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, 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...

Anna Kirk-Smith

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.   April 2018 Anna Kirk-Smith www.annakirksmith.com   Thoughts about...

High Water

Share your connection to the sea and the tides March 30, 08.45 to ....well we'll see   Wherever you are in the world we'd love you to share with us your story about the sea and in particular high tide.  It might be a reading, some factual information, an image or...

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...

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...

…in conversation with Yuli Somme

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

First Friday November 4: Sense of Place

First Fridays are our informal gatherings/sharings, open to all. They started life as a physical place to meet up for a shared lunch followed by a live or occasionally remote presentation by an artist or group. Since May 2020 we have been gathering online which has...

First Friday, April 3

Quite properly the Trio of Men have decided to offer The William Froude Project online only. We will add further details when available. We have therefore taken the decision to CANCEL THIS FIRST FRIDAY gathering altogether as it does not seem the best time to be...

Keynote: Bayo Akomolafe

Part of the Borrowed Time symposium October 31- November 3 Sunday, October 31 17.20-18.40 GMT/UTC+0   A Certain Kind of Dying   What happens when health, wellbeing, and recovery are caught up with particularly troubling modes of corporeal production and imperial...

We continue to publish as art.earth Books

There is also an extensive archive at art.earth tv