About Us
ecoartspace was conceived in 1997 by Patricia Watts in Los Angeles as a venue where visitors could learn about the principles of ecology through immersive environments created by artists. That year she published one of the first websites with a directory of artists addressing environmental issues. In 1999, Watts partnered with east coast curator Amy Lipton (1956-2020), combining forces working from both coasts while operating under the nonprofit umbrella of SEE, the Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles, a 501c3 fiscal sponsor. 2019 marked 20 years that Watts and Lipton curated art and ecology programs, participating on panels and giving lectures internationally. Combined, they curated over 60 art and ecology exhibitions, many outdoors, collaborating with artists to create site-specific works. They worked with hundreds of artists from across the country, and internationally.
Starting in 2020, ecoartspace became an LLC membership organization based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Founder/Curator Patricia Watts has curated over thirty art and ecology exhibitions including Plastic: The New Coal (2025), Where There Is No Name For Art (2024), Performative Ecologies (2020), Contemplating Other (2018), FiberSHED (2015), Shifting Baselines (2013), MAKE:CRAFT (2010), and Hybrid Fields (2006). She has interviewed over thirty groundbreaking ecological artists for the ecoartspace archive and has written Action Guides of replicable social practice projects including HighWaterLine and S.O.S. She has curated and project managed large-scale public art projects including Windsock Currents on Crissy Field in San Francisco (2005), and Cloud House in Springfield, Missouri (2016). Watts has a visionary entrepreneurial approach to curating that supports transdisciplinary and transformative collaborative environments. email: tricia@ecoartspace.org phone: 310-704-2395 |
Blog writer/reviewer/interviewer Olivia Ann Carye Hallstein has written reviews and conducted interviews with ecoartspace members for our blog since 2020. With over a decade of experience as a designer, writer, and educator, she has actively promoted resiliency through both research and practice. Olivia's work exists within an expanding "whole-systems" framework in which social justice, equity, and critical material histories stand at the forefront, promoting representation and reparation for both people and the environment. She expands on the traditional concept of "sustainability" to highlight social and economic factors alongside novel and innovative material solutions and methods. Her studio, the “Edible Nest Studio” (founded 2021), works to create whole systems and integrated circular approaches for design and culinary fields. For more information: www.edibleneststudio.com and www.oachallstein.com |
R.T. Livingston, Windsock Currents, Presidio, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA |
Matthew Mazzotta, Cloud House, Farmers Park, Springfield, MO |
Interviews with Patricia Watts
Making the Invisible Visible: An Interview with Patricia Watts, Founder of ecoartspace, by Polina Smith with Bioneers, November 8, 2022.
Tackling Climate Change is art, not just science, by Stephanie Hanes and Pavithra Rajesh, for The Christian Science Monitor, January 12, 2022.
Reconnoiter: Interview with Patricia Watts for Artillery magazine by Constance Mallison, Climate issue, Vol. 16, Issue 1 (September/October 2021): 78.
Some Kind of Nature interview with Patricia Watts for Mammut magazine by Matthias Merkel Hess, 2012
