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.

In Other Tongues – short course

by art.earth | December 9, 2016 | Past events, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

In Other Tongues: intimate geographies, ecologies of conversation Residential Short Course June 10-14 2017 Taking the idea of geographical intimacy as its starting point, this five-day residential course offers a special opportunity to explore how we relate to the...

August 2021: Emma Welton

by art.earth | July 31, 2021 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

Each month a member of the art.earth Board of Directors selects a member to feature, to become our 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 (August 2021)...

Publication: The Ephemeral River

by art.earth | July 15, 2019 | News, Our Events, Past events, Special | 0 Comments

In the summer of 2018 art.earth produced a special event for the Centre for Contemporary Art & the Natural World (CCANW), Yatoo (S. Korea) and Science Walden (S. Korea). This extraordinarily beautiful and art-rich book is the result (and is only available in print...

Susan Derges

by art.earth | September 1, 2020 | 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 response from that artist to some questions and a discussion, together with some examples of their work. This month’s (September 2020) selected artist is...

Plans for May First Friday

by art.earth | April 24, 2020 | First Friday | 0 Comments

If you're planning to join us for our virtual First Friday on May 1, we've just published three recipes for you to make to share with someone else. It's not too late to include your recipe...send it to us and we'll try to include it this time (if not, then next)....

First Friday June 1

by art.earth | May 23, 2018 | First Friday, Our Events | 0 Comments

Join us on June 1 for First Friday As always, we gather at 1pm for a shared lunch – bring something to share. Around 2, we re-convene for our guest artist talk, this month by Alain Pezardsnell. Alain says: My current approach to creativity is very instinctive and I...

Feeding the Insatiable | Nov 2016

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

9 - 11 November 2016, Dartington Hall Feeding the Insatiable featured thinkers and creatives from across the world, with an opening keynote event from The Land Art Generator Initiative (Robert Ferry and Elizabeth Monoian) with ecoartist / producer Chris...

Summer’s out, First Friday is back!

by art.earth | August 28, 2019 | Our Events, Past events | 0 Comments

Summer is out, First Fridays are back. We've had a break over the lovely summer but now it's time to get back to serious social business.First Fridays are primarily a social gathering and often include an artist's sharing or an artist talk. This month,...

Bethany Murray

by art.earth | February 1, 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. February 2018 Bethany Murray www.bethanymurray.co.uk from Clay Series...

Exhibition: Orbis Terrarum

by art.earth | June 14, 2017 | Our Events, Past events | 0 Comments

An exhibition of work by local artists Rachael Allain, Margaret Harland and Charlotte Price. The artists explore the unacknowledged qualities of landscape reflecting those interfaces between water, land, path and field. There is a constant endeavour to portray the...