As part of her collaborative practice Emma Smith is Co-Director of art collective Delta Arts and a collaborator in the interdisciplinary practice SubRural.

Delta Arts is an art practice for collaboration, exchange and participation. Their work is located in the intersection of research, practice and pedagogy, exploring the possibilities of mobility and performativity. Delta Arts translates between the artist and society, the urban and the rural, the local and the global, culture and the natural environment.

SubRural is a collaborative practice between Emma Smith and landscape architect Sadie Stowell. SubRural explores the psychology of space, investigating trigger factors to human experience and the potential transference of spatial elements between the rural and urban environments.