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

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...

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.

Dartmoor Collective@dartmoorcollective.org · 7mo ago

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/

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

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/

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...

Dartmoor Collective@dartmoorcollective.org · 10mo ago

We're delighted to announce the publication of our new zine, Flow. It's by far our best and biggest publication yet, featuring 60 pages of work from 35 Dartmoor visual artists exploring the theme of flow across a diversity of styles and mediums, interweaved with the words of writer, Kirsteen McNish.

#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

The sun will eventually return and bring colour back to Dartmoor.

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...

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...

Sam Johnson@analoguelass.bsky.social · 7mo ago

First zine of 2026 - a wonderfully curated experience - full of richness and depth - highly recommend @mariegardiner.bsky.social #photography

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/...

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 · 7mo ago

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...

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...

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...

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...

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/

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

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

Dartmoor in all its glory

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

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...

‘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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Some beautifully moody conditions on yesterday afternoon’s dog walk #dartmoor #atmosphere #photography

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...

Dartmoor Collective@dartmoorcollective.org · 9mo ago

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

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

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...

📖 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

Artists inspired 'thanks to access to Dartmoor'

After a landmark win for wild campers, the rugged landscape continues to be a focus for creatives.

bbc.co.uk

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...

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...

dartmoorpreservation.co.uk

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

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...

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

View from Bellever to Postbridge this week, a similar view is on the December page of my 2026 calendar ☺️, #Dartmoor , #Devon. #photography #landscape