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 December 2: member showcase

by art.earth | November 7, 2022 | First Friday | 0 Comments

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...

Tina Scopa

by art.earth | March 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. March 2018 Tina Scopa tinascopa.wixsite.com/website What...

Charlotte Price

by art.earth | October 30, 2017 | 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. November 2017 Charlotte Price https://charlotteprice-art.com What are...

First Friday, July 1

by art.earth | June 14, 2022 | First Friday, Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

Exhibition: When Plants Remember

by art.earth | October 26, 2018 | Our Events | 0 Comments

Siobhan McDonald Crystalline - When Plants Remember 1 November, 2018 to 9 January, 2019 in the Dartington Space Gallery Crystalline, When plants remember - At The Edge of Visibility, is a work which premiered at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (CCI Paris) in...

Forum: Emergency Response Time

by art.earth | October 19, 2019 | Our Events, Past events | 0 Comments

This event takes place Friday November 15 at the Ship Studio at Dartington. Tea/coffee/registration will be available from 9.00 and we kick off at 09.30. We will finish around 16.00. The day will explore the relationships between artists and those with other...

Exhibition: Being-with, Making-with

by art.earth | January 27, 2019 | Our Events, Past events, Previous exhibitions | 1 Comment

Being-with, Making-with Friday March 8 to Wednesday May 1, 2019, Dartington Space Gallery The artists in this new show, Nicky Cornwell, Karen Hawkins, Judith Israel and Jenny Thorburn, first encountered each other in May 2018 on an art.earth short course called...

Cathy Fitzgerald

by Mark Leahy | May 1, 2019 | 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 response from that artist to some questions and a discussion, together with some examples of their work. This month’s selected artist is Cathy Fitzgerald...

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...