Amplifying communion between soundscape and landscape through the celebration of local art, music, and storytelling.

Living Earth is a solar-powered & Grammy-nominated outdoor arts series that works in conversation with conservation organizations, public parks, gardens, unique land projects, and cultural institutions to gather peoples of all ages to explore Tovaangar / Los Angeles (and beyond) through live performances, workshops, and transformative outdoor adventures.

Created and operated by local artists, naturalists, and organizers, these gatherings blend our lifetime love of interdependent music & native ecology, emphasizing deep listening as a form of reciprocity with the living world.

By reimagining public art as a creative act of restoration, Living Earth is a collective project in cultivating meaningful connections with our immediate communities, histories, ecosystems, and the planet, ultimately rehabilitating our relationship with nature and ourselves.

Since 2021 we have set a precedent for bringing art outdoors, have helped to redistribute more than $900k towards local artists and grassroots environmental organizations, have consulted with numerous orgs & artists on sustainable production methods, and along the way have produced the most solar powered concerts in the history of Los Angeles.

All power to the imagination
& we’ll see you outside.

“The crisis in which we live are not just ‘environmental,’ but perceptual. When the most powerful species on Earth ceases to listen to the voices of others, calamity ensues. The vitality of the world depends, in part, on whether we turn our ears back to the living Earth.”
- David George Haskell
Sounds Wild and Broken

Some of the artists and community partners that we’ve collaborated with include: Laraaji, Iasos, Steve Roach, Saul Williams & Carlos Niño, Angel Bat Dawid, Poncilí Creación, Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, lucky dragons, dublab, LA Art Book Fair, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, Getty Center, TreePeople, No Canyon Hills, Audubon Center at Debs Park, Arlington Garden, Philosophical Research Society, Clockshop, LA State Historic Park, LA Compost, LA Conservancy, California Botanic Garden, Leaving Records, International Anthem, Domino Records, Earth Sessions, Active Cultures, MAK Center for Art & Architecture, Hollyhock House, Vasquez Rocks, Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), Red Hot, Metabolic Studio, KCRW, The World Stage, and so many inspiring organizations, festivals, and peoples.

Stewarded By

A person sitting outdoors playing a flute, surrounded by trees, with microphones set up for a performance.
A young woman with shoulder-length hair, wearing a rust-colored sweater, dark pants, and tan boots, is sitting on a tree branch surrounded by green leaves in a forested area.
A woman with long dark hair and light skin, wearing a green denim jacket, stands outdoors in a field of tall grass with trees in the background.

Noah Klein

Massima Bell

A young woman with curly hair, wearing a white t-shirt, multiple necklaces, and tattoos on her arms, standing outdoors at night.

Nina Keith

Zevvy Smith-Danford

With further love, care, conversation, contributions, and support from: May Rose Smeback, Tate Chavez, Sam Lee, Light Liu, Adrian Garcia, Tristan Friedberg-Rodman, Carlos Niño, Matthewdavid, Diva Dompe, Leaving Records, Ken Barrientos, dublab, Papa Bear, Mobius Acoustics, Scottie McNiece, International Anthem, Alo Dodge, Joe Ahearn & WithFriends, Adam Corey Thomas, Mark ‘Frosty’ McNeill, Al Nordquist, every park and garden and cultural institution and beautiful land project that we collaborate with, and many more friends and loved ones.

All we have is each other.

A DJ performs outdoors at a festival or gathering, surrounded by a large group of people sitting on the grass under tents and shade, with trees and a park in the background.

We love this labor & love to hear from you. If you feel like sharing a meaningful experience, what you’d love to see more of, your own creative practice, have some time to volunteer, are a grant writer / arts accountant, or feel inspired to help us out financially, please feel encouraged to reach out and say hi!

hello (at) livingearth.la