art.earth | a family of ecological artists and organisations

art.earth is now art.earth Books

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.

Liz McGowan

by art.earth | October 1, 2020 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

Our featured artist-member for October 2020 is Liz McGowan, selected by art.earth Director Julia Bond.

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,...

First (2nd actually!) Friday January 8

by art.earth | December 2, 2020 | First Friday, Our Events, Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

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...

Annique Goldenberg

by art.earth | October 31, 2018 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

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. This month's selected artist is Antique Goldenberg, selected by Richard Povall...

First Friday December 2, 2016

by art.earth | November 14, 2016 | First Friday, Past events, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Oliver Raymond-Barker was one of the UK artists selected to represent the UK at this year's South Korean Geumgang Nature Art Biennale 'Breathing Art'. UK participation in this event is curated by the Centre for Contemporary Art & the Natural World. Oliver will...

Keynote: Dr Rachel Clarke

by art.earth | March 11, 2020 | coming soon, News, Our Events | 0 Comments

We can make a preliminary announcement that the third keynoter at Borrowed Time this autumn will be broadcaster, medic, and writer Dr Rachel Clarke. Dr Rachel Clarke is a palliative care specialist within the NHS and is a widely-recognised author, journalist and...

Evgenia Emets (Portugal / UK)

by art.earth | April 30, 2020 | FFartwork-old | 0 Comments

Evgenia Emets is a poet and artist, she has lived and worked in Russia, UK and Portugal, her art informed by the language, culture, social and ecological landscape of these places. She graduated from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art in 2008. Her works are in...

Language, Landscape & the Sublime | June 2016

by art.earth | November 20, 2016 | Past events | 0 Comments

June 29 and 30 2016 at Dartington, June 30 at Sharpham House This two-day symposium drew together artists and thinkers from a wide range of disciplines to explore ways in which landscape –– and the ways we represent it –– connects deeply to our lives and underpins our...

A Bundle of Sticks

by art.earth | October 8, 2013 | Artists, Artwork, Conference 2012 | 0 Comments

A Bundle of Sticks Peter Ward Abstract ‘‘Art does not reproduce the visible but makes visible’’ Paul Klee (1) “At the heart of today’s ecological crisis lies a terrible failure to understand the essence of our relationship with the natural world. One can of...

Film: The Magnitude of All Things

by art.earth | October 18, 2021 | Borrowed Time, Our Events, Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

Not yet in general release, this is a special screening (for Borrowed TIme) of the highly acclaimed director Jennifer Abbott’s film The Magnitude of All Things; the online screening is followed by an interview and discussion with the director. “It was grief. I knew it...