art.earth | a family of ecological artists and organisations

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.

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 still purchase our publications. Books while stocks last + eBooks.

You can also read some of the many responses to our farewell message.

A huge thank you all who participated and otherwise engaged with us. The world still needs you!

William Arnold: Suburban Herbarium

by art.earth | May 5, 2020 | Essays & other writing | 0 Comments

From Uniform Books: “…the ordinary made stupendous”This collection of plant portraits is not bounded by an ecologist’s quadrat, but by what has been gathered during the length of a regular lunchtime walk. The one hundred photographic specimens form a homage to...

We are all bewildered machines

by art.earth | November 16, 2018 | Essays & other writing | 0 Comments

From Nautilus... When did you realize you were a machine? A fancy machine, for sure. But one whose parts and operations can be described like the components of a computer. I remember a day in 2012 when this thought pierced me to the bone. I was in the lab of John...

First Friday, May 6

by art.earth | April 6, 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...

In conversation with Caroline Hickman

by art.earth | November 12, 2021 | Borrowed Time, Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

Join us for the last in the series of events that have been Borrowed Time: on death, dying & change. As Borrowed Time’s final event, we mark the tenth Remembrance Day for Lost Species returning us to the predicament of accelerating ecological loss that gave birth...

The World is Breathing Me

by art.earth | November 6, 2017 | Essays & other writing | 0 Comments

introduction to Artizein special edition on Art, Ecology and Education Jan van Boeckel, Guest Editor To me, one the most compelling expressions of art, ecology and education coming together happened when I attended a lecture, a decade or more ago, by Timo Jokela, a...

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...

In Other Tongues @ Dark Mountain

by art.earth | August 7, 2017 | Essays & other writing, Our Events, Past events, Summit | 0 Comments

Today Dark Mountain has started a new series about learning to listen to the myriad other voices beyond the human. Inspired by In Other Tongues, a three-day creative summit held this summer in Dartington, UK, we invited six contributors – artists, writers, academics,...

Transcribing Landscape

by art.earth | September 10, 2017 | coming soon, Our Events | 0 Comments

Coming in 2018, a short course led by poet Fiona Benson and art.earth's Richard Povall. First offered in 2016 as a Schumacher College short course, this refreshed version will have a distinctly art.earth flavour. If this is of interest please email us or join the...

Exhibition: Coulson, Hudson, Phillips & Soriano

by art.earth | June 11, 2018 | Our Events, Previous exhibitions | 0 Comments

June 20 to July 25 in the Garden Room Gallery Water, in all its forms, and locations, is the underlying theme which inspires all four artists in this exhibition. From that starting point they each have their own responses. Sue Coulson explores the seascape of South...

First Friday, Sept 2

by art.earth | June 15, 2016 | Artists, Artwork, First Friday, Past events | 0 Comments

First Fridays are a time to gather and share - food, ideas, art, gossip. First Fridays are entirely informal: a bring-something-to-share lunch followed usually by some kind of artist presentation. This month, we welcome video artist Rachael Allain, and possibly some...