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.

First Friday April 1

by art.earth | March 31, 2016 | First Friday, Past events | 0 Comments

No, it's not an April fool...just an update to remind you of where to find us for First Friday tomorrow - the first first friday (well, the first First Friday II, for those if you who remember the original...). You will find us in the Elmhirst Centre Library, which is...

First Friday, April 3

by art.earth | March 4, 2020 | First Friday | 0 Comments

Quite properly the Trio of Men have decided to offer The William Froude Project online only. We will add further details when available. We have therefore taken the decision to CANCEL THIS FIRST FRIDAY gathering altogether as it does not seem the best time to be...

Displacement from sensory connections

by art.earth | October 4, 2013 | Artists, Conference 2012, News | 0 Comments

Displacement from sensory connections to cultural identity and place, and an examination of some consequences for human and environmental wellbeing Abstract The modern world facilitates increasing disconnection from land, cultural identity and each other. Yet...

Anna Kirk-Smith

by art.earth | April 1, 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. April 2018 Anna Kirk-Smith www.annakirksmith.com Thoughts about...

June 2022: Catherine Cartwright

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

Catherine Cartwright is our featured artist of the month. She is a painter / image maker who also has a community arts practice.

First Friday, May 5

by art.earth | April 27, 2017 | Past events, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

In this month's First Friday, sound artists Tony Whitehead and Sarah Grey will be talking about their work in the landscape. Tony Whitehead is a south Devon based artist interested in animal voice, particularly bird song. He has been involved in listening and sound...

First Friday July 5

by art.earth | June 24, 2019 | First Friday, Our Events, Past events | 0 Comments

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...

A Dartington Outing

by art.earth | September 7, 2017 | Our Events, Past events, Previous exhibitions | 0 Comments

A special exhibition in the Garden Room Gallery from September 22-28. Woven into Dartington's past and present, and that of our wider society and culture, are the lives of a host of LGBTQ people, families and communities – lives that have ranged, and still do, from...

Alice Fox

by art.earth | January 14, 2020 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

Featured artist, January/February 2020 My current work extends what formed the focus of my recently completed MA in Creative Practice. During the last two years I have been using my allotment plot as a source of materials for my work, exploring the potential of what...

In Other Tongues – short course

by art.earth | December 9, 2016 | Past events, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

In Other Tongues: intimate geographies, ecologies of conversation Residential Short Course June 10-14 2017 Taking the idea of geographical intimacy as its starting point, this five-day residential course offers a special opportunity to explore how we relate to the...