by art.earth | Dec 11, 2018 | Essays & other writing
Artist and Printmaker LIMITED EDITION, HAND BOUND We’re thrilled to announce the return of a wonderful book celebrating the life and work of an exceptional Dorset artist. With over 200 illustrations, Rena Gardiner: Artist and Printmaker explores a legacy of...
by art.earth | Dec 1, 2018 | Artist of the month
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 Nicky Cornwell (Instagram...
by art.earth | Nov 29, 2018 | Essays & other writing
From brainpickings… The Magic of Moss and What It Teaches Us About the Art of Attentiveness to Life at All Scales “Attention without feeling,” Mary Oliver observed in her magnificent memoir of love and loss, “is only a report.” In Gathering Moss: A Natural and...
by art.earth | Nov 26, 2018 | Essays & other writing
from BrainPickings Walt Whitman saw trees — “so innocent and harmless, yet so savage” — as a wellspring of wisdom on being rather than seeming. “When we have learned how to listen to trees,” Hermann Hesse exulted in his love letter to our arboreal companions, “then...
by art.earth | Nov 23, 2018 | First Friday, Our Events, Past events
This month’s First Friday (on December 7) has a kind-of-end-of-term feel, or the-holidays-are-coming feel, depending on your outlook. This is not only the last gathering for 2018, but the last until February 2019 as we don’t get together on the first...