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.

Lotte Scott

by art.earth | August 1, 2020 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

art.earth featured member: Lotte Scott August 2020 Lotte Scott’s artwork explores place, time and material. For the last seven years her practice has focused on the peat moors of the Somerset Levels. An interest in archaeology and local distinctiveness also informs...

Tom Baskeyfield

by art.earth | January 2, 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. January 2018 Tom Baskeyfield www.tombaskeyfield.co.uk Is...

Here and There

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

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...

Broken Homes

by art.earth | October 8, 2013 | Artists, Artwork, Conference 2012 | 0 Comments

Broken Homes Sue Hill Abstract This paper focuses on the complexity of notions of 'home', with special reference to the work I have been doing in conflict areas, through WildWorks and the Eden Project, with people who have experienced what happens when more...

A Wider Sense of Community

by art.earth | October 23, 2018 | coming soon, News, Our Events, Short Course | 0 Comments

We have reluctantly decided not to run 'A Wider Sense of Community' this November. We had an almost unprecedented level of interest in the course, but insufficient take-up of places to make it viable for us to run it. Clearly we got something wrong here, so we will go...

High Water

by art.earth | February 5, 2021 | Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

Share your connection to the sea and the tides March 30, 08.45 to ....well we'll see Wherever you are in the world we'd love you to share with us your story about the sea and in particular high tide. It might be a reading, some factual information, an image or...

Workshop: We gather at the river with our Bone Songs

by art.earth | February 24, 2018 | Our Events, Recent, Short Course | 0 Comments

April 6-8 2018 Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EL, UK with performance artist / cultural geographer Christos Galanis from 17.00 on Friday April 6 to 16.00 on Sunday April 8 an art.earth Short Course We gather at the river with our Bone...

Aesthetics, Ethics and Nature

by art.earth | October 8, 2013 | Artists, Conference 2012 | 0 Comments

Aesthetics, Ethics and Nature Paul O'Brien Abstract Should we value baby seals over baby rats, just because most people believe that seals are cuter? If it's inappropriate to judge humans on aesthetic grounds, why is it appropriate to judge between species of animals...

Language, Landscape & the Sublime | June 2016

by art.earth | November 20, 2016 | Past events | 0 Comments

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 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...