art.earth | a family of ecological artists and organisations

the art.earth archive

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.

Sue Deakin and Kari Furre

by art.earth | July 24, 2016 | Artwork, Our Events, Past events, Previous exhibitions | 0 Comments

intimate sculpture, fish skin bowls, prints and drawings August 3 – October 15 2016 Closing Reception: Friday October 14, 17.00-19.00 in the Garden Room Gallery Dartington Space, Dartington Hall, Totnes TQ9 6EL Hours: Monday to Friday, 09.00 to 17.00 Additional hours...

Walter Lewis (Yorkshire)

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

Photographer Walter Lewis has sent us a few images I made at the start of isolation from which we've selected two to include here. The series is currently called ‘Aching and Angry’. Walter says that they could be described as about the complacency which is shown...

Broken Homes

by art.earth | October 8, 2013 | Artists, Artwork, Conference 2012 | 0 Comments

Broken Homes Sue Hill Abstract This paper focuses on the complexity of notions of 'home', with special reference to the work I have been doing in conflict areas, through WildWorks and the Eden Project, with people who have experienced what happens when more...

Art in a post-carbon world

by art.earth | September 10, 2017 | coming soon, Our Events | 0 Comments

Coming in 2018, this residential short courses explore creativity and aesthetics within the context of living in a post carbon world. It explores how artists can respond anew to a world no longer reliant on extraction and exploitation of limited resources. If this is...

First Friday December 2: member showcase

by art.earth | November 7, 2022 | First Friday | 0 Comments

First Fridays are our informal gatherings/sharings, open to all. They started life as a physical place to meet up for a shared lunch followed by a live or occasionally remote presentation by an artist or group. Since May 2020 we have been gathering online which has...

August 2022: Teresa Pemberton

by art.earth | August 3, 2022 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

Painter Teresa Pemberton is our featured artist of the month.

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...

Alice Fox

by art.earth | January 14, 2020 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

Featured artist, January/February 2020 My current work extends what formed the focus of my recently completed MA in Creative Practice. During the last two years I have been using my allotment plot as a source of materials for my work, exploring the potential of what...

In Other Tongues @ Dark Mountain 2

by art.earth | August 15, 2017 | Essays & other writing, Past events | 0 Comments

IN OTHER TONGUES: THE MIGRATION HABITS OF STONES by Alyson Hallett 12th August, 2017 It’s August, 2001. Six months since my nan, Hilda Hallett, died. I loved my nan. She lived in a terraced, red-bricked house in Bridgwater, Somerset. We used to watch the wrestling on...

December at art.earth

by art.earth | December 1, 2017 | News, Our Events | 0 Comments

Lots of things happening in early December. We've just posted our Featured Artist of the Month for December. Each month one of the art.earth Directors chooses an art.earth member whose work has caught their attention. This month's artist is Simon Lee Dicker of...