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.

Patricia Brien introduces KINdoms

Curator Patricia Brien introduces the KINdoms exhibition, which continues in the Dartington Space Gallery until October 17. Read more here    

Peter Ward

Our featured artist for November 2020 is Peter Ward.

First Friday, April 2021

First Fridays are our monthly series of informal artist get-togethers where the conversation may stray from the triassic to contemporary reusable plastics — and just about anywhere in between.The sessions last about an hour and are friendly and informal. Participants...

Sentient Performativities

Sentient Performativities: thinking alongside the human is art.earth’s annual gathering and takes place from June 26-30.

Yan Wang Preston

Each month (or thereabouts!) one of the art.earth Directors chooses an artist-member to be featured as Artist of the Month. This month's featured artist, selected by Richard Povall, is Yan Wang Preston Header image: Making the red line (Yangtze River, China, 2011)  ...

High Water – what next?

High Water ran from 08.30 to 22.00 on the highest tide of the year on March 30. This celebration of and vigil for the vernal spring tide brought together contributions from over 60 participants from across the world, enjoyed by a sell-out crowd. Some were unable to...

Exhibition: Berghoff & Russell

Saturday January 11 2020, until further notice. Dartington Space Gallery   Two recent art graduates Christiane Berghoff (Falmouth University) and Ann Russell (University of the Arts, Camberwell) are experimenting with materials and forms using nature as component...

June 2021: Haruko Joyce Okano

Each month a member of the art.earth Board of Directors selects a member to feature, to become our Artist of the Month. What follows is a response from that artist to some questions and a discussion, together with some examples of their work. This month (June 2021)...

Sue Deakin and Kari Furre

intimate sculpture, fish skin bowls, prints and drawings August 3 – October 15 2016 Closing Reception: Friday October 14, 17.00-19.00 in the Garden Room Gallery Dartington Space, Dartington Hall, Totnes TQ9 6EL Hours: Monday to Friday, 09.00 to 17.00 Additional hours...

First Friday December 2: member showcase

First Fridays are our informal gatherings/sharings, open to all. They started life as a physical place to meet up for a shared lunch followed by a live or occasionally remote presentation by an artist or group. Since May 2020 we have been gathering online which has...

We continue to publish as art.earth Books

There is also an extensive archive at art.earth tv