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.

First Friday April substitute

by art.earth | April 3, 2020 | First Friday, Our Events, Past events | 0 Comments

For April's First Friday and in lieu of the ability to meet face-to-face we'd like to share some songs from Hugh Nankivell who should have been performing today. He's been working on some 'songs for loneliness' and for sharing. - a musical hug. Thanks, Hugh....

January 2023: Kyra Clegg

by art.earth | January 1, 2023 | Artist of the month | 0 Comments

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 November 2

by art.earth | October 27, 2018 | First Friday, Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

Join us on November 2 for First Friday AND a meet-the-artists discussion (FREE and open to all). As always, we gather at 1pm for a shared lunch – bring something to share. Around 2, we re-convene for our guest artist talk (with a slightly different format this month)....

Kinship Workshop with Katye Coe & Tom Goodwin

by Minou Polleros | April 7, 2022 | Past events, Recent | 0 Comments

Sunday 26th June 2022 9:30 - 16:00 / Dartington Hall Estate/Outdoors/Along the river Dart £40/ A woman with red hair and dark blue clothes leans back horizontally onto a collection of large moss-covered rocks at the edge of a river. She pushes her feet into the rocks...

Dance film: Paul Michael Henry

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

October 31, 2021 19.40 – 20.40 GMT/UTC+0 Paul Michael Henry is a Scottish performance artist, dancer and musician. His work is informed by Butoh dance, punk rock and ritual, and is performed all over the world. Recent projects include SHRIMP DANCE (a multimedia...

First Friday, March 4

by art.earth | February 14, 2022 | First Friday | 0 Comments

First Fridays happen on the first Friday of every month, a gathering place for artists or anyone interested in the arts, an opportunity to share ideas, knowledge and art. We’re still meeting virtually (on Zoom). Perhaps we’ll start to nudge back towards some in-person...

Evolving the Forest – opening day

by art.earth | October 29, 2018 | News, Our Events, Summit | 0 Comments

We can announce some details of the opening day of Evolving the Forest our international summit in June 2019. The event begins at 15.45 on June 19 with welcomes from Sir Harry Studholme (Forestry Commission), Andrew Woods (Chair of the Royal Forestry Society) and the...

February 2021 – Flora Wiegmann

by art.earth | February 1, 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 (February...

First Friday, February 7

by art.earth | January 23, 2020 | Past events | 0 Comments

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...

First Friday Oct 6

by art.earth | September 7, 2017 | First Friday, Our Events | 0 Comments

#firstfriday First Friday in October takes place in our usual venue, the Garden Room at Dartington Space. (For directions see the main First Friday page) Our guest artist is Charlotte Price whose work was on exhibition in the Garden Room Gallery in June/July 2017 and...