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Community Interest group supporting and promoting the visual arts on Dartmoor. dartmoorcollective.org

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Clare Rogers @clarerogersartist.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Another couple of small monotype prints that I made recently for an upcoming exhibition here in Plymouth. I’ve drawn a tree over the top of one print. I’m working on another similar but larger piece which is nearly finished. ‘Equinox’ 1 & 4 #dartmoor
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 05/03/2026
As we head into the peak of Ten Tors training season here on Dartmoor, it seems a good time to re-share @intothehinterlands.co.uk' s interview with photographer Robert Darch from a few years ago, which features images from his series documenting the event. dartmoorcollective.org/featured-con...
A group of 6 very wet  looking young people with heavy rucksacks trudge across a foggy and bleak moorland landscape. Muted colours and grey sky.
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 05/03/2026
Giving this a little bump - if you've got an article or feature you'd like to pitch for the website, or have a Dartmoor related arts project or event that you'd like to talk about, then we'd really love to hear from you.
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Sophie Pierce @smpierce.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Thrilled to launch the 2nd #DartmoorTorsFestival - celebrating Dartmoor’s nature and culture. We’ve got talks, walks, performances and more .. shorturl.at/8ROTt @visitdartmoor.bsky.social @dpadartmoor.bsky.social @dartmoorcollective.org @dartmoorac.bsky.social
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 24/02/2026
There's a fabulous and amazingly diverse range of events lined up for this years Dartmoor Tors Festival in Ashburton in May. Well worth checking out the programme. dartmoortorsfestival.co.uk/programme/
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Programme – Dartmoor Tors Festival
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 29/01/2026
A HUGE thank you to everyone who has supported us by buying our Flow zine so far - it means a lot. Still a few copies left if you'd like to get your hands on 60 pages of unique Dartmoor art and photos accompanied by the beautiful words of Kirsteen McNish. dartmoorcollective.org/product/flow...
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Flow zine – The Dartmoor Collective
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Bob Hitchcock 〓〓 @tamarphotography.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
#BlueSkyArtShow #Cold #EastCoastKin The dawn sun gradually creeps down in the frost-bitten valley. Dartmoor - one winters morn. #Photography #Landscape #Nature #Walking #Hiking #PhotographesrsofBluesky #PhotographersUnite #Dartmoor #Devon
An old stone bridge crosses the river. On the far side of the bridge the dawn sun is beginning to light up small bushes & trees in the hoar-frost.
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David Cranch @cranchie.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The sun will eventually return and bring colour back to Dartmoor.
Monochrome image of the road from Princetown to Yelverton on Dartmoor. The rain had just stopped and the sun was doing it's best to break through.
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 24/01/2026
A little known and sobering aspect of Dartmoor's wartime history explored in this photo essay by @intothehinterlands.co.uk If you have an idea for a future Dartmoor related feature, photo essay or article for the website then we'd love to hear from you. dartmoorcollective.org/featured-con...
A straight, stony track leads off in a straight line across bleak moorland in winter, stormy skies above.
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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
It would be remiss of me not to promote Changing Landscapes again after such a lovely post about it 😊. www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 22/01/2026
Andrew is one of four members of the academy featured in the new Elemental exhibition at RWA Bristol, which runs to the 8th March. Sure to be well worth a visit. Full details below: www.rwa.org.uk/collections/...
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Elemental
Curated by Malcolm Ashman RWA and Stephen Jacobson RWA  This exhibition brings together works by four RWA Academicians that trace deep and individual responses to the natural world. Each work holds fr...
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 22/01/2026
We've been privileged to feature Andrew Hardwick's uniquely striking Dartmoor landscape works in two of our previous exhibitions, and he is now part of the RWA's new Elemental exhibition. Here's a feature interview with Andrew we did a couple of years back. dartmoorcollective.org/featured-con...
Dartmoor, Pale Yellow Sky - multimedia landscape work. Layered with paint, wire and other found materials. Earthen tones of the moor below, highly textured yellow tinged clouds above.
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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 21/01/2026
Musing on the potential for @dartmoorcollective.org to take over the currently vacant HMP Dartmoor and convert it into a vast and slightly irradiated conceptual arts space... I mean, it's secure and has got decent lighting for a start...
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 21/01/2026
We'll be sharing some of our favourite website features and over the course of the next few weeks, starting with this fascinating interview with Salford based artist, @notquitelight.bsky.social about his often unnerving experiences of visiting Dartmoor. dartmoorcollective.org/featured-con...
A red moon emerging from dark, apocalyptic-looking clouds
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 21/01/2026
Our website features an eclectic range of artist interviews and articles about the visual arts on Dartmoor. If you'd be interested in pitching an idea for a future feature, or would like to talk about a project you're working on then, we'd love to hear from you. dartmoorcollective.org/features/
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Features – The Dartmoor Collective
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Bob Hitchcock 〓〓 @tamarphotography.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
For #JanuArty2026 #Soft in association with #RockinTuesday The same file. One #colour the other #Monochrome. Not the only difference but it is the obvious one. I genuinely cant decide which I prefer. Any opinions? #ECK #ClassicMono #Photography #Nature #Walking #Landscape #Dartmoor, #Devon 1/2
Two views of the same file - one mono the other colour. They show a traditional dry stone wall of granite boulders leading away along the edge of a wood and disappearing into the mist. In the centre is a tree bounded by the wall on the left side and a fence on the right.  The boulders are covered with moss & lichens and the red-brown colours is the decaying bracken.

I can't decide which I prefer - the colour or the mono image. Any opinions?Two views of the same file - one mono the other colour. They show a traditional dry stone wall of granite boulders leading away along the edge of a wood and disappearing into the mist. In the centre is a tree bounded by the wall on the left side and a fence on the right.  The boulders are covered with moss & lichens and the red-brown colours is the decaying bracken.

I can't decide which I prefer - the colour or the mono image. Any opinions?
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Hinterlands @intothehinterlands.co.uk · 20/01/2026
Beautiful Dartmoor ? The northern uplands. A vast, wet and almost featureless series of plains with nothing to admire for miles and miles. Underfoot is tricky to treacherous; always damp, sometimes bog or mire and potholes, hidden in the grass, ready to grab your ankle and turn it. #photography
A featureless expanse of grass.
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simon blackbourn @simonblackbourn.net · 18/01/2026
Dartmoor in all its glory
A road on dartmoor stretches away into the fog
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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 18/01/2026
Made it up to the remains of Laughter Hole Farm from Bellever today. Every time I go there it seems to be have regressed further into the surrounding dense. lichen-clad woodland. Even the steel security fence around the farm buildings is now being colonised! #Dartmoor
Close up of strand of green usnea lichen hanging on a metal wire fence, glistening with rain droplets. Dark windows of a disused granite farm blurred in the background.
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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 20/01/2026
Some wonderful portraits here... including Jaiyana Chelikha’s "Go Back to Where", which we featured in our @dartmoorcollective.org Flow zine. (Still a few copies available btw) www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘It felt celebratory’: Portrait of Britain winners – in pictures
From charity workers to synchronised swimmers via a young lad having tea with his nan, these people all inspired award-winning photographs
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Tom Dauben @tomdauben.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Some beautifully moody conditions on yesterday afternoon’s dog walk #dartmoor #atmosphere #photography
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 12/01/2026
Over the moon to hear today that Jaiyana has been selected as one of the winners of Portrait of Britain! This means that as well as being featured in the Portrait of Britain book "Go Back to Where?" will also be shown on digital billboards across the UK. pob2025.1854.photography?_gl=1*850i36...
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Portrait of Britain - 2025 Winners
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Hinterlands @intothehinterlands.co.uk · 01/01/2026
Nights like These..... Taken at 5am in the Taw valley on Dartmoor. The moon is setting, it's bitterly cold and utterly beautiful. #photography #landscape #Dartmoor
Taken at night this image shows a full moon setting towards the horizon.
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Marc Wilson @marcwilson.co.uk · 02/01/2026
From my new book, ‘The Edge of Ruin’ Available to order. … Whiteworks, Devon One of Dartmoor’s largest tin mines gave rise to this former hamlet, which overlooks the challenging, boggy ground at Fox Tor Mire. Fox Tor is reputed to have inspired the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles by...
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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
📖 We recently explored some of the archives we hold of authors inspired by Dartmoor with @bbcspotlight.bsky.social See more of the conversation on catch-up once tonight's Spotlight episode is available www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #SouthWestWriters #Landscapes #Nature #Inspiration
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Artists inspired 'thanks to access to Dartmoor'
After a landmark win for wild campers, the rugged landscape continues to be a focus for creatives.
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Dartmoor Preservation Association @dpadartmoor.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
The 1st of January 2026 marked the centenary of landmark legislation which, for the first time, created a right to walk and ride on significant areas of common land in town and country. This law was largely thanks to our friends the Open Spaces Society. dartmoorpreservation.co.uk/centenary-of...
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Centenary of Open Spaces Law - Dartmoor Preservation Association
The 1st of January 2026 marks the centenary of landmark legislation which, for the first time, created a right to walk and ride on significant areas of common land in town and country. This law was la...
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simon blackbourn @simonblackbourn.net · 04/01/2026
The Long Stone on Dartmoor with Kestor in the background. It was used as a parish boundary marker and has "GP" and "DC" carved into it (Gidleigh Parish and Duchy of Cornwall). An amazing part of the moor with stone rows, standing stones, hut circles and field systems all around. #standingStoneSunday
A black and white photograph of the 'long stone' standing stone on Dartmoor. The stone is covered in lichen, has a pointed top, and the letters "GP" (Gidleigh Parish) are carved into it about halfway up. Kestor Rock is in the background on the left, and Thornworthy Tor just visible on the right.
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Marc Wilson @marcwilson.co.uk · 12/12/2025
From my new book, ‘The Edge of Ruin’ Available to order from my website now. … Foggintor Quarry and Swelltor Quarry, Devon Yielding the stone from which Nelson’s Column is hewn, Foggintor is one of Dartmoor’s great granite quarries. Originally known as Royal Oak, Foggintor was in operation for...
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Dartmoor Preservation Association @dpadartmoor.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Exceeding our 76 grants in 2025, we have currently awarded 88 Moor Boots grants across 14 Ten Tors teams. This will enable young people to purchase essential outdoor equipment, such as boots and waterproof trousers. Applications are open now: dartmoorpreservation.co.uk/access-suppo... #moorboots
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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
View from Bellever to Postbridge this week, a similar view is on the December page of my 2026 calendar ☺️, #Dartmoor , #Devon. #photography #landscape
A moorland road with hills in the background.
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 02/12/2025
If you're looking for the perfect Christmas present for someone who loves Dartmoor, art and photography then we still have some copies of Flow available for sale on the website. All proceeds from sales go directly to supporting the visual arts on Dartmoor. dartmoorcollective.org/product/flow...
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Flow zine – The Dartmoor Collective
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Dartmoor Preservation Association @dpadartmoor.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Our Wild Words magazine is now available to read for free on our website! Enjoy over 100 pages of inspiring stories, essays, lyrics and poetry, all inviting us to fall even more deeply in love with Dartmoor. dartmoorpreservation.co.uk/wild-words/ #Dartmoor #naturewriting #poetry #indiemagazine
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 28/11/2025
Fabulous work from Clare - one of the featured artists in our current Flow zine and a long-term member of and contributor to our wonderful Dartmoor Collective community.
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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Part of the Yellowmead four ring stone circles #Dartmoor Hard to photograph well (for me) Not a difficult walk but one wet November I went there, stepped up to my knee in deep mud & fell backwards into a morass when pulling it out. The drive home was, er, interesting
Some small stones of a stone circle Part of a stone circle
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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 15/11/2025
Taking photos of ponies is normally considered valid grounds for excommunication from @dartmoorcollective.org but I'm going to bend the rules for this little crew, who clearly look like they've just dropped their "difficult", post-rehab third album.
A group of four moody and windswept looking ponies on a bleak, foggy moor. They look like they've been listening to a lot of Bauhaus.
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simon blackbourn @simonblackbourn.net · 16/11/2025
Dartmoor yesterday afternoon. Soggy, squelchy, shrouded, silent.
A black and white photograph of Dartmoor on a misty autumn day. Low clouds hang over a tor. Clumps of tussocked grass, gorse bushes, a puddled track.A black and white photograph of Dartmoor on a foggy autumn day. The landscape is featureless. A single puddle on a track leading to a fog-shrouded horizon.A black and white photograph of Dartmoor on a misty autumn day. A road sign blown over by the way. A fence-lined, damp road curves away to the horizon.A black and white photograph of Dartmoor on a misty autumn day. A stand of skeletal trees at a road junction. Fence posts and a gate silhouetted.
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Tom Dauben @tomdauben.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Dartmoor 2026 calendar now available. Featuring 12 seasonal images, printed carbon neutrally on sustainable paper. A3 format. Available on my website now for £15. Stock very limited, so grab one whilst they’re there! 📆 www.photographsbytom.com #dartmoor #2026calendar #photography #devon
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Jon Vernon @onlyindevon.co.uk · 09/11/2025
Love this piece by Kirsteen, who provided the beautiful words for our @dartmoorcollective.org Flow zine.
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 06/11/2025
Wonderful to hear that this beautiful photo by Jaiyana Chelikha, which is featured in our current Flow zine, has been shortlisted for the British Journal of Photography's Portrait of Britain. Many congratulations Jaiyana! pob25shortlist.1854.photography#gallery-2-101
Go Back to Where - A portrait of a young man in a mix of modern streetwear and traditional Moroccan clothing standing alone in a wide open Dartmoor landscape.
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 31/10/2025
Just a heads up that we still have some remaining copies of Flow available if you haven't got hold of one yet. 60 pages of beautiful and original art and photography with all proceeds from sales going directly to supporting the visual arts on Dartmoor. dartmoorcollective.org/product/flow...
Cover of the Dartmoor Collective Flow zine - an abstract landscape painting of cloud and fog over the moor.
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 31/10/2025
Dartmoor-raised artist Dominie Hooper's debut album, "In This Body Lives" is released today. It's a beautiful record - as darkly layered and complex as the moor itself. Do check it out. @dominiehooper.bsky.social dominiehooper.bandcamp.com/album/in-thi...
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In This Body Lives, by DOMINIE HOOPER
10 track album
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Matt Parker @theworldofmattp.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
A beautiful publication from @dartmoorcollective.org and I am honoured to have one of my images featured in it ☺️ There is very limited availability. Grab your copy here: dartmoorcollective.org/product/flow...
Front cover of Flow by the Dartmoor CollectiveYay! One of my images is featured in Flow by the Dartmoor Collective
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Sam Johnson @analoguelass.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
A truly wonderful and inspirational collection of works @dartmoorcollective.org
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Hinterlands @intothehinterlands.co.uk · 23/10/2025
An “adit” is a horizontal shaft used in mine works to drain the mine of water. The water drizzles down the sides of the adit where, very slowly, it reacts with the minerals in the granite. Beautiful forms and patterns emerge on these walls in some places. #photography #landscape #Dartmoor
An abstract close of the side of a mine shaft wall.
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 22/10/2025
We love seeing the Flow zine out in the wild. More copies will be making their way out to letterboxes over the next few days... Still some copies available if you'd like one of your own. dartmoorcollective.org/product/flow...
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Flow zine – The Dartmoor Collective
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 21/10/2025
Just FYI, we are stealing "it's so fine, it even has a spine" for future marketing purposes, Stephen... So glad you're enjoying it!
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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Longaford and Higher White Tors #Dartmoor
Two tors on a brown-gold Dartmoor with enormous grey clouds overhead
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 20/10/2025
The idea behind the brief for Flow was to create a theme that was open to wide interpretation but which would inspire artists to look beneath the surface of Dartmoor and explore how it is shaped as a landscape - by people, time, weather and water... (1/3) Image by: @theworldofmattp.bsky.social
A striking double exposed and layered image of a skeletal tree.
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 19/10/2025
Lovely to hear - so glad you're enjoying it, Andy.
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Dartmoor Collective @dartmoorcollective.org · 18/10/2025
With a fair wind, the first preorder Flow zines should land on doormats from today - We hope you enjoy them. Thanks so much for everyone's support - all money raised from zine sales will directly fund future projects promoting the visual arts on Dartmoor. dartmoorcollective.org/product/flow...
River Bed by Millie Laing-Tate. A figure reclines on what appears to be a bright blue bed suspended over a Dartmoor river in bright sunshine. In fact it's an ancient granite "clapper bridge" swathed in blue material.
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