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.

Exhibition: Hambly, Mellings, Ward

Group Exhibition:  Emma Hambly, Jenny Mellings and Peter Ward The exhibition is now open in the Garden Room Gallery and continues until February 14. Join us for a meet-the-artists reception on Friday, 12 January from 18.00 to 19.30. Exhibition overview:   for Emma,...

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...

First Friday June 5

RECIPESand ARTWORK now PUBLISHED. We will be holding a virtual gathering for First Friday on June 5.

Carol Sharp

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. Carol Sharp This month’s selected artist is Carol Sharp...

First Friday March 6

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...

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...

Farewell messages

Below is a random sampling of letters sent to us after we announced the closure of art.earth. We include these here partly as a testament to the work our wonderful team managed to pull out of the hat between 2016 and 2023 but also to underline the importance of having...

Myka Baum

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 Myka...

Alice Clough

Each month (or thereabouts!) one of the art.earth Directors chooses an artist-member to be featured as Artist of the Month. This month’s featured artist, selected by Minou Polleros, is Alice Clough. Alice was also our guest artist at First Friday last December (2019)....

Symposium: Evolving the Forest

June 19-21 2019 Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6EL, UK Read full details and booking arrangements This three-day international gathering draws together a wide variety of voices to explore a wondrous heritage of woodland and forest. In celebration of 100 years of...

We continue to publish as art.earth Books

There is also an extensive archive at art.earth tv