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COP30 /MEMBERSHIP 2026 If you did not follow the news on COP30, which happened last month in Belem, Brazil, click on the above image and watch a recorded debrief, including commentary by climate science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson. As some of you probably heard, the US did not send an official government delegation, though one senator and three city mayors attended independently. There were over 1,000 Indigenous people protesting and marching in the streets, and another 1,000 Indigenous representatives participating in the official "blue zone." Out of 64,000 attendees, there were over 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists. Critics say little has changed since the early Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, with no plans for a fossil fuel phaseout, though Robinson believes that COP is a mirror and not the problem. These annual international gatherings are an incredible opportunity for climate activists to connect in person to build stronger networks. This month we continue the 2026 Membership Campaign and invite you to join us! Looking forward to welcoming you and your practice into this global community of ecological artists who are sharing resources and supporting each others' work. We need all hands on deck!
For the fourth and final Indigenizing Dominant Culture Dialogues this fall, we will screen the documentary Drowned Land and hear from the director and guest speaker Colleen Thurston (Choctaw).This is a fundraiser event to benefit outreach for the film. see below
Soils Turn books will arrive shortly to New Mexico and be shipped to those who made orders from the US/CAN/AUS. Books ordered from Europe will be delivered from Germany. A LIVE in-person/online book launch is happen at Zabriskie in Berlin, December 6. see below
Starting January we will launch the Wicked Monstrous Dialogues through May/June, featuring artists included in our upcoming 2026 printed book, and in February you're invited to participate in our next members book club! look for emails coming soon Happy Holidays!
Patricia Watts, founder/curator
Image: Indigenous people take part in a demonstration during the COP30 conference on Nov. 17. Pablo Porciuncula / AFP / Getty Images |
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SOILS TURN book launch - BERLIN
Saturday, December 6 Timebuddy
United States: 8am HST, 10am PST, 11am MST, Noon CST, 1pm EST
Europe: 18:00 GMT, 19:00 CE (Doors open at 18:30) LIVE in-person/online
Field Guide to Artistic Earthly Engagements presentation led by Alexandra R. Toland, with acknowledgements by Patricia Watts
Alexandra will present the recently published ecoartspace book Soils Turn, highlighting the work of over thirty distinguished soil artists, including soil essays, and a directory of over 140 soil artists, in a hybrid live x Zoom launch, accompanied by an in-store sound performance by Sam Johnstone and Sophia Fernandez.
"…human beings are not in a separate compost pile. We are humus, not Homo, not anthropos; we are compost, not posthuman." Donna Haraway
This event is free. All participants MUST REGISTER to receive the Zoom link.
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DROWNED LAND
Thursday, December 18 Timebuddy
United States: 2pm HST, 4pm PST, 5pm MST, 6pm CST, 7pm EST ONLINE
Australia: Wednesday, November 21, 8am AWST, 11am AEDT
Colleen Thurston
For this screening and Q&A event we will hear from Colleen Thurston (Choctaw), Director of the documentary Drowned Land, who shares the stories of a group of water protectors determined to preserve the lifeline of their community and end a cycle of environmental exploitation on the Kiamichi River in Oklahoma. Winding its way through southeastern Oklahoma, deep in the Choctaw Nation, the Kiamichi River is a bastion of eco-diversity. Much to the dismay of communities along the river, the state of Oklahoma recently signed an agreement to dam and divert 85% of its remaining water. Residents of communities along the Kiamichi are determined that their water source should not be further disturbed. A group of locals have banded together to fight developers and the state in court over their river, invoking the Endangered Species Act–not only is the Kiamichi the most ecologically diverse river in the state, it is the most mussel-diverse river in the world. This is a fundraiser event is $5 per person for members and non-members. All participants MUST REGISTER. To increase your donation you can buy as many tickets as you like. |
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FALL 2025 Presentations
Saturday, December 20
United States: 8am HST, 11am PST, Noon MST, 1pm CST, 2pm EST
Europe: 19:00 GMT Australia: Sunday, December 21, 6am AEDT
Participants from the Fall 2025 Sustain(ability) & the Art Studio course will give presentations of their projects for interested members. You can also sign up for the Winter/Spring 2026 session, which will be held on Zoom February through May.
Special thanks to our guest artists Koyoltzintli Miranda-rivadeneira and Nicole Dextras for sharing their practices with the Fall 2025 participants. This event is free. All participants MUST REGISTER to receive the Zoom link.
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Resonance: Dialogues in Art and Ecology brings together 16 leading Australian artists to amplify the voices of more-than-human worlds. Through February 1, 2026. Presented by Southern Forest Arts the exhibition features ecoartspace members: Tarsh Bates, Renata Buziak, Kim V Goldsmith, Lee Harrop, Susan Hauri-Downing, Catherine Higham, WhiteFeather Hunter with Kate Goff, Forest Keegel, Heidi Kenyon x Friendly Conspiracy, Linda Knight, Annette Nykiel, Perdita Phillips, Jane Richens, Debbie Symons, Cassandra Tytler, and Clarice Yuen. Curated by Sharmila Wood.
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hanien conradie Through my creative practice, painting, I aim to heal my own alienation from the natural world by working with specific places. As I research place-based knowledge, I find connections through the materiality of making, working with natural pigments, then I change. The place becomes a part of me and I become a part of the land through ritualistic performances and meditative pieces. My work aims to express and share this connection. Conradie is based in South Africa. www.hanienconradie.com |
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Taking PREORDERS for Soils Turn! First edition is S O L D O U T....
Artists include: Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Aindreas Scholz, Alexandra Toland, Alicia Escott, Allie Horick, Alyce Santoro, Alyson Ogasian & Shona Kitchen, Amanda Stomecki, Amy Youngs, Andrea Bersaglieri, Andrea Krupp, Anne Yoncha, Anne-Katrin Spiess, Annette Nykiel, Antoinette LaFarge, Asad Raza, Ashanti Chaplin, Ashton Phillips, Austen Camille, Barbara Brown, Ben Kinsley, Bernice Ficek-Swenson, Beth Shepherd, Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle, Betty Beier, Beverly Naidus, Bia Gayotto, Blair Butterfield, Brooke Singer, Camila de Andrade Bianchi, Carole Milon, Cassandra Tytler, Cat Hart, Catriona Leahy, Chrissie Orr, Christa Donner, Christina Bertea, Christine Mackey, Christopher Lin, Cindee Klement, Cindy Stockton-Moore, Claire Pentecost, Claudia O'Steen and Alyson Ogasian, Crista Cammaroto, CV Peterson, Dana Michele Hemes, Daniel Hengst, Daniel Robles Lizano, Daro Montag, Dawn Stetzel, Deanna Pindell, Delcy Morelos, Donna Cooper, Eileen Hutton, Ela Spalding, Emilie Houssart, Emily Joy, Erica Fitzgerald, Erin Wiersma, Esha Chiocchio, Evgenia Emets, Folke Köbberling, Frances Whitehead, Francesca Virginia Coppola, Future Farmers, Gabby Morris, Geraldine Ondrizek, Heather Bird Harris, Heidi Lowell, Helen Elizabeth, Hercules and Leo Case Collective, Jackie Amezquita, Jann Rosen-Queralt, Jen Urso, Jennifer Gunlock, Jill Price, Jo Pearl, Jodi Connelly, Johanna Meyer, John Melvin, John Newling, Juniper Harrower, Junuka Deshpande, Kate Foster, Katerie Gladdys, Kathleen King, Kathryn Maguire, Katie Taylor, Katrina Bello, Kelly Eckel, Kim Norton, Kim V. Goldsmith, Lauren Bon + Metabolic Studio, Leslie Labowitz-Starus, Lilian Cooper, Linda Duvall, Linda-Marlena Ross, Lisa Moren, Liz McGowan, Liz Miller Kovacs, Lola Ben Alon, Lori Nozick, Louella Aquino, Luc Biscan-White, Madelaine Corbin, Marcus Maeder, Marina Heron-Tsaplina, Marion Belanger, Mark Brest van Kempen, Martha Lewis, Maru Garcia, Mary Mattingly, Mary Swander, Mary Waltham, masharu, Melinda Hurst Frye, Melinda Kiefer Santiago, Micheal Wang, Miranda Whall, Moira Bateman, Nanih Bvlvancha - Monique Verdin, Myka Baum, Myriel Milićević and Susanne Jaschko, Nancy Macko, Nancy Winship Milliken, Nikki Lindt, Nina Rastgar, Olivia Newroz, (p)Art of the Biomass - Holmstedt & Lobell, Pamela Casper, Pattie Beerens, Paula Castillo, Perdita Phillips, Peter Ward, Phil Lambert, Priscilla Stadler, Rachel Frank, Rebecca Schultz, Renata Buziak, Rhonda Janke, Riva Weinstein, Robert Dash, Robin Raznick, Ruben Olguin, Ruth Loveland, Ruth Wallen, Samantha Passaniti, Samuel Johnstone, Sarah Misselbrook, Saskia Jorda, Saša Spačal, Shawn Skabelund, Sheila Novak, Soil Health & Agroecological Living Lab, Sophy King, Stacy Levy, Stefania Boiano, Steffie de Gaetano, Stephanie Garon, Stephanie Rothenberg, Susan Felter, Susan Rostow, Susan Smith, Susan Suntree, Susana Soares Pinto, Tim Andreae, Tim Collins & Reiko Goto, The Soil Factory, The Tissue Culture & Art Project (TC&A), Valerie Constantino, Vaughn Bell, Veronika Pfaffinger, Veslemøy Lilleengen, Vicki Mansoor, Violet Bond, Kosmologym - Walker Tufts
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Transforming the Desert: Utility-Scale Solar in California’s Mojave is the recent dispatch by Kim Stringfellow, The Mojave Project. November 23, 2025. above Exploring the Transformative Powers of Art and Soil: The Farm/Art DTour’s Rural-Urban Flow is a chapter in Rural Imaginations for a Globalized World. Published 2025. Microcosms: Sacred Plants of the Americas is the recently published book by Jill Pflugueber and Steven F. White which brings together anthropology, art, spirituality, and ancient wisdom to reveal the inner lives of plants and fungi with over 50 culturally significant plants as seen through cutting-edge confocal plant microscopy. Published by Papadakis, October 2025. Above
Uncivilised Art is the latest special issue published by Dark Mountain in the UK, Autumn Issue 28, including works by Nastassja Noell, Liz Miller-Kovacs, Carol Padberg, Kala Stein, Basia Irland, Quin de la Mer, and Clare Thomas.
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