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.

First Friday, July 1

by art.earth | June 14, 2022 | First Friday, Past events, Recent | 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...

Susan Derges

by art.earth | September 1, 2020 | 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 response from that artist to some questions and a discussion, together with some examples of their work. This month’s (September 2020) selected artist is...

First Friday February 2

by art.earth | December 5, 2017 | First Friday, Our Events | 0 Comments

Join us on February 2 for the first First Friday of 2018. As always, we gather at 1pm for a shared lunch – bring something to share. Around 2, we re-convene for our guest artist talk, this month by Lara Goodband. Lara's creative practice is as a producer - she makes...

Yan Wang Preston

by art.earth | February 10, 2020 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

Each month (or thereabouts!) one of the art.earth Directors chooses an artist-member to be featured as Artist of the Month. This month's featured artist, selected by Richard Povall, is Yan Wang Preston Header image: Making the red line (Yangtze River, China, 2011) ...

First Friday, December 3

by art.earth | November 12, 2021 | First Friday, Our Events, Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

Our next First Friday gathering is on Friday December 3, starting at 13.00GMT/UTC+0. In normal times, First Fridays are 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...

First Friday March 6

by art.earth | February 25, 2020 | First Friday | 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...

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...

Cathy Fitzgerald

by Mark Leahy | May 1, 2019 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

First Friday, April 3

by art.earth | March 4, 2020 | First Friday | 0 Comments

Quite properly the Trio of Men have decided to offer The William Froude Project online only. We will add further details when available. We have therefore taken the decision to CANCEL THIS FIRST FRIDAY gathering altogether as it does not seem the best time to be...

Exhibition: Memory and observation

by art.earth | April 19, 2019 | Our Events, Past events, Previous exhibitions, Recent | 0 Comments

Memory and observation Friday May 3 to Thursday June 13, 2019, Dartington Space Gallery An exhibition of work by Clare Heaton, Katy Oxborrow and Laura Denning: a series of moments, pauses, memories and observations drawn in very different ways and in different media. ...