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.

Kaz Hawkins’ Love in the Post

Kaz Hawkins introduced this lovely project towards the end of the May First Friday. It's a recipe, an invitation, and a way of reaching out. Karen invited you to make a heart using this recipe:1 cup plain flourhalf cup of salthalf cup of water the rest is below... but...

Lucinda Burgess

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. This month’s selected artist is Lucinda Burgess...

Acting as if the climate crisis is real

November 2 @ 19.00-21.15 GMT / UTC online. What does it mean to act as if ecological collapse is real?  A reflection on The Magnitude of All Things (Flying Eye 2021) with director Jennifer Abbott, climate psychologist Caroline Hickman and End Fossil! student...

Publication: The Ephemeral River

In the summer of 2018 art.earth produced a special event for the Centre for Contemporary Art & the Natural World (CCANW), Yatoo (S. Korea) and Science Walden (S. Korea). This extraordinarily beautiful and art-rich book is the result (and is only available in print...

First Friday Sept 2nd

First Friday, September 2 On September 2, it's a First Friday and we'll be in the Garden Room area at Dartington Space (TQ9 6EL) (down the hill from the main car parks - big blue sign at end of drive) which will give you a good opportunity to browse the exhibition by...

First Friday June 5

RECIPESand ARTWORK now PUBLISHED. We will be holding a virtual gathering for First Friday on June 5.

First Friday, May 6

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...

August 2022: Teresa Pemberton

Painter Teresa Pemberton is our featured artist of the month.

Short Course: Chris Drury & Kay Syrad

In this five-day intensive, Chris Drury shares his renowned practice of working with form, including whirlpool and vortex, fractal and wave patterns, exploring and investigating how aesthetic forms have the universal enfolded within them but are at the same time particular to individual experience.

September 2022: Sam Clark

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...

We continue to publish as art.earth Books

There is also an extensive archive at art.earth tv