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.

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...

Simon Lee Dicker

by art.earth | December 1, 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. December 2017 Simon Lee Dicker osrprojects.net What are you currently...

Lara’s Raspberry & coconut muffins

by art.earth | May 1, 2020 | News, Recipes | 0 Comments

from art.earth member Lara Goodband Raspberry jam polenta & coconut muffins (gluten free as it happens) Created on clearing out the house in Scarborough100g polenta100g rice flour *50g dessicated coconut *2 teaspoons of baking powder & half of bicarbonate110g...

Mark Leahy (Devon)

by art.earth | May 27, 2020 | FFartwork-old | 0 Comments

Mark says: I will talk about 9X9 - a set of poems under constraint: As my response to the hyperlocal commission from Arts and Culture Exeter I made a set of 9 square visual poems, using the first 9 square numbers, and found images in square format as the initial...

Kim Norton

by Mark Leahy | April 1, 2020 | 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 Kim Norton...

Richard’s Victoria Sponge

by art.earth | April 24, 2020 | Recipes | 0 Comments

Warning: not in the least vegan...but reasonably low in gluten. Richard's Victoria Sponge This is a variation on the official Women's Institute cake. It also breaks most of the rules for making a sponge cake but seems to work fine for me. There's a picture of the cake...

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...

First Friday, March 5

by art.earth | February 6, 2021 | First Friday, Our Events, Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

First Fridays are our monthly series of informal artist get-togethers where the conversation may stray from the triassic to contemporary reusable plastics — and just about anywhere in between.The sessions last about an hour and are friendly and informal. Participants...

Lori Diggle (Devon)

by art.earth | April 30, 2020 | FFartwork-old | 0 Comments

Lori has sent us an audio walk: The Deer, the Duck & the Raven. Usually her walks are intended to be walks, happening in the places for which the sound walks are made. That's not possible at the moment, so she offers this in the spirit of imagination. Put your...

Summer’s out, First Friday is back!

by art.earth | August 28, 2019 | Our Events, Past events | 0 Comments

Summer is out, First Fridays are back. We've had a break over the lovely summer but now it's time to get back to serious social business.First Fridays are primarily a social gathering and often include an artist's sharing or an artist talk. This month,...