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.

2 exhibitions at Dartington Space

by art.earth | July 9, 2016 | Artists, Artwork, Our Events | 0 Comments

There are currently two exhibitions open at Dartington Space in the new Space Gallery programme by art.earth. Nessie Reid's The Milking Parlour and Exchange by Chris Drury and Kay Syrad. Both projects were produced by Cape Farewell are open during office and some...

Lori Hepner, Minou Tsambika Polleros & Rosalind Holgate Smith

by art.earth | May 9, 2017 | Our Events, Past events, Previous exhibitions | 0 Comments

An exhibition of work by Lori Hepner, Minou Tsambika Polleros and Rosalind Holgate Smith opens in the Garden Room Gallery on Thursday May 11 and runs until May 20. Opening Reception: Friday May 12 18.00 to 20.00 Complementary work by three artists exploring...

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...

Feeding the Insatiable | Nov 2016

by art.earth | November 20, 2016 | Past events | 0 Comments

9 - 11 November 2016, Dartington Hall Feeding the Insatiable featured thinkers and creatives from across the world, with an opening keynote event from The Land Art Generator Initiative (Robert Ferry and Elizabeth Monoian) with ecoartist / producer Chris...

Radical Landscapes exhibition

by art.earth | March 28, 2019 | News, Our Events, Short Course | 0 Comments

Camilla Nelson, co-leader of our short course Branching Out: collaborating with trees this June talks about the Radical Landscapes exhibition she curated earlier this year. The exhibition took place from March 22 to April 20 at The Plough in Torrington,...

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...

Simon Lee Dicker

by art.earth | December 1, 2017 | 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. December 2017 Simon Lee Dicker osrprojects.net What are you currently...

First Friday, February 5

by art.earth | January 9, 2021 | First Friday, Our Events, Recent | 0 Comments

First Fridays are our monthly series of informal artist get-togethers where the conversation may stray from the triassic to contemporary reusable plastics — and just about anywhere in between.The sessions last about an hour and are friendly and informal. Participants...

First Friday, September 2

by art.earth | August 15, 2022 | First Friday, Our Events, Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

Main image: Images from Tree Lines – an anthology of visual poems exploring the experience of tree by Walter Lewis (this image has been cropped for formatting requirements) Ecoart - what is it and how do we make It count? https://vimeo.com/755449186 First...

First Friday Sept 2nd

by art.earth | August 23, 2016 | First Friday, Past events | 0 Comments

First Friday, September 2 On September 2, it's a First Friday and we'll be in the Garden Room area at Dartington Space (TQ9 6EL) (down the hill from the main car parks - big blue sign at end of drive) which will give you a good opportunity to browse the exhibition by...