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.

Language, Landscape & the Sublime | June 2016

June 29 and 30 2016 at Dartington, June 30 at Sharpham House This two-day symposium drew together artists and thinkers from a wide range of disciplines to explore ways in which landscape –– and the ways we represent it –– connects deeply to our lives and underpins our...

First Friday Oct 6

#firstfriday First Friday in October takes place in our usual venue, the Garden Room at Dartington Space. (For directions see the main First Friday page) Our guest artist is Charlotte Price whose work was on exhibition in the Garden Room Gallery in June/July 2017 and...

January 2021 – James Aldridge

James Aldridge is our featured member artist of the month for January 2021.

First Friday, June 4 2021

First Fridays happen (surprise!) on the first Friday of every month. 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 an informal presentation of work in progress...

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...

In Other Tongues @ Dark Mountain 3

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 July 5

First Fridays happen on the first Friday of every month, except January and August. 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 an informal presentation of...

Kim Norton

Each month one of our Directors chooses an art.earth member to become ‘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’s selected artist is Kim Norton...

Here and There

Here and There: Retracing our Steps The labyrinth is an ancient symbol relating to wholeness and contemplation, and can be used as an opportunity to slow down, quieten the mind, to relax, to meditate, to pray, to solve problems or simply to enjoy a recreational...

Short Course: Swimming: labour of imagination

Swimming: labour of imagination an art.earth residential short course [last offered] June 2018 Dartington Hall, Devon, UKIn 2018 art.earth ran a highly successful short course led by Kari Furre and Nancy Sinclair. Swimming: labour of imagination brought together...

We continue to publish as art.earth Books

There is also an extensive archive at art.earth tv