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 7

by art.earth | November 23, 2018 | First Friday, Our Events, Past events | 0 Comments

This month's First Friday (on December 7) has a kind-of-end-of-term feel, or the-holidays-are-coming feel, depending on your outlook. This is not only the last gathering for 2018, but the last until February 2019 as we don't get together on the first Friday in...

First Friday, October 4

by art.earth | September 24, 2019 | First Friday, Past events | 0 Comments

Next week it's First Friday (October 4). 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...

First Friday, November 1

by art.earth | October 14, 2019 | First Friday, Past events | 0 Comments

The next First Friday takes place at Dartington Space on November 1. Hosted by Mark Leahy, the invited guest is poet Tony Lopez. In 2017 English poet Tony Lopez and Chilean photographer Ignacio Acosta collaborated on an investigation of the 18th and 19th century...

First Friday May 3

by art.earth | May 2, 2019 | First Friday, Our 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...

First Friday October 5

by art.earth | September 11, 2018 | First Friday, Past events | 0 Comments

Join us on October 5 for First Friday AND a meet-the-artists reception (FREE and open to all) As always, we gather at 1pm for a shared lunch – bring something to share. Around 2, we re-convene for our guest artist talk (with a slightly different format this month)....

Helen Poynor – Earth Songs on Dartmoor

by art.earth | March 24, 2022 | Our Events, Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

One-day workshop on May 27 on Dartmoor, with renowned movement artist Helen Poyner.

Angela Davies

by art.earth | March 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 conversation with that artist, together with some examples of his or her work. Angela Davies This month’s selected artist is Angela Davies...

Swimming short course?

by art.earth | March 9, 2020 | coming soon, News, Our Events | 0 Comments

In 2018 we ran a highly successful short course with Kari Furre and Nancy Sinclair. Swimming: labour of imagination brought together people from many directions to explore their love of the water and their love of creativity. We are now exploring running the course...

First Friday November 2

by art.earth | October 27, 2018 | First Friday, Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

Join us on November 2 for First Friday AND a meet-the-artists discussion (FREE and open to all). As always, we gather at 1pm for a shared lunch – bring something to share. Around 2, we re-convene for our guest artist talk (with a slightly different format this month)....

Annique Goldenberg

by art.earth | October 31, 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. This month's selected artist is Antique Goldenberg, selected by Richard Povall...