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We build community and support people in vulnerable life moments using art and creativity.
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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
- 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 - “If Trees Could Talk Devon” Contributors weave their way through the Devon County Show
Catherine West and four Significant Seams volunteers, Vanessa Mile of WellImage and two of their volunteers, and Andy Williamson of Ashburton Arts Centre manned three mini exhibitions and offered three activities from the Innovation tent at Devon County Show. Well Image CIC and the Phoenix Arts Centre‘s Exeter Tree Group both offered tree (and nature) - The Official Programme for “If Trees Could Talk Devon”…
We are just about ready to begin! Over 70 people and organisations have contributed to creating quite a distinctive line-up. It represents the start of something, not the closing of doors. (We continue to take listings for the digital programme here. Enriching the landscape will be a good thing! ) We are beginning to plan and - The Co-Created “If Trees Could Talk Devon” Festival Programme will launch at Devon County Show
The programme has been co-created with people around Devon keen to connect across boundaries, creatively. The full programme will launch on 21 May 2026 online and from the Devon County Show. Programmes will also be available by post for a £3+ suggested donation plus postage. Pre-purchase yours now to help us cover the costs of