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.

Christiane’s Make Do & Mend Soup

by art.earth | April 24, 2020 | Recipes | 0 Comments

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 ...

Tasting the Change: residency

by art.earth | August 6, 2019 | Our Events, Past events | 0 Comments

Art-Science hothouse residency: Tasting the change Saturday November 9 to Thursday November 14 2019 In November 2019 CCANW and Science Walden are hosting an Art-Science hothouse residency, a week of experimentation and conversation about working across disciplines for...

Exhibition: Berghoff & Russell

by art.earth | January 10, 2020 | Previous exhibitions | 0 Comments

Saturday January 11 2020, until further notice. Dartington Space Gallery Two recent art graduates Christiane Berghoff (Falmouth University) and Ann Russell (University of the Arts, Camberwell) are experimenting with materials and forms using nature as component...

Tina Scopa

by art.earth | March 1, 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. March 2018 Tina Scopa tinascopa.wixsite.com/website What...

Watch the January First Friday

by art.earth | January 9, 2021 | News, Our Events | 0 Comments

We've posted the video from the January 8 First Friday. Watch it here The next First Friday takes place February 5th and as always starts at 13.00GMT. More details available soon on our front page.

First Friday April substitute

by art.earth | April 3, 2020 | First Friday, Our Events, Past events | 0 Comments

For April's First Friday and in lieu of the ability to meet face-to-face we'd like to share some songs from Hugh Nankivell who should have been performing today. He's been working on some 'songs for loneliness' and for sharing. - a musical hug. Thanks, Hugh....

Mark Leahy (Devon)

by art.earth | May 27, 2020 | FFartwork-old | 0 Comments

Mark says: I will talk about 9X9 - a set of poems under constraint: As my response to the hyperlocal commission from Arts and Culture Exeter I made a set of 9 square visual poems, using the first 9 square numbers, and found images in square format as the initial...

Short Course: Embodying the Line

by art.earth | September 10, 2017 | Our Events, Recent, Short Course | 0 Comments

Monday May 21 @ 14.30 to Friday May 25 @ 16.00 Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EL, UK an art.earth Residential Short Course with poet Alyson Hallett and dance artist Deborah Black and guest artist Phil Smith Embodying the Line: writing, movement...

Online First Fridays

by art.earth | June 5, 2020 | First Friday, News, Our Events | 0 Comments

In May 2020 we began to meet virtually for our First Friday gatherings after the Covid-19 pandemic made it impossible for us to meet any other way. First Fridays are our offering to the art community, usually local. It's a time to share food and art and ideas. Since...

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...