Keynote Lecture The University of Exeter is pleased to be welcoming Professor Peter Mancall, a pioneer of Atlantic history and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at the University of Southern California. 5 February 2020, 5pm Building:One Bateman Lecture ... [ More ]
Education
Launch of Dartmouth Mayflower Heritage Trail
The launch of the Dartmouth Mayflower Heritage Trail takes place on 19 November 2020. We have been working with Tom Leaper, a South West artist, who has created some wonderful bronze way markers to indicate the route. The aim of the Trail is to focus on Dartmouth in 17th C, as ... [ More ]
Pilgrim Sculpture – “Pilgrim”
In 2016 Dartmouth Mayflower 400 commissioned the Sculptor, Mark Gregory to make a sculpture in collaboration with the Students of Dartmouth Academy. Through many discussions between Nicola Perrott, the Director of Learning and Head of the Art Department at Dartmouth Academy, and ... [ More ]
Making Waves in Dartington!
Shooting on the Film Project has resumed with a day’s shoot at an outdoor pool in Dartington. Students were filming a storm scene set in 1620. All the crew from Plymouth College of Art were on the shoot with Peter Nicholson, who is leading the project, and two young local ... [ More ]
Storyteller Inspires Local Primary School Children for Dartmouth Mayflower 400 Education Project
To kick off the Dartmouth Mayflower 400 Book Project, the storyteller, Katy Cawkwell, came to Dartmouth Academy on Monday 9th September to give her exciting performance, ‘The Mayflower Story’. Children from all the Primary Schools in the area were enthralled by the story, ... [ More ]
Fundraising Event – Children’s Book Project
A fundraising event for the Book Project will take place on Monday 12 August 2019 in Royal Avenue Gardens from 10:00 to 16:00. This is to cover the cost of a Storyteller, who will bring the book to life for the benefit of locals and visitors alike when it is launched in April ... [ More ]
