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.

The Home & The World 2012

This site will be the home for the conference publication. Watch this space.

Here and There

Here and There: Retracing our Steps The labyrinth is an ancient symbol relating to wholeness and contemplation, and can be used as an opportunity to slow down, quieten the mind, to relax, to meditate, to pray, to solve problems or simply to enjoy a recreational...

William Arnold, Myka Baum & Melanie King

New and recent work by William Arnold, Myka Baum and Melanie King in an exhibition titled 'O'. The exhibition runs in the Garden Room Gallery until May 9 The theme of the circle is depicted in William Arnold’s Tin-can Firmaments through the circular shaped image that...

First Friday, February 7

Welcome to the first First Friday of 2020. The visiting artist this month will be painter/printmaker Frances Gynn RWA invited by art.earth Director Julia Bond.  More information about Fran to follow. Frances Gynn spent 20 years in graphic design and botanical...

Exhibition: When Plants Remember

Siobhan McDonald Crystalline - When Plants Remember 1 November, 2018 to 9 January, 2019 in the Dartington Space Gallery Crystalline, When plants remember - At The Edge of Visibility, is a work which premiered at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (CCI Paris) in...

April 2022: Marlene Creates

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 Newfoundland artist Marlene Creates chosen by Walter Lewis. To accompany this feature,...

Workshop: Going to Ground with Helen Poynor

Friday December 2, 2022 from 10.00 in the studio and outdoors, returning at 16.15. We once again welcome Helen Poynor leading a one day Walk of Life workshop in non-stylised and environmental movement with Helen Poynor. Helen's workshops always...

First Friday July 2: with Sophie Pierce & Annabel Pettigrew

We heard from Annabel Pettigrew and the 'Throes of Grief' collective, and then Richard Povall was In conversation with writer Sophie Pierce.  This First Friday forms part of our Borrowed Time series of actions with artists, writers and thinkers which began in October...

Meet-the-artist June 9

We had a truly excellent conversation at First Friday 2 June 2017 with Jan O'Highway guest artist. Nick Hart-Davies says: "It was a first for me - a really interesting talk about art!" There's another opportunity to meet Jan at a meet-the-artist reception at the...

First Friday, September 3

Ah well, summer's over. But it's the First Friday in September and we gather once again at 13.00 BST/UTC+1., This month our guest artists are Evgenia Emets and Yan Wang Preston. First Fridays are our regular gathering for anyone interested in art and the world around...

We continue to publish as art.earth Books

There is also an extensive archive at art.earth tv