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.

Mental pictures of a physical world

Mental pictures of a physical world: Where are you now? Jane Hodgson This discussion and presentation centres around my video piece: “How Are You Today, 27 February, 2005”, with a nod towards the philosophical debate referred to as ‘The Mind-Body problem’,  ‘the World...

First Friday, April 2021

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...

Film screening: The New Corporation

November 29, 09.00 GMT to November 30, GMT 21.00 GMT Book now There is no such thing as corporate social responsibilityinterviewee in The New Corporation https://youtu.be/Dde4Qo0Xfno Following on from our screening of Jennifer Abbott's The Magnitude of All Things...

Evolving the Forest – opening day

We can announce some details of the opening day of Evolving the Forest our international summit in June 2019. The event begins at 15.45 on June 19 with welcomes from Sir Harry Studholme (Forestry Commission), Andrew Woods (Chair of the Royal Forestry Society) and the...

Kim Norton

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 selected artist is Kim Norton...

Online First Fridays

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...

Exhibition: B. Budd, W. Lewis, R. Packham

Exhibition runs from May 18 to June 18 with work by Bob Budd, Walter Lewis and Ruth Packham. Join us for a meet the artists reception on Friday, 18th May from 18:00 to 19:30. Overview:  these three artists, who have very different approaches and methods to their...

Poetry of the Wild

Poetry of the Wild/ Mapping the Soul of Communities with Poetry and Art Ana Flores   Find tongues in trees, books in running brooks, sermons in stone and good in everything.   Read the full paper

June 2022: Catherine Cartwright

Catherine Cartwright is our featured artist of the month. She is a painter / image maker who also has a community arts practice.

First Friday May 3

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...

We continue to publish as art.earth Books

There is also an extensive archive at art.earth tv