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.

April 2022: Marlene Creates

by art.earth | April 1, 2022 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

Each month one of the art.earth Board of Directors selects an artist from the membership because they are particularly taken with their work. This month our Featured Artist is Newfoundland artist Marlene Creates chosen by Walter Lewis. To accompany this feature,...

Borrowed Time keynote: Dr Rachel Clarke

by art.earth | April 26, 2021 | Borrowed Time, Our Events, Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

Wednesday June 23, 2021 at 13.00 (video now available) ‘What a remarkable book this is; tender, funny, brave, heartfelt, radiant with love and life. It brought me often to laughter and – several times – to tears. It sings with joy and kindness’ Robert Macfarlaneon...

Opening reception and meet the artists

by art.earth | May 14, 2018 | Our Events | 0 Comments

Reception: Bob Budd, Walter Lewis and Ruth Packham Join us for a meet the artists reception on Friday, 18th May from 18:00 to 19:30. Exhibition runs from May 18 to June 18 with work by Bob Budd, Walter Lewis and Ruth Packham. These three artists, who have very...

The Home & The World redux

by art.earth | November 23, 2016 | Artwork, Conference 2012, Essays & other writing, News, Past events, Research, Resources | 0 Comments

It's only taken us four-and-a-half years, but we've finally published the papers and reports from The Home & The World, our first creative summit which took place in June 2012. This event was produced not by art.earth but by the wonderful team at erstwhile Aune...

Exhibition: Conversations with Weather

by art.earth | December 15, 2018 | Previous exhibitions | 0 Comments

Friday, 11th January to Wednesday 6th March, 2019, Dartington Space Gallery This is an exhibition of work by three artists: Fiona Harrisson, Susan Kruse, Delia Salter, all working independently and all letting the wind, clouds, air temperature and/or precipitation...

Artist talk: Chris Drury

by art.earth | May 4, 2018 | Artists, Our Events, Special | 0 Comments

Chris Drury is a British environmental artist. His body of work includes ephemeral assemblies of natural materials, in the mode associated with Andy Goldsworthy, as well as more-permanent landscape art, works on paper, and indoor installations. He also works on 3D sculptures (three-dimensional).

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...

First Friday, February 4

by art.earth | January 19, 2022 | First Friday, Our Events, Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

February 2022's guest artists were Gaia Redgrave, Jude Allen and Natasha Clarke. As usual, the three guest artists shared their work and open a discussion. Chat Here is the chat session Video https://vimeo.com/675664968 Gaia Redgrave Gaia says: I’ll be presenting...

First Friday, February 1

by art.earth | January 21, 2019 | First Friday, Our Events, Past events | 0 Comments

First Fridays happen on the first Friday of every month, except January - so this is the first gathering of 2019. 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...

Nicky Cornwell

by art.earth | December 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. This month's selected artist is Nicky Cornwell (Instagram...