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.

Sweet May…

by art.earth | April 5, 2016 | Our Events | 0 Comments

There's quite a bit happening at art.earth in the first week of May. It must be spring fever. First Friday, 6 May First Fridays (which began last month) start with an informal bring-something-to-share lunch followed by an artist talk / sharing of work. This month, the...

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...

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...

Paeony Lewis

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

Paeony Lewis tell us: Currently I am studying for an MA in Fine Art (Norwich) and my practice is underpinned by a degree in Environmental Sciences. Through conceptual art I want to encourage people to ponder their relationship with the natural world. In particular I’m...

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...

In Other Tongues – short course

by art.earth | December 9, 2016 | Past events, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

In Other Tongues: intimate geographies, ecologies of conversation Residential Short Course June 10-14 2017 Taking the idea of geographical intimacy as its starting point, this five-day residential course offers a special opportunity to explore how we relate to the...

First Friday, April 7 2017

by art.earth | March 16, 2017 | First Friday, Our Events, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

First Fridays are a time to gather and share - food, ideas, art, gossip. First Fridays is entirely informal: a bring-something-to-share lunch followed usually by some kind of artist presentation. Our guest this month is Ben Altman. Ben Atlman is an English artist...

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...

Short courses in April and May

by art.earth | March 5, 2018 | coming soon, News, Our Events, Short Course | 0 Comments

In the next few months we are offering a number of short courses which may be of interest. All our courses are run on the Dartington estate, a medieval rural estate in southwest England encircled by the River Dart. We use the estate as our studio, our...

First Friday, May 7 2021

by art.earth | April 14, 2021 | First Friday | 0 Comments

First Fridays happen (surprise!) on the first Friday of every month. 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 work in progress...