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We build community and support people in vulnerable life moments using art and creativity.
We run creative workshops, make artwork with communities, learn about communities through creative research and evaluation, and provide sewing supplies for social good.
If Trees Could Talk Devon International Art Biennale
Between May and July 2026, workshops, events, and exhibitions form the Devon Satellite programme of the International Art Biennale, “If Trees Could Talk.” Significant Seams is the coordinating partner for the SW county of Devon, England. Four permanent art installations, all co-created with local communities, anchor our programme. Our events, along with those enabled by wider Devon creative communities, will bring the theme to life!
The Festival will launch with two exhibitions and activities at Devon County Show, 21 May – 23 May at Westpoint Arena. We will be in the Innovation Tent, found along Avenue C, near the Sheep Judging Ring. You can get find out all about the Festival events FIVE ways:
- Purchase and Download a Digital Copy
- Purchase a professionally printed one for us to post to you
- Purchase a professionally printed one to collect
- Find one in the WILD! and make a donation and/or tag its photo on social media to help others find them.
- Browse the digital listings (all bookings are taken here).
You also can ADD events to the digital programme! Inspired by the theme? Putting something on that fits in? List it and help the seed fund for a future festival!
The Latest from across our activities
- New Free Printable: Creativity Prompts Zine inspired by Trees
Print the file. Cut along the dotted line. Watch our video for guidance on how to fold it into a booklet. Have creative prompts in your pocket – Ready to help you integrate art into your life. This printable is inspired by “If Trees Could Talk” and made possible by Grape and Grain in Crediton. - Short video reel from our first Creative Open Day
- “Artists and their Relationships with Trees” roots the “Talks Across Borders” Programme
What roles do trees play in artists’ practice? Why trees? How do artists interpret the provocation, “If Trees Could Talk”? Four artists will be sharing their perspectives next Tuesday 23 July at Ashburton Arts Centre in one of five ‘Talks Across Borders’ – a series of events in a Devon contribution to an International Art - Latest Festival Additions
The Green Phoenix Festival and an art exhibition at the Exeter Climate Forum are amongst the latest additions to the “If Trees Could Talk Devon” Festival. Ecologist and storyteller Peter Yeo is also leading “Storying the Trees of Crediton” – a guided walk meeting a variety of tree-beings and hearing related stories from literature on