Space

Studios & rehearsal spaces for your workThe largest collection of high quality arts spacesavailable for hire in the South West

DartingtonArts, Social Justice, SustainabilityDartington is a major cultural centre that brings together work in thearts, social justice and sustainability. Combining history and modernism,tranquillity and experiment, the 1200-acre Dartington estate has beenan inspiration to artists, philosophers and social entrepreneurs as diverseas Kurt Jooss, Peter Maxwell Davies, Ravi Shankar, Michael Young andJonathan Porritt.

SpaceSpace, a multidisciplinary centre for the arts, will open in spring 2011to provide the largest collection of high quality arts spaces availablein the South West. Space will include performing arts studios, digitalmedia screening and production facilities, crafts and makers' studiosand a multi-purpose gallery. Space will be a place where artists, ensembles,organisations and makers can create a base, develop their work andrehearse. The practical resources of Space, coupled with the culturalcommunity and stunning natural setting, provide a unique anddynamic creative environment in which to produce work.

Facilities• Use of shared kitchen facilities• Internet connection• Pianos available in all studios• 24 hour access available• Office services available (fax, photocopier etc)• Licensed for public events & performances

Studio 1 Studio 3 Studio 6

CateringA range of catering options will be available, including the on-site White HartRestaurant & Bar, the Roundhouse Cafe and a conferencing catering service.

Residential FacilitiesA range of residential options are available, from the wide range of superbmedieval courtyard rooms to more basic hostel-style accommodation.

Studio 31 Great Hall Barn Cinema

Rehearsal & Performance Studios to HireStudios will be available to hire on an on-going or short-term basis.There will be a wide range of spaces suitable for workshops, meetings,rehearsals and performances, including:

Studio 1

Studio 3

Studio 6

Studio 30

Studio 31

Great Hall

Barn Cinema

Screening RoomGalleryMeeting Room

Music and theatre rehearsal space with retractable seating.Ideal for rehearsals, performance, lectures and workshops.

Acoustically rich, high quality music rehearsal / performancespace. 360º balcony, lighting rig. Associated recording facilitiesalso available.

For dance/music / theatre rehearsals/workshops. Sprung floor.Exterior balcony.

Hexagonal space with seating at three sides. Ideal for rehearsals,performances, lectures, workshops.

Multi-use space with retractable seating. Ideal for rehearsals,performance, lectures, workshops. Lighting rig, control room,and sound system.

Large medieval hall. Good acoustics. Capacity 300 seatedor room for 400 standing.

For screenings and presentations. Fully digitally equipped.Capacity 185.

For small scale screenings and presentations. Capacity 60.

Exhibition and installation space. Capacity 50.

Ideal for board room style meetings or as a production office.

Contact: The Arts at DartingtonThe Barn / Dartington Hall / Totnes / Devon / TQ9 6DEemail: space@dartington.org // www.dartington.org/spaceClare Parker Project Manager: 01803 847097

Front cover image © Jo PitsonThe Dartington Hall Trust is a company limited by Guarantee,registered in England as a charity. Company no.1485560, charity no.279756.

Work with usDartington has an 80 year history of supporting artists from diversebackgrounds to produce work. Through Space we again open our facilitiesto a wide range of creative organisations and individual artists who wishto make new work.

We have already had a fantastic response from many organisationswho would like to use Dartington as a base for their work in the South Westand we look forward to exploring the opportunities on offer with you.If you would like to find out more about hiring Space, or would just liketo discuss this exciting new venture further, we’d love to hear from you.

Where we areDartington lies in the heart of the creative South West, situatedon the edge of Totnes, the Devon town named by The Observeras “the country's funkiest address”.

Totnes station is 3 hours from Paddington and is served by the M5 / A38road network, 25 miles south of Exeter and north of Plymouth.Full details on how to find us are at www.dartington.org/finding-us.