art.earth | a family of ecological artists and organisations

art.earth is now art.earth Books

art.earth closed in January 2023 • this is an archive site

art.earth was a family of artists dedicated to making art that looks out to the world and believing that art enriches the world and makes it a better place.

We were best known for our international symposia which included:

Language, Landscape & The Sublime (2016) (see programme)
Feeding the Insatiable (2016) (see programme)
In Other Tongues (2017) (see programme) (publication)
Liquidscapes (2018) (see progeamme) (publication)
Evloving the Forest (2019) (see programme) (publication)
Borrowed Time (2020 and 2021) (publication)
Sentient Performativities (2022) (see programme)

In addition we offered short courses, artist residencies and artist support
and for a number of years ran a gallery at Dartington Hall.

You can read our message of farewell and explore the archive –
a treasure trove of events, happenings, exhibitions and other stuff that art.earth did with its wonderful family from 2016 to 2023. Visit our YouTube channel.

You can read some of the many responses to our farewell message.

We’d like to say a huge thank you to all who were involved as part of the art.earth family

and to everyone who took part or engaged with us.

Below is a random sample of posts from our activities.

This includes our Artist of the Month series, First Fridays, our symposia, exhibitions and more.

Marlene Creates (Newfoundland)

by art.earth | April 30, 2020 | FFartwork-old | 0 Comments

Marlene lives in rural Newfoundland, Canada and will introduce her work during First Friday. The image below: clouds over the boreal forest where I live. One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, ‘What if I had never seen this before?...

Broken Homes

by art.earth | October 8, 2013 | Artists, Artwork, Conference 2012 | 0 Comments

Broken Homes Sue Hill Abstract This paper focuses on the complexity of notions of 'home', with special reference to the work I have been doing in conflict areas, through WildWorks and the Eden Project, with people who have experienced what happens when more...

In Other Tongues @ Dark Mountain 3

by art.earth | August 18, 2017 | Essays & other writing, Past events | 0 Comments

AN UNDERSWELL OF DIVINATION by Mat Osmond 17th August, 2017 A virus that infects all other areas of thinking In the 1970s and ’80’s the poet Ted Hughes and the sculptor and printmaker Leonard Baskin worked together on a number of books of illustrated poetry. Among...

First Friday, February 4

by art.earth | January 19, 2022 | First Friday, Our Events, Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

February 2022's guest artists were Gaia Redgrave, Jude Allen and Natasha Clarke. As usual, the three guest artists shared their work and open a discussion. Chat Here is the chat session Video https://vimeo.com/675664968 Gaia Redgrave Gaia says: I’ll be presenting...

Exhibition: B. Budd, W. Lewis, R. Packham

by art.earth | April 19, 2018 | Previous exhibitions | 0 Comments

Exhibition runs from May 18 to June 18 with work by Bob Budd, Walter Lewis and Ruth Packham. Join us for a meet the artists reception on Friday, 18th May from 18:00 to 19:30. Overview: these three artists, who have very different approaches and methods to their...

Sabine Kussmaul

by art.earth | April 30, 2018 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

Each month one of our Directors chooses an art.earth member to become ‘Artist of the Month’. What follows is a conversation with that artist, together with some examples of his or her work. Sabine Kussmaul www.sabinekussmaul.com ...

First Friday, February 1

by art.earth | January 21, 2019 | First Friday, Our Events, Past events | 0 Comments

First Fridays happen on the first Friday of every month, except January - so this is the first gathering of 2019. First Fridays is a gathering place for artists or anyone interested in the arts, an opportunity to share food and talk. Each month, after lunch, there is...

Matter, meaning and making

by art.earth | October 8, 2013 | Artists, Conference 2012 | 0 Comments

Matter, meaning and making: a contextual approach to sustainable development Abstract The term sustainable development is often criticized for having lost credibility due to a lack of clear-cut delineation. This contribution agrees that the term suffers from a...

The January newsletter

by art.earth | January 9, 2018 | News, Our Events | 0 Comments

We've just sent out the January newsletter. If you haven't received it, you haven't got around to signing up to our mailing list, or you've accidentally slipped off. You can sign up over there on the right. We have highlighted some important deadlines: for applying to...

September 2022: Sam Clark

by art.earth | September 1, 2022 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

Each month one of the art.earth Board of Directors selects an artist from the membership because they are particularly taken with their work. This month our Featured Artist is Sam Clark selected by Mary Waltham. Sam will be showing a series of new works at the Royal...