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.

Menuhin’s Violin

July 29 to August 29 During August, Menuhin’s Violin will be installed in the gallery. This is a new commission from Live Music Now, who say: Live Music Now have commissioned a collaborative musical-sculptural installation that will celebrate Yehudi...

Borrowed Time: A Celebratory Event

An invitation to participate in A Celebratory Gathering  LIVE from the Rowan Tree and the International Space Station* Designed and facilitated by Michelle Atherton A Borrowed Time event Friday October 15 at 18.30 BST/UTC+1   How do we publicly acknowledge the lives...

First Friday, October 2

For October’s First Friday we welcome Hugh Nankivell who will talk about his Walks with Rick song cycle amongst other things.

GNAP UK 2018

The Ephemeral River (dancing, speaking, singing, laughing) A Global Nomadic Art Project The Global Nomadic Art Project Global Nomadic Art Projects bring together Nature Artists[i] from around the world in order to work and live together. They were founded on the idea...

Meet-the-artist June 9

We had a truly excellent conversation at First Friday 2 June 2017 with Jan O'Highway guest artist. Nick Hart-Davies says: "It was a first for me - a really interesting talk about art!" There's another opportunity to meet Jan at a meet-the-artist reception at the...

Here and There videos

Here is a video made by one of the participants in the Labyrinth walk in the US.   ...and the 'official' video from the Delaware Art Museum

Exhibition: Coulson, Hudson, Phillips & Soriano

June 20 to July 25 in the Garden Room Gallery Water, in all its forms, and locations, is the underlying theme which inspires all four artists in this exhibition.  From that starting point they each have their own responses.  Sue Coulson explores the seascape of South...

Polly Morgan, May 6

After the First Friday lunch on May 6, artist Polly Morgan will talk about her extraordinary contemporary taxidermy: stunning sculptural objects that revere and seem sometimes fearful of the animals and birds whose bodies she uses in her work. BOOK HERE (free) Polly...

First Friday, February 3, 2017

First Fridays are a time to gather and share - food, ideas, art, gossip. First Fridays is entirely informal: a bring-something-to-share lunch followed usually by some kind of artist presentation. Our guest artists this month are Rob and Harriet Fraser...

First Friday August 6

First Fridays are our regular gathering for anyone interested in art and the world around us. It's not just for artists - anyone can come and anyone can participate. Since May 2020 we have been meeting online but the August 2021 First Friday marks the beginning of...

We continue to publish as art.earth Books

There is also an extensive archive at art.earth tv