art.earth | a family of ecological artists and organisations

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.

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 still purchase our publications. Books while stocks last + eBooks.

You can also read some of the many responses to our farewell message.

A huge thank you all who participated and otherwise engaged with us. The world still needs you!

Christiane’s Make Do & Mend Soup

by art.earth | April 24, 2020 | Recipes | 0 Comments

Make do and Mend Soup from Christiane Berghoff 1 onion¼ celeriac1parsnip2 carrots1 Stalk of a broccoli1 big slice of a butternut squash1 leek ( I often use the green parts in soups and use the white otherwise)1-3 glove of garlic, to your taste½ cup of pearl barley ...

What the virus said

by art.earth | April 7, 2020 | Essays & other writing, News | 0 Comments

from Lundi Matin, an article by Paru Dans What the virus said You’d do well, dear humans, to stop your ridiculous calls for war. Lower the vengeful looks you’re aiming at me. Extinguish the halo of terror in which you’ve enveloped my name. Since the bacterial genesis...

Imaginary landscapes and more…

by art.earth | December 19, 2017 | Essays & other writing | 0 Comments

A podcast from thefamiliarstrange.com Find it here In this month’s panel discussion, Jodie (1:14) tells us about documents with agency: “Ideas just get up and grow legs, and they run away with themselves.” (Trigger warning: this segment mentions the recent Royal...

What is Landscape Justice?

by art.earth | February 26, 2018 | Essays & other writing | 0 Comments

Tim Collins: What is Landscape Justice and Why Does it Matter? available at ecoartscotland In the second of two pieces resulting from Landscape Research Group(LRG) events, Tim Collins (with input from Reiko Goto) reports on the Debate focused on Landscape Justice held...

How do you build sacred space?

by art.earth | April 23, 2017 | Essays & other writing | 0 Comments

To design the Bahá'í Temple of South America, architect Siamak Hariri focused on illumination -- from the temple's form, which captures the movement of the sun throughout the day, to the iridescent, luminous stone and glass used to construct it. Join Hariri for a...

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...

Siobhan McDonald film

by art.earth | April 5, 2018 | Artists, Artwork, Essays & other writing, News | 0 Comments

Working from a studio at the School of Biology and Environmental Science at University College Dublin, Siobhan McDonald explores the vast diversity of the environment we inhabit and our equally diverse responses to it. In this short documentary, she talks about her...

Kim Norton

by Mark Leahy | April 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 selected artist is Kim Norton...

Exhibition: Every child has a voice

by art.earth | August 30, 2019 | Past events, Previous exhibitions | 0 Comments

Every Child has a Voice Friday September 6 to Wednesday October 2 2019, Dartington Space Gallery, Dartington Space, Totnes Every Child has a Voice is a project by Soundart Radio that invites all young people to broadcast. Over the last year, Shelley Hodgson and...

Psycho-Social Approach to Climate Change

by art.earth | April 5, 2018 | Essays & other writing | 0 Comments

From John Thorne: Using the Psycho-Social Approach to Engage with Climate Change We live in a time of great anxiety due to Climate Change, but our response is muted. Only a psycho-social approach can help us accept our possible futures and to take action. Download as...