Teaching community of local and international practitioners
Our growing teaching community
Fourthland, artists Isik and Eva offer teachings and experiences that connect with myth, kinship and collaboration with more than human realms. Their work is created through a deep exploration of community collaboration and ancestry.The Rural School of Arts will become a nest for this work.
Nancy Fuller, will bring wild clay ceramics to the School as part of the living crafts programme. After an MA in History of Art and Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies. Nancy perfected the complex ancient art of wood-firing creating special pieces that are both sacred and functional.
Chico’s has worked as co-founder of initiatives and cooperatives in the regenerative-agriculture movement in Portugal. His practice embodies integrity, ecological wisdom, and collective purpose. Years of pilgrimage around the world through diverse landscapes, ecosystems and culture have enriched his understanding of land-based projects. Chico gives attention to the holistic, reciprocity of community life, permaculture, and holistic design.
Cécile is a film director. She strives to make cinema that evokes the spiritual dimension of our human search for meaning and purpose. Her first feature film Mother Vera won The Grierson Award for best documentary at the BFI London Film Festival and best film at Festival Dei Popoli. Cécile is BAFTA connect member and a Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program Grantee 2020.
Filipa Gambino is a documentary filmmaker and senior video editor working across documentary and audiovisual storytelling. Her films and edits are guided by observation, intimacy and detail. With nearly two decades of international experience, she founded Estrada 345 in 2019. Her work is deeply informed by art, nature and the ways we create meaning and belonging.
Alberto Balazs is a cinematographer working at the intersection of fiction and documentary. His work brings together stories of migration, memory, ancestral wisdom and syncretic cultures. Screened and awarded internationally at Festivals such as Sundance, Venice Biennale, Rotterdam.
Alejandro T Tarraf is a director, producer and scriptwriter, working with fiction and documentary. His work, portraying the mystic experience of human and nature, has been screened and awarded internationally at IFF Rotterdam, Bafici, Ficunam, AFI Fest, Taipei golden horse, Institute of contemporary Arts - London, amongst others.
Living Crafts and Intuitive architecture
Craig Bamford SASA Works
Nancy Fuller
Guy Valentine
Chris Gabe
Sara Kelly
Image craft
Alberto Balazs
Alejandro Tarraf
Cecile Embleton
Ines Lechleitner
Filipa Gambino
Song Music Word
Marta Ramos
Bruno Ramos
Ecological poetics | People | Landscapes of care
Fourthland
Isik Sayarer and Eva Vikstrom
Marta Ramos
Elaine McLaughlin
Emma Cowan
Alberto Duman
Soil to Soul Nutrition
Anthony Ussher
Emma Cowan
Land
Katarina Sidova
Franciso Amaral
Weaving togetherness and reverence into a unique creative pathway for local and international audiences
