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.

Mark Leahy (Devon)

Mark says: I will talk about 9X9 - a set of poems under constraint: As my response to the hyperlocal commission from Arts and Culture Exeter I made a set of 9 square visual poems, using the first 9 square numbers, and found images in square format as the initial...

Dawn Quiet Walk booking open

Booking for our Dawn Quiet Walk event with Tony Whitehead is now open. Sunday 8 May 2016 Meet 4:00am by the main entrance to Dartington Hall (by The Barn Cinema) BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL  Join artist Tony Whitehead on a quiet dawn walk to listen to first light over the...

Exhibition: Conversations with Weather

Friday, 11th January to Wednesday 6th March, 2019, Dartington Space Gallery This is an exhibition of work by three artists: Fiona Harrisson, Susan Kruse, Delia Salter, all working independently and all letting the wind, clouds, air temperature and/or precipitation...

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...

Exhibition: Evolving the Forest

Evolving the ForestWednesday June 19 to Wednesday September 4, 2019 Dartington Space Gallery and the Green Table CaféThe essential spirit of the coming-together of voices, thoughts and opinion to the annual gatherings at Dartington convened by art.earth is...

John Fox & Sue Gill (Cumbria)

John Fox and partner Sue Gill are legendary community theatre pioneers formerly of Welfare State International. Now they together run Dead Good Guides, an artist-led company seeking a role for art that weaves it more fully into the fabric of our lives. John told us:...

the impossible gaze of the ecological subject

the impossible gaze of the ecological subject Alex Murdin   We are now living in the Athropocene. This informal term, coined in 2000 by Paul Crutzen is now common currency amongst scientists and describes the current time period in the geological scale where...

Marlene’s Lentil stew

Lentil stew from Marlene Creates  1 Tbsp. olive oilSeveral cloves of garlic (at least 3), mincedSeveral carrots (at least 3), choppedSeveral celery stalks (at least 3), chopped1 large onion, chopped¼ tsp red-pepper or chili pepper flakes5 cups low-sodium vegetable...

First Friday February 2

Join us on February 2 for the first First Friday of 2018. As always, we gather at 1pm for a shared lunch – bring something to share. Around 2, we re-convene for our guest artist talk, this month by Lara Goodband. Lara's creative practice is as a producer - she makes...

First Friday December 2, 2016

Oliver Raymond-Barker was one of the UK artists selected to represent the UK at this year's South Korean Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 'Breathing Art'. UK participation in this event is curated by the Centre for Contemporary Art & the Natural World. Oliver will...

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There is also an extensive archive at art.earth tv