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 December 6

by art.earth | November 8, 2019 | First Friday, Past events | 0 Comments

Our next First Friday – and the last for 2019 – takes place as usual at Dartington Space from 13.00 on Friday December 6. The guest this month is artist Alice Clough.

Annique Goldenberg

by art.earth | October 31, 2018 | 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. This month's selected artist is Antique Goldenberg, selected by Richard Povall...

First Friday, April 6

by art.earth | March 1, 2018 | First Friday, Our Events | 0 Comments

Join us on April 6 for First Friday 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 Donna Mitchell, hosted by Mark Leahy (who is an art.earth Director). Donna says: "I've come...

Exhibition: Stream

by art.earth | August 22, 2018 | Our Events, Previous exhibitions | 0 Comments

September 7 to 9 in the Garden Room Gallery Part of Stream, a three-day festival of concourse and discourse celebrating the human-scaled, contemporary arts education of Dartington College of Arts since 1961. Eight years after its closure, ex-students are planning a...

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, 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...

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...

Nicky Cornwell

by art.earth | December 1, 2018 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

First Friday: Fern Leigh Albert

by art.earth | November 19, 2017 | First Friday, Past events | 0 Comments

Join us on December 1st for this month's First Friday - the last for 2017. We won't be meeting in January, so this is your last chance to gather and share and natter until February. As always, we gather at 1pm for a shared lunch - bring something to share. Around 2,...

First Friday October 5

by art.earth | September 11, 2018 | First Friday, Past events | 0 Comments

Join us on October 5 for First Friday AND a meet-the-artists reception (FREE and open to all) As always, we gather at 1pm for a shared lunch – bring something to share. Around 2, we re-convene for our guest artist talk (with a slightly different format this month)....