coombe farm studios
Devon
Coombe is a small-scale rural centre, dedicated to growing creativity. It’s a
place where you can develop new skills, supported by a beautiful environment,
great food & people who actively enable the creative process. It’s also a place
to make and show work, connect with nature and get inspired. We opened in 1983,
it was one of the first small artist-led centres offering week-long creative
courses. Since then, over the past 35 years, we are lucky to have developed an
amazing network of people from all over the world. Our core activity is a mix of
tutored art retreats that run year-round, bespoke projects for the creative
community and showcasing new work on and off site. We celebrate difference,
enjoy the messy ways of the creative process, celebrating the tricky bits,
sharing in the successes and frustrations, encouraging others to explore and
share the process of making. We are interested in cultivating wisdom, courage
and wonder, and we believe in action. We collaborate and look for synergies with
others, to ensure that we, as well as the people we work with, aren’t burnt out,
bored, disillusioned or skint, but rather nourished, inspired, committed,
passionate, and working within resource limits. Our small-scale allows us to be
attentive to the simple things we believe make a great place to create, learn
and research – skills-based tuition from passionate professions, a relaxed
atmosphere, a beautiful environment, delicious food and great company.
