioners with new skills and knowledge to develop a more environmentally friendly analogue photography practice.

  • A woman with a headscarf standing among tall green plants, wearing a light beige shirt and a necklace with a circular pendant.

    Nahla Tabbaa

    Nahla Tabbaa is an interdisciplinary  artist whose practice explores tensions between the urban and the organic, the beautiful and the grotesque. She is drawn to materials that have the agency to self organize, adventuring into immateriality, magic and alchemy.  Her methods are intentionally slow-paced, meditative and labour-intensive and permeate strands of her everyday life to heal and harmonise her otherwise fast-paced life. As an act of resistance, she leans into alternative constructs of time and ancient practices as a way to summon magic in the mundane everyday. She sees our present state as a catastrophic dystopian world that can no longer be dismantled with human hands, but rather, she is seeking wisdom in the more-than-human world. Through working with invasive and indigenous plants, plant medicine, hiking, animal care and reading into regional mythology and folklore, her work moves towards a place where she can propose a new system of radical care and the sacred.

  • A woman with gray hair smiling outdoors with colorful fall foliage in the background.

    Marian Boswall

    A leading landscape architect and horticulturalist, Marian Boswall specialises in historic landscapes. She is the co-founder of the Sustainable Landscape Foundation, and has just published her book ‘Sustainable Garden’. Her design practice, Marian Boswall Landscape Architects, focuses on regenerative sites with long term sustainability and connectivity at their core. Her projects invest in the land for the long term, such as the Charleston centenary project here, and sculptural installations in a heritage landscape at the Watts Gallery. Wellness is deeply embedded in her ethos, and in early 2020, she gave a TedX talk on how our gardens can care for us and the earth.

  • A man with long black hair, a beard, and a mustache standing in front of an old stone archway.

    Tjok Gede Kerthyasa

    Tjok Gde Kerthyasa is a homeopath, health scientist, alchemical explorer and the creator of the Pranafas therapeutic healing method. He holds a Bachelor of Health Science (Homeopathy) from the University of New England, and an Advanced Diploma of Homeopathy from the Australasian College of Natural Therapies, Sydney. Tjok Gde is well known throughout Indonesia for his pioneering television show about natural medicine. Through his clinical work and the Tirta Usada products and remedies, Tjok Gde hopes to facilitate self healing on a holistic level. Homeopathy aside, Tjok Gde is also a tea master and a certified Buteyko Breating Method Trainer.

  • Close-up of a smiling woman with curly red hair sitting in a car.

    Toni Spencer

    Toni is an artist, consultant, mentor and facilitator working across multiple disciplines. London born and Devon based, she has been working at the intersection of social, ecological and culture change for 25 years. She creates spaces where grit, grief, messiness, and laughter are welcome and where new kinds of wisdom and power can emerge.

    Some of Toni’s recent work includes: Radical Ecological Pedagogies (From the Roots Up) with ULEX and facilitating for Mycelium Group. She is a curator at The Emergence Network, leading on Vulture: Courting the Otherwise in a Time of Breakdown and is a tutor and mentor on Call of the Wild and professional trainings with WildWise.

  • Black and white portrait of a middle-aged man wearing glasses, a cap, a hoodie, and a jacket, outdoors with trees in the background.

    Emilio Mula

    Emilio Mula is… Moedular. Emilio is a multidiciplinary artist based in UK. He explores the  intersections betwen art, ecology, science and living beings through Children of Compost, a collaborative project cultivating partnerships among artists and scientists to create art experiences:

    In our creative explorations we seek to amplify the voice of natural phenomena, the voice of everything that interacts with us–constantly, invisibly, without our awareness; tides, humidity, magnetic fields, photosynthesis, biogeochemical pathways. We translate these forces into images, real-time audiovisual installations and interactive experiences. We do this in order to call attention to the fact that it is time for us all to engage in a more intimate dialogue about these complex interrelationships... the forces that do actually govern our lives.

  • A woman sitting in tall grass holding a horse's face with her hand, surrounded by four people outdoors, with trees and hills in the background.

    Kara Moses

    Kara is a tracker and facilitator with a passion for radical, decolonial approaches to tracking, ancestral skills and land regeneration. As an educator, Kara devised ‘Radical Nature Connection’ as an approach and co-holds this strand of work at the Ulex Project in Catalonia. Kara delivers courses and lectures on Masters degrees on radical approaches to nature connection, rewilding and ancestral skills (with a focus on tracking, foraging and trees) at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Schumacher College and independently. She spends the Winter months working in conservation forestry, restoring ancient woodlands and is part of a team that runs the 350-acre Cambrian Wildwood project, which is restoring wild habitats and creating access to immersion in wild nature for marginalised groups in the Cambrian foothills of Mid-West Wales.

  • A woman with long dark hair wearing a large fuzzy hat and a dark knit sweater, outdoors in a wooded area.

    Ada Parris

    One question arrived in 2017. Everything since has been one long answering of it.

    What if intelligence is not something we possess, but something that arises through relationship?

    Her work sits at the intersection of ancestral intelligence, AI ethics, and living systems. She has spent nine years building a practice for reading what the inherited maps cannot show — for leaders, artists, and institutions at the moment the existing frameworks stop describing the territory. She is an Honorary Fellow at Arts University Plymouth, where her research into material intelligence — sonic field recording, DNA sonification, mycelium-printed structures — is ongoing. She has spoken to and worked with Google, Meta, Lloyds Banking Group, National Grid, Adidas, Unilever, Shelter, Tate Modern, the Buckminster Fuller Institute, and TEDx, among others.

  • A woman with long wavy dark hair wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a purple jacket, outdoors near trees and greenery.

    Samantha Rose

    ‘I have spent a lot of time communing and listening to the land while I have undertaken vision quests, wandered in the woods, sat with the first nations senior lore women of Australia, and experienced rites of passage work through different lineages around the world. These experiences have greatly informed and inspired the stories that I write and share and my desire to be of service with them.’ Samantha has been a professional storyteller, guiding transformational journeys and holding ceremonial space using story, ritual, and creative expression for over 10 years. She is currently working as Professional Storyteller, a Transpersonal Art Therapist and as a Ceremonial Guide.

  • A man with sunglasses reaching towards the camera against a dark background.

    MoYah

    MoYah is also an award winning interfaith arts programmer who often curates projects for refugees and asylum seekers as well as a variety of social action and artistic events to disintegrate stereotypes & encourage more community cohesion between different faiths.

     Recently he received the 21 for 21 award, recognising him as one of the most inspiring faith based leaders who is increasing dialogue and breaking down barriers in the 21st century.

    In 2008 MoYah founded the 1st Muslim/ Jewish Hip Hop Duo in the UK called ‘ Lines of Faith’ delivering performances and workshops to challenge prejudice, and build meaningful bonds between communities.

  • A woman is kneeling on the ground in a vast open field with rolling hills in the background. She appears to be hugging herself, and the sky above is cloudy.

    Morgan Kulas

    As an enactment of repair, I turn towards the landscape to give the tender and fragmented pieces of myself the emotional freedom to dance. I land, listen, flow, bond, morph and expand; reclaiming my body from the systems and stories of control that have separated her from nature. I trust that whatever vital emerges in me is a gossamer cord weaving me intra the universal moving consciousness. I share my discoveries through the mediums of performance, social practice, collage, and writing. In my socially engaged work, I foster integrative embodied resilience for trauma through movement education, community ritual, & performance work. My personal experimental practice and research is what supports my capacity to work publically and socially in this way which I have been doing in one form or another since 2004.

  • A woman lying on a bed of brown leaves holding a wooden acoustic guitar.

    Jennifer Lourea

    Music has always been a big part of my life, as I grew up in a family of musicians so I spent my life writing songs and discovering different instruments and genres.

    My journey into permaculture began around 8 years ago, when I volunteered in projects in Thailand and Malaysia.

    Before stepping into teaching permaculture, I spent some years teaching English, which gave me a strong foundation in facilitation and communication. 

    ​Now I get to weave my three great loves together - music, ecology and education.

  • Woman with black curly hair wearing a black hat, red scarf, and dark clothing standing in a wooded area, holding a wooden art piece depicting a woman surrounded by plants.

    Rima Staines

    Rima Staines is an artist whose work straddles myth, magical realism and the folk arts. She has worked over the years predominantly as a painter, but also with music, writing, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, theatre, puppetry, animation and book arts.

    “My belief in the power of art to change things runs deep, and thus my work is very much simultaneously alchemy and activism. I am fascinated by how talismanic, apotropaic imagery has been used throughout human history to make real magic, and it is in that realm that I work. Myth and story, of course, are vital threads in my work - they speak truth to us in a similar non-linear language to that which imagery speaks, we need them more than we think we do because inside them are old maps back home.”

Programme Schedule 2026

Wednesday 16 September
Afternoon · 2–5pm
Arrival
Evening · 7–9pm
Rima Staines
Liminal Making: art from the threshold, talismanic imagery, myth and story as maps home
An evening around the fire
Thursday 17 September
Morning · 10am–1pm
Toni Spencer
Pause in Practice: Kissing the Void. Meeting the unknown as creative renewal; grief, loss and uncertainty as doorways to presence
Evening · 4–7pm
Emilio Mula
Sound and Sensing: microphones, sensors and data-driven tools to translate environmental processes into artistic practice
Friday 18 September
Morning · 10am–1pm
Kara Moses
Reading the Living Landscape through Tracking. Non-human intelligence, animal tracks and signs as a relational practice of empathy and ecological reanimation
Evening · 4–7pm
Nahla Tabbaa
The Apple: gathering around the farm's abundant apples as vessels of memory, taste, scent, folklore and transformation. Collective cooking, writing, sketching, tasting and making. The apple as nourishment, symbol, object of desire and carrier of stories
Saturday 19 September
Morning · 10am–1pm
Marian Boswall
Reading the Land: designing with nature, regenerative landscape practice, biodiversity and ecological balance
Evening · 4–7pm
Samantha Rose
Communicating Beyond the Human: vision quest lineage, storytelling, listening and connecting with the intelligence of the living world
Sunday 20 September
Morning · 10am–1pm
Rest
Evening · 4–7pm
Jennifer Loureau
Reforest Your Dreams: song, permaculture ethics and ecological practice to deepen relationship with the more-than-human world
Afternoon · optional
Nahla Tabbaa
The Apple continued
Late evening
Wood fired hot tub under the stars
Monday 21 September
Morning · 10am–1pm
Ada Parris
Ancestral intelligence, AI ethics and living systems. Reading what inherited maps cannot show. Practice for leaders, artists and institutions at the edge of existing frameworks
Evening · 4–7pm
Morgan Kulas
The Art of Embodiment: somatic practices connecting body, mind and earth; integrating embodied awareness into creative practice
Tuesday 22 September
Morning · 10am–1pm
Hannah Fletcher
Photographic and non-photographic materials intertwined with organic matter. Soils, algae, mushrooms, roots; the Sustainable Darkroom; fusing the poetic and political
Evening · 4–7pm
MoYah
Interfaith arts practice: breaking down barriers between communities through music, performance and creative dialogue; founder of the UK's first Muslim/Jewish Hip Hop Duo
Wednesday 23 September
Morning · 9:30am–12pm
Elizabeth Gleave
Residency curator and co-founder of Land Art Collective: clarifying your vision, developing your storytelling and shaping your work to resonate with your most inspired intentions
Afternoon · 1–2pm
Nahla Tabbaa
The Apple: closing gathering
Departure · 3–5pm

RESIDENCY LOCATION GALLERY
 

On the Hill

Interior of a rustic entrance hallway with a wooden bench, coat hooks, and a doorway leading outside to a sunny landscape.
A vibrant garden with colorful flowers and green foliage under a clear blue sky, with a white tent and trees in the background.
A garden with a grassy pathway leading to a wooden arch covered in vines, with benches and colorful flowers on the sides, under a clear sky with sunlight.
Countryside landscape with rolling green hills, orchard with apple trees, and a farm building with a metal roof.
A small pond surrounded by tall grasses and wild plants with a dock and a couple of chairs, set in a rural landscape with grass fields and trees in the background.
White tents set up outdoors on a grassy hillside under a clear blue sky, with some trees and wildflowers nearby.
A woman in a blue coat walking up stone steps through overgrown garden plants on a sunny day.
Yellow flowers growing amidst green foliage in a field parked in sunlight.
Inside a rustic workshop with wooden tables, some chairs overturned, and gardening supplies, overlooking a scenic outdoor area with green fields, greenhouses, and a large canopy tent in the background.
An apple tree with ripe apples in a rural orchard on a sunny day, with other trees and greenery in the background.
A lush garden with colorful flowers, greenhouses, and trees in the background under a clear blue sky.
A rural landscape with a small wooden shelter and a rusty metal roof, surrounded by green grass, trees, and bushes under a clear blue sky.
A sunny outdoor garden scene with a large tree in the foreground, a teepee-style structure made of wooden poles, green grass, garden beds, and a pathway. The sky is clear and blue.
A garden with a firepit in the center surrounded by four wooden benches and three metal chairs, all on a green lawn, with colorful flowers and trees in the background, under a bright sunny sky.
A rustic outdoor scene featuring a wooden building with a metal roof, surrounded by tall grass and trees, with a woman sitting at a picnic table.
A rural outdoor scene with a dirt path, wooden benches and tables on the right, a large green tree in the center, and a clear blue sky above. There are structures and greenery on the left and right sides of the path.
View from inside a rustic outdoor restaurant or cafe looking out at a farm with greenhouses and teepees on a hillside, with a woman sitting at a picnic table outside.
Indoor space with large windows looking out onto a lush green garden, plants inside, and sunlight streaming through the windows.

Residency Location

This is the incredible Site

On the Hill

We will be camping on site. There are full facilities including sheltered and enclosed spaces.

If you do not have your own tent please let us know so we can arrange one for you.

We will add you to a residency whatsapp group for lift shares & travel partners.

On the Hill instagram

All Meals are included

& prepared by our incredible biodynamic grower & Bally Maloe trained chef
Rose Petherick

Ingredients will be vegetarian & organic. They will be directly from the farm we are staying on where possible. You are welcome to bring your own fish/meat, there are cooking facilities on site.

Please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions.

Materials Required

We will be working responsibly with materials to hand - where additional materials are required we will supply them.

We recommend bringing items for journaling & clothing for all weathers!

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Opportunities to reflect on how attuned listening influences communication, expression and creative decision-making.

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Time and space to slow down and listen more closely, allowing greater awareness of how ideas, materials and environments inform creative work.

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Exposure to regenerative and land-based practices that can sit alongside existing creative approaches, adding new perspectives and professional development skills.

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Working alongside others in a collective setting, enabling creative learning to evolve through exchange.

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Engagement with place, ecology and more-than-human perspectives as part of creative exploration.

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Approaches to storytelling rooted in sensory awareness, environment and attention.

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Time for ideas to emerge naturally, without the necessity to define or finalise the process. Learn to receive inspiration rather than reach for it.

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Connection between creative work and wider questions of care, sustainability and responsible relationship.

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Space for dialogue, listening and reflection to support your creative development.

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Ongoing connection through reflective gatherings, shared resources and a wider creative community for further collaboration and networking.

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Support to trust personal ways of seeing, sensing and responding.

This Residency offers your Creative Practice:

Participant Feedback

  • Close-up of a garden with various plants, including large green leaves, small colorful flowers, and twisted branches.

    "Community stood out as central and profoundly supportive. Being together with other artists - sharing time, meals, fire, song, conversation and vulnerability - created a rare sense of belonging, trust and lasting connection."

  • A person wiping a dark wooden table with a cloth, with objects like a cracked egg, a small bowl with a candle, and packages or boxes in the background, in black and white.

    "The residency allowed space for grief, vulnerability and honesty to be held without pressure to resolve or transcend them. Embracing lament, loss and uncertainty became an important part of the creative and personal process."

  • Person holding a frog near tall grass, with a small case on the ground next to them.

    "I can truly say that this Residency was one of the most connecting experiences I’ve ever had in my life."

  • Black and white photo of a wooden table with a rock and a peanut in a shell.

    “Every session revealed a new chapter in the opportunity to listen and receive messages. Things that I always knew I possessed but sharing it with an equally committed group rings differently.”

  • A close-up of old, weathered wooden branches with green leaves, set against a blurred background of rolling green hills and trees on a sunny day.

    "I found it moving, eye-opening, challenging and very beautiful - it touched me really deeply and was everything I hoped it would be and more."

Full
Immersion

Includes

  • All sessions
  • Accommodation
  • All meals

Seven days of immersive creative practice, community and land.

£2,200

Applications open

16–23 September 2026 · Dartmoor, Devon

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Application Information

Volunteer
Roles

Includes

  • All sessions
  • Accommodation
  • All meals

Contribute 8 hours of support across the week and attend as a full participant.

£1,200

Applications open

Please Note

Payment

Payment plans are available.

Please get in touch to discuss. We're always happy to explore options and aim to make participating accessible to all. For additional pricing you may also be interested in our online series.

Selection

Participants will be selected on an assessment of the submission criteria. We have had a lot of interest in this residency — if we are not able to accept your submission on this occasion we will keep in touch for our next one where we will be able to facilitate more places.

Booking & Refunds

On confirmation of your place we will send you an invoice payable via PayPal, debit card, credit card or Wise. Your place is secured on receipt of payment. Refunds are available up to one month before the event start date. Withdrawals within one month of the start date are non-refundable, unless extenuating circumstances apply.

Any Questions?

The Eye

Kahlil Gibran


Said the Eye one day, “I see beyond these valleys a mountain veiled with blue mist.  Is it not beautiful?”
 
The Ear listened, and after listening intently awhile, said, “But where is any mountain?  I do not hear it.”
 
Then the Hand spoke and said, “I am trying in vain to feel it or touch it, and I can find no mountain.”
 
And the Nose said, “There is no mountain, I cannot smell it.”
 
Then the Eye turned the other way, and they all began to talk together about the Eye’s strange delusion.  And they said, “Something must be the matter with the Eye.”

Discover

Devon | UK

This residency is situated in one of the most beautiful and culturally nutritious areas of the UK. You will be close to the historic market town of Totnes & Ashburton, the ancient tracks and mythologies of Dartmoor, whilst 20 minutes away from old fishermans coves and captivating cliff walks. You can explore a feast of world renowned organisations and education facilities who are holding a light for the Earth. We can point you in some incredible directions on your trip.