It's a wrap! Thank you to the almost 180 artists who applied to The New Geologic Epoch, and over 60 artists who recently became members. This month juror Mary Mattingly will review submissions and we will announce the selected artists for the fall online exhibition + book in July. 

Launching today, we have a special call for photographers for a pop-up exhibition in Santa Fe, New Mexico in November, titled As Above, So Below. The juror is Toby Jurovic, Director of the Barry Lopez Foundation for Art & Environment. A separate email will be sent out today with more information, please share! APPLY HERE

Recently, a member who's an art professor in Texas, referred one of her students for a summer internship. I'm pleased to announce that Jade Perea will be helping with our weekly SPOTLIGHTS and daily social media posts, among other valuable contributions, through July. see below

With gratitude for all that our members do to express their concern for the planet!

Patricia Watts, founder

Header image: by Tira Howard for New Mexico Magazine, 9/22/22

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Welcome Jade Perea, our summer intern!

Jade Perea was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She graduated in 2021 from the Masters Program at Santa Fe Community College receiving her high school diploma and an associates degree in fine art. As a Davis New Mexico Scholar, she's continuing her studies at St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas. Perea is a rising junior double majoring in Graphic Design and Art. In her spare time she enjoys many forms of crafting and creating.

online event

EDGE OF CHAOS

with Chris Drury

Thursday, June 15

United States: Noon PDT, 1pm MDT, 2pm CDT, 3pm EDT

Europe: 20:00 BST  Australia: Friday 5am AEST

Chris Drury will cover forty-five years of his art practice, as published in the new Special Edition book titled Edge of Chaos, to be published by Volume, an imprint of Thames and Hudson. The artist will review his works in the following categories: LAND, BODY WEAVING, HEAVEN AND EARTH, SYSTEMS IN THE BODY AND SYSTEMS ON THE PLANET, ENERGY, and TRANSFORMATION.

This event is open to the General Public for Free. All participants MUST REGISTER.

featured ecoartspace artist

shani nottingham

"I am known for my work with The Breadtag Project, a long term art/environmental/ awareness program, using breadtags as a creative medium. The breadtags are saved and sent to me from people all over the world, making these donators an inherent part of the creating process. As small pieces of single use plastic, breadtags are an abundant waste material, a polluting product that I reclaim and transform, moving past their initial purpose and life span to become something that has value and meaning, provoking response and creating a space for dialogue about single use plastic and waste. Whatever the medium, I am continually drawn to pattern, colour, line and repetition. The theme of collecting is consistent too, as I find solace and joy in the process of creating order from chaos, observing similarities and disparities." www.shani-nottingham.com

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We are currently at the printer with the Earthkeepers Handbook, which will be ready to ship mid-June. 220 copies were ordered and almost 180 are already spoken for.... Purchase your copy now!

Member contributors: Abigail Doan, Adeola Davies-Aiyeloja, Ahní Rocheleau, Alexa Kleinbard, Alexandra Toland, Alexis Williams, Aline Mare, Alyce Santoro, Amber Stucke, Amy Youngs, Andra Ragusila, andrea haenggi, Anna Chapman, Anna Mein, Anne Beck, Anne Mavor, Anne Yoncha, Annette Nykiel, Beth Bando, Beth Johnston, Beverly Naidus, Bibo Keeley, Billy X Curmano, Bremner Benedict, Candace Jensen, Carol Padberg, Cesar & Lois (Collective), Chrissie Orr, Christine Costan, Christopher Kennedy, Christopher Lin, Christy Hengst, Cindy Stockton-Moore, Cindy Stocton Moore, Clarice Yuen, Cynthia Pannucci, Dana Michele Hemes, Danielle Giudici Wallis, Deanna Pindell, Eileen Ryan, Elizabeth Kenneday, Evgenia Emets, Fariba Bogzaran, Felicia Young, Forest Keegel, Fredericka Foster, Inês Ferreira-Norman, Jacklyn Brickman, James Griffith, Jane Crayton/daPain, Jane Marsching, John Sabraw, Johnny Plastini, Julia Adzuki, Julie Anand, Kaitlin Bryson, Kathryn Logan, Kathryn Cellerini Moore, Ken Rinaldo, Kim Garrison Means, Kim Tanzer, L.C. Armstrong, Lauren Bon, Linda Stillman, Linda Weintraub, Lorraine Bubar, Lucas Ihlein, Madelaine Corbin, Mara G. Haseltine, Margot Lystra, Michele Brody, Navjeet Kaur, Nichole Speciale, Niku Kashef, Olivia Ann Hallstein, Pam Longobardi, Pamela Casper, Patricia Miranda, Peggy Cyphers, Perdita Phillips, Priscilla Stadler, Rachel Frank, Rhonda Janke, Riva Weinstein, Rosalind Lowry, Ruth Wallen, Salma Arastu, Sarah Lewison, Sehba Sarwar, Sheila Thompson, Skooby Laposky, Stacy Levy, Stéfy McKnight, Susan Karhroody, Susan Snipes, Susan Suntree, Ted Somogyi, Teresa Stern, Teressa Valla, Toni Gentilli, Tosca Terán, Wendy Brawer, William Gilbert, Zea Morvitz. Cover image by: Susan Hoenig.

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announcements

River Warriors 2023 is a celebration of twenty international river warriors including Basia Irland and Mary Mattingly, recently designated by the Lewis Pugh Foundation. Above

Big Basin Art About is a new overnight residency with California artists including Linda Gass, Adrienne Defendi, and Robin Lasser at Big Basin Redwoods State Park, California. June 3-4, 2023.

Project Launch Grant has been awarded to Bremner Benedict for her Hidden Waters, Arid Land Springs in the American West, by Center Santa Fe, in New Mexico. 

Reconnecting Humans to the Earth with Marina Tsaplina's Soil and Spirit is a feature article for online for Duke Arts. May 30, 2023.

Natalya Khorover has been selected for a Teaching Artist-in-Residence to conduct unique, hands-on, upcycling workshops at the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York. Through August 2023.

Meet Jimmy Fike, photographer and art professor was recently interviewed for a feature in Shoutout Arizona. May 30, 2023.

Guardhouse Program at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture has selected Judith Selby Lang for a one year residency in 2024 to activate a former military guard station presenting new work that responds to the natural surroundings, via FOR-SITE in San Francisco, California.

Keep Fossils Underground was an electric bus launch on Earth Day 2023 by Miami-Dade County artist-in-residence Xavier Cortada who painted extinct species covering the bus.

ecoartspace has served as a platform for artists addressing environmental issues since 1999. In 2020, we transitioned to a membership model. Members include artists, scientists, professionals, students, and advocates sharing resources and supporting each other's work. This is an inclusive, non-competitive collaborative environment where we can imagine and make real a healthy, equitable, resilient future.

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