This fun and creative project, Proyecto de Calaveras actually has a serious goal, to raise money to support our local rancheros who were losing dozens of livestock due to severe drought conditions.
My cow skull is designed with turquoise ceramic horns and is crawling with colorful ceramic dermestid beetles, an homage to the beauty of the cycle of life. He does need a name if anyone wants to come up with some creative suggestions!?
There is a Go Fund Me set up if you’d like to donate directly (note donation amounts are in pesos not dollars) or come down to Galeria Mangos in Todos Santos June 14-21, 11am-4pm to bid on a skull decorated by a local artist.
Please check out these talented artists that participated in our first group exhibition Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras!
I’m so sad to see this show go, I have loved having every single one of their works in my studio and sculpture garden. Learn more about each artist and their work through the Artists Sharing Artists series.
You can follow them on social media to keep in touch with their creative endeavors! Enjoy and be sure to come see our next exhibit coming this fall!
Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras Artists: Christa Assad, Steven Jacobi, Abel Martinez Gonzales, Kevin Wickham, Jenni Ward, Natalia Szalc, Ulises Martinez, Paolo Melandri + Rudy Mendoza.
Just a heads up that as we head into the summer season, Earth Art Studio will only be open for tours of the studio and sculpture garden by appointment. Please contact us if you’d like to visit!
And if you want to know about our upcoming events in the fall, please join the mailing list!
Please join us for the closing of Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras
Saturday May 31st 4pm – sunset
If you haven’t seen the show (or even if you have!) we invite you to come up and enjoy the final moments of our inaugural group spring exhibition. Walk through the sculpture garden, explore the studio, buy the art, and enjoy the food + drinks available from Comida Viva all while watching the sun set on the ocean. It might rain a bit or maybe not, but either way, it will be a beautiful afternoon – promise.
Want to learn more about the artists participating in the show? Check out our blog series ‘Artists Sharing Artists’.
Mil Gracias to the UBER talented Susun Gallery who while visiting us on her vacation, also upgraded the Earth Art Studio signs to a whole new level. Next time you visit, you’ll be greeted by these beauties at the gate, we are so grateful to her for sharing her talents and charm!
Coastal Rail Trail’s latest segment opens SANTA CRUZ >> Community members, local leaders and hundreds of Bay View Elementary students packed into La Barranca Park on Bay Street in Santa Cruz Wednesday morning for the official opening ceremony for the Segment 7, Phase II portion of the Coastal Rail Trail. People walk through Santa Cruz artist Jenni Ward’s “Feast of Flowers” as they arrive at Wednesday’s ceremony. Read more…
Kevin is one of the nine artists participating in Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras exhibition at Earth Art Studio. He is exhibiting a cast in bronze piece displayed in the arroyo and is also the architect who designed our studio through his business Taller de Terreno Arquitectura.
About the Artist: Kevin has a passion for minimalism as it relates to living spaces and sculptures that work in harmony with their natural surroundings. He was influenced by self-taught Japanese architect Tadao Ando and his use of concrete to express a minimal relationship between interior and exterior. Over the past 35 years Wickham has designed and built more than 50 of his own projects and countless others for clients and friends in the U.S., Mexico, and Southeast Asia. As early as 35 years ago, Wickham began incorporating passive design into his buildings, including solar energy, water collection, planted roofs, and natural lighting and insulation to make the buildings more sustainable. “My goal is to create minimal and beautiful living spaces that work in harmony with the site’s natural surroundings.”
About the Art: Inspired by minimalist forms that connect the natural world to the manmade world, Vaca began as a small piece of wood that Kevin found while roaming the desert. He was attracted to its shape which appeared to be similar to the form of a cow skull. Kevin had the piece of wood scanned, digitally enlarged and then 3D printed. The resulting form was then cast in bronze and given a patina.
Earth Art Studio believes in supporting working artists! Purchasing art work and/or contributing a donation for your visit to the sculpture trail helps keep our creative community thriving and making more art!
Currently, the studio is only open for scheduled events and by appointment.
Natalia is one of the nine artists participating in Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras exhibition at Earth Art Studio. She is exhibiting her site specific installation of fungi-nipples in our arroyo as well as smaller works in the studio.
About the Artist:
Inspired by nature, Natalia Szalc creates beautiful ceramic pieces that seamlessly blend form and function. Her work explores the delicate balance between structure, material, and design, often drawing influence from forest elements like fungi and moss. By integrating human body parts with aspects of the natural world, she reflects on our connection—or disconnection—with nature.
With a background in graphic design, Natalia now focuses on clay, crafting organic forms that emphasize balance, growth, and individuality. Originally from Poland and New York, and currently based in Todos Santos, B.C.S., her work is both introspective and evocative, inviting contemplation on the relationship between self and the natural world.
arroyo vivo i | ceramic 15″ x 13″ x 2″ | 30,000 mxnarroyo vivo ii | ceramic 16″ x 12″ x 2″ | 30,000 mxnarroyo vivo iii | ceramic + glass 12″ x 10″ x 2″ | 30,000 mxnfungi nipple windchime | ceramic, wood + cord | 32″x43″x4″ | 25,000 mxn
About the Art: What do mushrooms and women have in common? They both play a significant role in the creation of life on Earth: populating, nourishing, cultivating, and communicating. Similar to the mycelium network, women serve as facilitators of communication and builders of connections. They pass down valuable knowledge through generations and share supportive information that uplifts one another. The Fungi Nipple ceramic installation is a collaborative effort between myself and a group of women who create these pieces together to form a swarm of Fungi Nipples. The number of pieces reflects the vital role that women play in our world as creators of life and growth. A woman embodies Mother Nature herself, with a sacred connection to the earth and clay. By honoring and respecting the womb, we honor and respect the feminine – embracing the deep, mysterious realms of inner wisdom, feminine power, intuition, and living in harmony with the cycles of birth, growth, decay, death. and rebirth. This installation aims to recognize women as the creators of life and their profound connection to Mother Nature. What better way to establish this connection than through a simple acknowledgment? Acknowledgment can serve as a potent tool for building trust, shifting attitudes, and fostering collaboration. This installation is designed to spark conversations about the power and practice of acknowledgment, aligning ourselves with the essence of Mother Nature.
Earth Art Studio believes in supporting working artists! Purchasing art work and/or contributing a donation for your visit to the sculpture trail helps keep our creative community thriving and making more art!
Currently, the studio is only open for scheduled events and by appointment.
Paolo is one of the nine artists participating in Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras exhibition at Earth Art Studio. He is primarily a painter but dabbles in sculpture and his mixed media piece entitled, Impossibilita d’Amare (Impossibility to Love) in right at home in our sculpture garden.
About the Artist: Paolo was born in 1953 in Ravenna, Italy. Ravenna was the capital of the Western Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire and was a historical city of art and cultures, so since childhood he has been attracted to colors and art. After high school he studied art, theatre and set design. This love of art continually grows and evolves throughout life experiences, travels and intense strength to be able to peel back this veil of omerta or the wall of silence that shrouds the world. Paolo currently paints and sculpts in his studio in the desert just north of Todos Santos.
About the Art: Our deep roots from the center of the earth are affected by the current society making the individual more fragile and selfish, and at the same time transforming him into an unthinking being. This sculpture is a hymn to the awareness of taking back the intense and positive energy from the earth we tread and that we must love and respect.
Earth Art Studio believes in supporting working artists! Purchasing art work and/or contributing a donation for your visit to the sculpture trail helps keep our creative community thriving and making more art!
Currently, the studio is only open for scheduled events and by appointment.
