We are excited to announce that Earth Art Studio will be open to the public for FREE on every Second Saturday this Spring!
Join us March 14th, April 11th or May 9th from 10AM – 4PM for self-guided tours of the H2O exhibition in the studio and sculpture garden!
If you’ve been meaning to make it out here, now’s your chance, we look forward to seeing you!
We will be sharing each of the artists participating in our current exhibition H2O through our blog series, Artists Sharing Artists, so you can learn a little more about them and their artwork. If you’d like to come see the show in person, please check out our pop-up event schedule and/or book a private tour with us! If you’d like to purchase work, please contact us!
About the Artist:
Mexico beckoned and Christa Assad relocated her home and studio south of the border in 2017. She was captivated by the small Pueblo Mágico of Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, with its colorful decorations dangling across the narrow streets, and one long dirt road out to her new land. Her desert hideaway now houses the only wood kiln in Baja, and there she enjoys experimenting with local clay and found treasures from her hikes in the dramatic landscape. She balances her time between potting and painting, beach combing and exploring cities on the mainland.
Assad’s work is in the permanent collections of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Ceramic Research Center at Arizona State University Museum, and The Penn State Fulbright Scholar Collection, and is included in Garth Clark’s Shards, Kevin A. Hluch’s The Art of Contemporary Pottery, and Lark Books‘ 500 Teapots and 500 Pitchers. Her paintings can be found locally at Galeria Militar in central Todos Santos as well as by appointment at her studio in Las Playitas.
About the Art:
Have you ever done something and been surprised by how such a seemingly small act can affect so many other people or things? Like the tides shape the shoreline of our Baja beaches, one movement pushes and forms the next. The “ripple effect” is best known by examples such as a rock thrown in the water: the concentric circles formed around it continue to expand outward and distort according to any other forces at work.
Here in our beautiful desert of Las Playitas we have witnessed changes in the landscape resulting from the recent growth of the real estate market. Virgin desert forests are clear-cut to gain a better view of the ocean or to make way for a construction site. Roads are cut, widened and graded, fences are built, leaving less and less of a grazing area for the herds of cows and goats that rely on it for a good portion of their food source. Many species of animals, reptiles and insects lose their homes. Water paths and cycles are altered, and all of this affects the ecosystem and eventually our environment.
Having awareness of our actions, our words and our thoughts is crucial to how we affect our friends, strangers we encounter, the paths we follow, and in the long run, the planet. The ripple effect is physics – physical science – that we can actually see.
Art imitates life. This painting was made starting at the right-hand side with the light pink stripe. I tried my best to paint a straight, continuous stripe of the same width (based on the brush), trying not to lift the brush except to dip into the paint. When my hand wavered or I fumbled the brush, I let that be a record of the process – the accidents and missteps of life. With each stripe that followed in a different color, I followed the edge of the previous stripe so that, very gradually, the ripple effect emerged.
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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.
Please contact us if you’d like to visit!
New Workshop Series: B CR8IV
Anapaula Garcia-Bucio of Casa Ladrillo will be leading us through weaving techniques that we’ll use to create sculptural woven branches all inspired by the colors of water. We’ll be using a variety of materials to weave with including upcycled beach trash.
A tour of our current exhibition H20 is included in your workshop!
Once again, I am equally amazed and delighted by all of you who came out to find us in the middle of the desert and share in our art adventures! By our count, we welcomed nearly 200 visitors for the opening reception of H2O! What?!?
Thank you so much to everyone who attended and to all the amazing artists who put some very long days into making the work for this exhibition – it is absolutely extraordinary!
We love supporting working artists, so if you saw some art that you’re interested in purchasing, please contact us. Local delivery is included in your purchase and shipping options are available.
If you missed the opening – don’t worry! The exhibition runs through the end of May and we have lots of pop-up events happening in the coming months. You can also book a private tour of the studio and sculpture garden – so come visit!
We are SO grateful for everyone who has donated to our sculpture garden mission!
With your help we are able to create new sculptures for the permanent collection of the Earth Art Studio sculpture garden, off-set local artists costs for exhibiting here, maintain the trails + make upgrades to the garden but most importantly, make visits free to local schools + educational groups.
We have installed new 3D ceramic GRACIAS letters in the garden and are creating personalized plaques for each donor. New native plants are being added alongside ceramic creations, it is a perpetual work in progress!
Want to be a part of it?
Click here to donate and we’ll make a plaque to add to the garden in your honor!
Want to share a creative corner of our area with out-of-town guests?
Join us at Earth Art Studio for a private tour of the studio, sculpture garden and create a hands-on, take home art project in our Nest!
Book your appointment here…
Just in time for Valentine’s Day!
Handmade ceramic Art Hearts are the perfect gift for the loves in your life. They are available in a variety of styles on metal stems that can go in the garden or get tied up with a bunch of fresh flowers or on twine loops that make great ornaments.
Pick some up today at the Barro Sur gift shop or at Earth Art Studio in Todos Santos.
A huge thank you to everyone that came ALLLLL the way out to our studio in the middle of nowhere for our 2nd Todos Santos Open Studios! We loved meeting and talking with all of you!
Especially grateful to those of you that bought art and donated to the sculpture garden – you are so appreciated and help us keep doing what we’re doing! If you missed coming out this weekend or you want to come again, schedule a private tour with us!
Did you love your studio + sculpture garden visit? Please consider writing us a review, mil gracias for your support!!
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Join us at Earth Art Studio for our 2nd annual Open Studios Art Tour!
Nearly 60 artists are participating this year from Pescadero to Las Playitas. It’s a great opportunity to chat with artists, explore new corners of our pueblo and of course BUY ART!
We are artist #20 on the map, look for us on the detail Las Playitas map along with neighboring artists Christa Assad #21 + Amanda Szopinski #22.
Looking forward to seeing you all this weekend!
For more info about the Art Tour or to purchase tickets visit: todossantosopenstudios.org