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.

First Friday, November 1

The next First Friday takes place at Dartington Space on November 1. Hosted by Mark Leahy, the invited guest is poet Tony Lopez. In 2017 English poet Tony Lopez and Chilean photographer Ignacio Acosta collaborated on an investigation of the 18th and 19th century...

Exhibition: Illuminate

July 26 to September 5 in the Garden Room Gallery Closing reception: Friday August 31, 18.00 to 19.30 Abstract paintings by ArtsLab Director Sara Downham-Lotto made with, for and about music. Sara says: ‘What music can do is reinforce peoples’ belief in themselves. It...

Invitational – exhibition now open

Our Invitational remains open until January 4 2018. This exhibition features work by art.earth members and friends with a focus on artists whose work celebrates and sometimes mourns for the precious planet on which we all live. The work in this exhibition...

The Residency Reports

We have been pleasurably hosting a residency with four students from Dartington's MA Arts & Place course here on the Dartington estate in the wondrous (if somewhat incipient) High Cross House. For the past two weeks Mary, Emma, Alison & Gavin have been working...

Alice Fox

Featured artist, January/February 2020 My current work extends what formed the focus of my recently completed MA in Creative Practice. During the last two years I have been using my allotment plot as a source of materials for my work, exploring the potential of what...

Branching Out – update

We've made the hard decision to cancel the Branching Out short course because of insufficient take-up. We're working with a new idea within the short course structure at Schumacher College, and perhaps the structure isn't quite right for these kinds of creative...

Exhibition: Conversations with Weather

Friday, 11th January to Wednesday 6th March, 2019, Dartington Space Gallery This is an exhibition of work by three artists: Fiona Harrisson, Susan Kruse, Delia Salter, all working independently and all letting the wind, clouds, air temperature and/or precipitation...

…in conversation with Yuli Somme

A conversation between Yuli Somme and Richard Povall on November 20 at 13.00 GMT.

January 2023: Kyra Clegg

Like the seabird feathers, the natural materials that I collect and use in my work already have their own back-story which, if possible, I try to incorporate into the works I make. The roots, stones and other materials from nature are the main motivators in my ongoing studio work. I find artistic freedom in this gathering and collaboration – exploring diverse temporal and spatial connections which these other realities offer

First Friday, September 4

Welcome to the end of summer -- well, for some! First Fridays are attending by people from many different countries and seasons and timezones. First Fridays are a gathering place open to all practicing artists are anyone interested in joining a conversation about the...

We continue to publish as art.earth Books

There is also an extensive archive at art.earth tv