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.

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 still purchase our publications. Books while stocks last + eBooks.

You can also read some of the many responses to our farewell message.

A huge thank you all who participated and otherwise engaged with us. The world still needs you!

Matter, meaning and making

Matter, meaning and making: a contextual approach to sustainable development   Abstract The term sustainable development is often criticized for having lost credibility due to a lack of clear-cut delineation. This contribution agrees that the term suffers from a...

In Other Tongues @ Dark Mountain 3

AN UNDERSWELL OF DIVINATION by Mat Osmond 17th August, 2017 A virus that infects all other areas of thinking   In the 1970s and ’80’s the poet Ted Hughes and the sculptor and printmaker Leonard Baskin worked together on a number of books of illustrated poetry. Among...

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...

Book: The Last Hundred

from William Arnold THE LAST HUNDRED The Last Hundred is a collaboration between poet Aaron Kent and photographer William Arnold, investigating the West Penwith region of Cornwall. The work is produced and published by Guillemot Press, a Cornwall-based independent...

IETM report on climate change and arts

Read IETM’s new report on climate change and the arts https://www.creativeeuropeuk.eu/news/read-ietm%E2%80%99s-new-report-climate-change-and-arts Creative Europe-supported performing arts network IETM has recently published a report that considers how the contemporary...

From the MA Arts & Place residency

Some images from the extraordinarily productive time during our residency with students Emma Yorke, Alison, Jackson-Bass, Gavin Blench and Mary Waltham over the past two weeks. We were hosting the residency on the Dartington Hall estate in the wondrous High Cross...

First Friday, September 4

Welcome to the end of summer -- well, for some! First Fridays are attending by people from many different countries and seasons and timezones. First Fridays are a gathering place open to all practicing artists are anyone interested in joining a conversation about the...

Pandemic stimulus measures must safeguard nature

sent to us by Emma Louvelle: IPBES Expert Guest Article by Professors Josef Settele, Sandra Díaz and Eduardo Brondizio[1] and Dr. Peter Daszak[2] on 27 April 2020 COVID-19 Stimulus Measures Must Save Lives, Protect Livelihoods, and Safeguard Nature to Reduce the Risk...

Anna Kirk-Smith

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.   April 2018 Anna Kirk-Smith www.annakirksmith.com   Thoughts about...

Eden is Broken…

“EDEN IS BROKEN”: A CARIBBEAN LEADER CALLS FOR ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE A report by Natalia Meade for the New Yorker. At eleven o’clock on Saturday morning, long after Donald Trump, other world leaders, and the hundreds of journalists who cover their every word...