The sculpture garden at Earth Art Studio is a perpetual work in progress. We want you to have new corners to visit and new art to enjoy, making each visit unique. When you donate, you help us…
create new sculptures + installations for the permanent collection of the garden
off-set local artists costs for exhibiting like transportation, installation + infrastructure
maintain the sculpture trail – the desert likes to take over!
make upgrades to the garden like new features, nooks + trails to explore
make visits free to local schools + educational groups
It hasn’t rained in almost a year, and it would appear that most of the plants in the desert are dead. When you look out the studio windows, you see the desert in all shades of brown with leafless gnarled, tangled sticks, sparse and bare except for the green of the cardón cactus. But, what has amazed me about this landscape is that if you look closer, you will see signs of life everywhere. There may not be enough energy in a plant to put out leaves and photosynthesize but it might throw out some flowers for the pollinators. Sometimes the flowers are very short lived, wilting in the summer heat but they are there and getting their seeds ready for when the rains do come.
Last week we were overrun by ants that were carrying all their eggs to higher ground, trying to nest in our kitchen and furniture. They weren’t looking for the crumbs on the counter or the drip down the side of the honey jar, they somehow knew that it is the season of the rains and they needed to find a better spot to hide out their next generation. Life in the desert is a lesson in patience and opportunity, you see it in the birds, plants and mammals and I find it fascinating to watch.
Just this morning we got a light sprinkling of the first rain of the season – it was hardly enough to even be called rain, but in the desert every drop counts. As the season progresses, the storms off the ocean will inevitability come closer to land and the afternoon thunderstorms in the mountains will spill out to our area. We will be inundated with water, and for a time it will feel like way too much water. But it only lasts for a small period of time and the desert will soak up enough to last through the whole next year. Stay tuned as we watch the desert come alive again and turn from brown to vibrant green, until then, we wait for the rain.
We’ve created a new platform on the website to make it easier to sign up for tours of the studio and sculpture garden. You can book your tour months ahead when you’re making vacation plans or share it with friends who you know love art, nature + the adventure of finding us!
Please drop us an email to inquire about group rates (6 or more), corporate retreats + specialty events. We’d love to plan something special with you!
Note that summer tour rates are available July – Sept.
We have wearables, stickers, books and more available! We will be adding more products in soon for local pick up in Todos Santos but if you’re from out of the area, there are downloadable books and classes too!
You can also donate to our sculpture garden to help us keep it growing and share our space with educational groups!
The heat of summer has officially descended on us in the desert! If you want to come sweat it out with us over here, we just posted our summer rates for tours of the studio and sculpture garden.
These rates will only be good through the end of September, so take advantage of the off season rates while you can!
We took advantage of the cool weather and cloud cover today to work on the sculpture trail and make a new path to one of the largest cardón cactus we have on the property. Now when you visit you can get up close and personal with this amazing cardón that could be hundreds of years old! Come visit again soon!🌵
You made the drive. You followed the dirt road way past where the pavement ends, and discovered Earth Art Studio in middle of the Baja desert. You found where art + nature meet. If that experience stayed with you — we’d love your help sharing it.
Your review is how the next person finds us. Every review makes a real difference for a hidden gem like ours. It helps the right people — the curious and adventurous ones, find their way down that dirt road.
Last week Earth Art Studio hosted 15 students from the Escuela de la Palapa, a local school in Todos Santos. These students were selected for their interest in art and were given a tour of the studio, sculpture garden and we made a take home art project inspired by one of our protected endemic trees, the Torote. It was a great visit and the kids really enjoyed it, plus I got a chance to really practice my Spanish! You can see a few more pics of their visit here.
It is my hope that in the future, Earth Art Studio can continue to offer these opportunities to local students and schools for FREE! We want to build community through the arts, making art and nature accessible to everyone. We are supplementing the costs of these field trips through donations, and you can help!
We will be saving the planet in our own crafty way – turning single use plastic bags into usable baskets. This workshop will be taught by Anapaula of Casa Ladrillo.
Fresh out of the kiln, these new Art Hearts with Baja inspired designs are super sweet!
They are available as ornaments or on metal stems to plant in the garden. Each one is hand made and glazed individually and at 500p each, they make great gifts!
We’re open by appointment only, so please drop us a message if you’d like to come pick some up!
