about Aune Head Arts

Aune Head Arts is a not-for-profit rural arts organisation making and commissioning contemporary arts projects, described as “the UK’s leading arts organisation addressing issues of rural change” (Rick Faulker, Chrysalis Arts), and as “pioneering” and “innovative” (Ian Hunter, Littoral). AHA provides opportunities for local, regional and national artists to work in rural contexts, particularly on Dartmoor; nurtures early career artists by providing professional training and exhibition opportunities; collaborates with individuals, groups and organisations across the UK to produce its projects, and exhibits work in rural communities and urban centres using non-traditional as well as traditional art spaces.

Aune Head Arts (AHA) is a rurally-based contemporary arts organisation, which commissions work, provides workshops and training (CPD), and works closely with communities in and around Dartmoor National Park. We offer support and professional development opportunities to artists and are passionate about engaging with people (as well as entrancing them with the work our artists make); we work with artists from across the UK. We have a well-established reputation for building relationships with rural communities through artist-led creative projects and residencies, and have worked on Dartmoor for almost ten years.

While professional artists are involved in AHA projects, we encourage those who are just developing their voices as artists, or those who have never had an opportunity to be involved in making artworks, to get involved. Our hope is to create the circumstances under which non-artists can become artists and new artists can be discovered and organisations.

We believe that everyone is capable of creative expression; that artists can work with a broad spectrum of individuals without compromising artistically or aesthetically; that contemporary artforms can be stimulating, challenging, and engaging for all. Read more about what we say about the arts.

We aim to empower people through the arts to find novel ways to look at their community and environment through new ideas, techniques, forms and contexts.

Aune Head Arts is an artist-led not-fot-profit organisation operating as a Company Limited by Guarantee.  We have been registered in England since 1997.  The company has no share capital, does not return a dividend to its members, and allocates any surplus funds to future projects.  Our staffing structure is flat and non-hierarchical.  We are all equally capable of managing a budget, overseeing a project, mentoring a project artist, or cleaning the dishes.