War, what is it good for?

Absolutely nothing.... and it's becoming more clear that the planet's "resources" are really what's driving these forever wars.

Today's message is going to be short and sweet. 

Reminder, the deadline for the fall 2025 Sustain(ability) & the Art Studio course is September 1. We are also taking Pre-Orders for the Soils Turn book, launching in October. You will find the list of 176 artists/scientists included in Soils Turn below

We will be on hiatus from the Zoom Dialogues through July/August, and will resume in September.

Another big welcome to twenty new members who joined in June!

Patricia Watts, founder/curator

Image: Six impact craters are visible at Iran's Fordow nuclear site the day after a US bombing campaign.Photo: MAXAR Technologies/Handout via Reuters

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Online Course for Members

October 18, 2025 - December 20, 2025

DEADLINE September 1, 2025

This will be our seventh course designed exclusively for ecoartspace members that will prepare artists to develop ways of thinking about sustainability in their practice, both conceptually and physically. Participants will learn how to wildcraft art materials, a practice that requires one to deepen their relationship with land, creativity, and self. We will also think critically about how one’s community and ecosystem are vital allies in a time of socio-ecological destabilization.  

All classes will be held on Saturdays from 2-4pm ET. The first three sessions will take place over three consecutive weeks, beginning on October 18. The final two classes will take place over two months, giving student time to execute a creative project of their own inspired by course content.

Cost is $375 per member  Approximately 12 participants max.

Email info@ecoartspace.org to participate

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ruth peche

My main interest is to explore the love/toxic relation between human beings and Nature. This relationship is usually oriented by the desire of control and pillage of the natural world. This human intervention, this “use” and “abuse” turns out to be a moral problem, driving us to a landscape deeply altered by humans, nature wounded to death by progress and civilization.   I am also involved in a research on  contemporary artistic work and its ecological footprint, in an attempt to critically analyze artistic practice itself.
www.ruthpeche.com

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PREORDER: Soils Turn, edition of 300! 

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 Milicevic, Nancy Macko, Nancy Winship Milliken, Nikki Lindt, Nina Rastgar, Olivia Newroz, Oran Catts, pArtoftheBiomass - 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 Johnston, 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, Valerie Constantino, Vaughn Bell, Veronika Pfaffinger, Veslemøy Lilleengen, Vicki Mansoor, Violet Bond, Walker Tufts

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announcements

Ayatana's Biophilium online and in person research programs Above

Linda Alterwitz Interview: Making Stunning Art with the Unthinkable, with the artist for Photo Whoa. Online. June 2025

Fixing Ecologies on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, is an article and video by June Julian, for ecological design collection, an online journal. 2025 

Getty Art and Sustainability Fellowship

Coral: Is It an Animal, Plant or Mineral? by Margot McMahon has won an NWPA Nationally Book Award.


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