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Artists Sharing Artists: Abel Martinez Gonzales

Abel is one of the nine artists participating in Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras exhibition at Earth Art Studio. He is known for his jewelry but in this exhibition, he is working on a much larger scale showcasing three sculptures made from recycled metals and mixed materials such as corn husks and cardboard.

About the Artist:
Abel has spent 23 years as a jeweler originally from Jalisco and 17 years living in Todos Santos. The idea of how art is the creative and conscious manifestation between the human being and the universe, through the ability to maintain a prolonged focus and concentration. Curiosity has led him to transcend jewelry and delve into sculpture, using recycled materials to raise awareness of the garbage problem in our community. Seeker of human truth and the causes of its behavior. 

Work for Sale at Earth Art Studio:

Cosmodesierto | 100″x 50″ x38″ | mixed media | 30,000 mxn
Cosmodesierto (detail) | 100″x 50″ x38″ | mixed media | 30,000 mxn
Burro |78″x45″x40″ | mixed media | 15,000 mxn
Cactus | 25″x12″x 6″| recycled metal | SOLD

About the Art:

Cosmodesierto
The roadrunner, is adapted to maintain balance with the desert. Its reflexes help it survive in the ever-changing, rain-dependent environment of the Baja California Sur desert. It is adapted to live in droughts; it is a mysterious animal capable of devouring rattlesnakes. It is a very resilient and swift animal at the same time. 
To be a roadrunner is to be part of a unique and complete cosmos. Where humans see a limited desert, the roadrunner sees a perfect universe, even where the notion of time is irrelevant. The desert guides the roadrunner to an infinite and perfect space, where running elevates the definition of love to a perfect state of mind. 

Burro  
The donkey with a human body represents how moral consciousness manages the instinctive essence of impulses and anger. Wearing the mask can transform your personality into a completely free state of being. Braying, stamping, and wagging your tail can free you from the foundations of human ethics and morality and feel the essence of your psyche change.

 Cactus, the grandfather of the desert.


IG: @imaginabel.creativity.jewerly

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!

Artists Sharing Artists: Steven Jacobi

Steven is one of the nine artists participating in Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras exhibition at Earth Art Studio. He is showcasing a large hand-built stoneware piece that is displayed in the arroyo. His piece entitled, possible votive artifact, provenance unknown SJ-1112-TS has metallic oxides, glazes and has gone through multiple kiln firings to achieve its surface. 

About the Artist:

Steven discovered ceramics almost by accident, taking a summer pottery class with his mother while home from college in North Carolina. He was lucky enough to work for four years under well-known Japanese ceramic artist Hiroshi Sueyoshi; acquiring an attention to aesthetic detail and craftsmanship that guides his work to this day. He went on to study and assist at a variety of schools and studios where he learned a broad range of traditional and cutting-edge techniques.

Steven founded Barro Sur Studio in 2020, providing the Todos Santos community with its premier location for ceramic classes, artist workspace, ceramic supplies and a fully equipped studio with which to follow his own artistic path in clay. He loves creating ceramic sculpture and truly enjoys creating functional art and vessels for the home. During this years studio tour both sculptures and a variety of functional ware will be on display and available.

Work for Sale at Earth Art Studio:

possible votive artifact, provenance unknown SJ-1112-TS | 22″ x 22″ x 7″
59,000 MXN (view 1)
possible votive artifact, provenance unknown SJ-1112-TS | 22″ x 22″ x 7″ 59,000 MXN (view 2)
possible votive artifact, provenance unknown SJ-1112-TS | 22″ x 22″ x 7″
59,000 MXN (view 3)

About the Art:

The desert environment, with its sparse landscape and arid environment has for millennia been seen as a place of discovery. Preserved traces and artifacts of persons of mysterious origin are part of the lore surrounding our attraction to the desert the world over. Steven Jacobi continues his “unknown provenance” series with this piece, in which he seeks to touch on an emotional connection to the lives of others we can never truly know, yet feel the commonality of our shared humanity all the same. 


IG: @ceramicasrj studio@barrosur.com www.barrosur.com

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!

Artists Sharing Artists: Christa Assad

Christa is one of the nine artists participating in Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras exhibition at Earth Art Studio. She is showcasing 5 acrylic on plywood paintings of bones she found in the desert. She also has a selection of her wood fired wheel thrown pottery displayed for sale.

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.

Works for Sale at Earth Art Studio:

Cráneo I, 12″ x 12″, 5800mxn
Cráneo II, 12″ x 12″, 5800mxn
Cráneo III, 12″ x 12″, 5800mxn
Set of 3 Cráneos, 12″ x 12″, 15,000mxn
Mandíbulas, 24″ x 24″, 15,000mxn
Tres Amigos, 24″ x 24″, 15,000mxn

About the Art:
“My daily walks through the desert with my two Baja-born and rescued dogs is always what I call a ‘sniffari’ – an adventure full of scents. The dogs in particular have an excellent nose for deteriorating animals and bones. My infatuation with skulls and jaw bones has manifested quite a collection, and with collecting came creating paintings of the found objects. This series includes representations of deer, goat, and sea turtle skulls, and a conglomeration of cow jaw bones and teeth. I enjoy the intricacies of each skull and jaw bone and find the cow teeth especially amusing. I hope to inspire the viewer to take a closer look at the simple beauty of bone shapes and the subtlety of their colors, as well as their symbolism of death, decay and the return to the earth.”

– Christa Assad

christaassad.com IG: @christaassad

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!

Mujeres y Mycelium

Led by participating artist Natalia Szalc, the women of the Fungi Nipple Collective brought their orange glow to our slice of desert last Sunday. Complete with dance, soundscapes, poems, films and food and drinks all of which celebrated the connection of women and mycelium. The Fungi Nipple installation is comprised of hundreds of handmade clay forms that seem to be sprouting up in the arroyo. Here’s a few scenes from this pop-up event…

About the project: 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. – Natalia Szalc

photo credits: Fungi Nipple Collective members

Reminder: Fungi Nipple Performance this Sunday!

REMINDER:

Sunday April 27th | 4pm – sunset

Please join us for a pop-up performance by the Fungi Nipple Collective as a part of the exhibit Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras at Earth Art Studio. Food + Drinks available by ComidaViva, Mezcal Luna Maguey + Tierra Santa.

The studio and sculpture garden will be open for touring during the event.

Fungi Nipple Collective Performance

Pop-Up Event: Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras

Please join us at Earth Art Studio for a special performance in the arroyo with participating artist Natalia Szalc and the Fungi Nipple Collective. With Marcela Magdaleno Deschamps {monologue performance}, Marsseia {soundscapes}, Aya Xerena {poetry} & Rubi Olvera {film}.

Sunday April 27th | 4pm – sunset

The studio and sculpture garden will be open during the event.

About the project:

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.

mil gracias!!

Mil gracias to everyone who came out to celebrate the opening of Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras at Earth Art Studio last Saturday! Over 100 visitors walked through the desert exploring the sculptures and a special thank you to all of you who purchased art!

✨And to all the artists- you are truly amazing!! ✨

Missed the event? We have a line up of pop-up events coming up over the next few weeks, or make an appointment to come and get a curator tour of the show!

install week is coming!

The installation of Sticks + Stones | Palos y Piedras is coming up soon and a few works have started to find their way into the studio and sculpture garden. I’ve been cleaning up new sections of the sculpture trail and starting to rearrange the studio to make room for the work of 9 talented artists. I love that we will have sculpture in a variety of materials from plaster, to ceramic to bronze as well as paintings, installations and printmaking – it should be a very cool show. Details about the show here!

Here’s a few teaser bits of what is to come…

About the show:

What is the desert? Just sticks and stones? Local artists showcase what inspires them about living in the desert through sculptures, paintings, installations and more. Join us and walk the desert along our sculpture trail to find where art & nature meet.

Participating Artists:

Christa Assad, Steve Jacobi, Abel Martinez, Uli Martinez, Rudy Mendoza, Paolo Melandri, Natalia Szalc, Jenni Ward + Kevin Wickham