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, March 5

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...

September 2022: Sam Clark

Each month one of the art.earth Board of Directors selects an artist from the membership because they are particularly taken with their work. This month our Featured Artist is Sam Clark selected by Mary Waltham. Sam will be showing a series of new works at the Royal...

Christiane’s Make Do & Mend Soup

Make do and Mend Soup from Christiane Berghoff 1 onion¼ celeriac1parsnip2 carrots1 Stalk of a broccoli1 big slice of a butternut squash1 leek ( I often use the green parts in soups and use the white otherwise)1-3 glove of garlic,  to your taste½ cup of pearl barley  ...

Marlene Creates (Newfoundland)

Marlene lives in rural Newfoundland, Canada and will introduce her work during First Friday.  The image below: clouds over the boreal forest where I live. One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, ‘What if I had never seen this before?...

Forum: Emergency Response Time

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...

Exhibition: A Quiet Collaboration

October 19-31 2018 Dartington Space Gallery (formerly the Garden Room Gallery) Artists Sara Downham-Lotto and Stacey Righton show work which has been influenced by the use of natural materials in collaborations and explorations with others.  For Sara, the work is a...

Paeony Lewis

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...

Phil Smith mytho-walk

May 29, 14.00 - 16.30 Mythogeographer Phil Smith leads a walk around a part of the Dartington Hall Estate addressing multiple layers of history, ecology, performance and personal associations. Phil addresses different ways in which the Estate has stood in for,...

Language, Landscape & the Sublime | June 2016

June 29 and 30 2016 at Dartington, June 30 at Sharpham House This two-day symposium drew together artists and thinkers from a wide range of disciplines to explore ways in which landscape –– and the ways we represent it –– connects deeply to our lives and underpins our...

Elli Lestas (Cyprus)

Elli Lestas was born in London, raised in Bromley, studied textiles at Camberwell College of Art and MA Fine art at Goldsmiths. Now based in Cyprus, she became involved in horticulture specializing in seed germination. After a long break returned to her art in 2012...

We continue to publish as art.earth Books

There is also an extensive archive at art.earth tv