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“Haptic Knowing”
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum, Monticito CA ends Nov 7 AND “Food and Beyond, Beyond Food” Charlie James Gallery, LA ends Nov 7

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Join us this summer at Swale House!

SOIL SHROUD ROOM at Swale House, Governors Island, NYC

Launching May 16 at 1pm EDT

Nolan Park, Building 6b

Through October 25, 2026

The Soil Shroud Room, presented by ecoartspace, brings together textiles previously submerged in soils from around the world as an artistic expression of the minerals and microorganisms that connect us with ancestral lands. Since 2023, over thirty artists have participated in the online Soil Dialogues, where the concept of burying and transforming textiles was simultaneously initiated in England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Oman, Canada, Australia and the US.

This summer, visitors to Swale House are invited to contribute to this international collaborative work, to bury, clean, paint, print, embroider, and stitch together soil textiles into an ever-growing collective shroud.

On view within the space in various stages of progress, textiles will hang from clotheslines. These soil expressions will be sewn together during monthly programs. If you would like to participate, we invite you to bury a textile in the nearby garden on Governors Island or in your backyard.

We will be holding monthly Zoom events where you can receive instructions if you would like to participate from afar (email info@ecoartspace.org).

Saturday, May 16, 1-2pm

Patricia Watts will give a public introduction to the Soil Shroud Room outlining the events and outcomes leading up to this installation, and review historical soil artists as she has written about in the recent ecoartspace publication Soils Turn

Saturday, June 20, 2-4pm

Lauren Alyssa Bierly and Melinda K. Santiago, learn the textile burial process and how to clean exhumed textiles

Saturday, July 11, 2-3pm

From Assembling to Witnessing talk with Dr. Alexandra R. Toland, exploring different practices of making work with and about soils as featured in the book Soils Turn, with Pamela Casper who will describe her soil textile process

More programs listed below in comments

#swalehouse #soilshroudroom #ecoartspace2026 #soildialogues #soilsturn #governorsisland #NYC by @andi_bers

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5 months ago

The flock grows with year end reflection, contemplating the space between form and formlessness through the radical act of looking. #watercolor #canaryinacoalmine by @andi_bers

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2 years ago

Thank you @artiq_cm and Constance Mallinson for this lovely writeup! Posted @withregram • @artiq_cm Andrea Bersaglieri’s “Underblossom”, Charcoal on Paper, 100X144”, 2023. Featured at Stuart Haaga Gallery Descanso Gardens in the Exhibition “0 Horizon” curated by Carole Ann Klonarides on view through September 2023

At a commanding scale, Bersaglieri’s richly detailed 2 part horizontal charcoal drawing depicts an outsized cutaway slice of soil surface and its substratum. Adhering closely to the theme of the exhibition described by Klonarides as comparing a forest floor ecosystem with its own language (tree roots are now known to communicate), intelligence and mutual interdependencies with human life, the artist reveals the usually unnoticed roots, rocks, clumps, tubers, fungi, compressed rotting and decaying matter beneath our feet to draw metaphors of nature/human/culture interconnectedness. Alongside her scientifically meticulous watercolor renderings of dead birds done during the pandemic (and rightfully memorializing those dying from COVID with the expired birds) Bersaglieri’s work resonates with a Ruskinian love of nature and its faithful representation. Every “lowly bank and mouldering stone” for Ruskin had divine purpose and beauty and he wrote of organisms cohering and cooperating with fundamental laws that extended from nature to art to society. Viewing these stunning artworks indeed feels like a 19th century throwback to Romantic era art technical prowess and poetry. Further emphasizing the nature/art associations, the artist mimics the soil microbes themselves as they both create fertile soil with their life enriching processes. Placing her squarely in the present however, is the oscillation between abstraction and figuration underscored by craggy white voids near the bottom of the drawing where fragments break loose and fall away from the whole as if shaken by an earthquake. In light of Bersaglieri’s mind for metaphor, the suggestion of impending destruction of the underground ecosystem seems to forebode the same for us. by @andi_bers

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“Food and Beyond beyond Food”
Curated by Narsiso Martinez in conjunction with his solo show “Eat Happy” at Charlie James Gallery

“Haptic Knowing” Curated by Chris Rupp with Carol Shaw Sutton at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum at Westmont College in Santa Barbara

Both up through November 7th!
@narsisomartinez @charliejamesgallery #chrisrupp @carolshawsutton @westmontridleytreemuseum #charcoal #drawing #worksonpaper #soilislife by @andi_bers

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Happy Birthday to the man, the myth, the legend, Babban and the love of my life! We love you Hagop! 🩵🩷🩵🩷🩵🩷 @factorynajar1969 @artdashes @je_suis_evy @toephany by @andi_bers

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Well, that was fun! Excellent, energetic, hope inspiring opening reception for @narsisomartinez solo @charliejamesgallery Eat Happy, plus the Narsiso curated group show Food and Beyond, Beyond Food with me (yay!) Jesse Slim, Karen Tepaz and Ash Jose Isisp 🩵🩵🩵 Incredible work and people! Up through Nov 7th! @_slimfactory @k_tepaz #ashleyjoseisip As always, thanks to my bestie and personal paparazzo @factorynajar1969 🥰 taken in Charlie James Gallery by @andi_bers

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Thanks so much to everyone who came out to celebrate Narsiso Martinez’s new show(s) with us last night it was such a joy…

Narsiso’s solo show “Eat Happy” and the group show he curated “Food and Beyond, Beyond Food” are up thru November 7th at the gallery, come see!

Narsiso Martinez
Eat Happy

969 CHUNG KING ROAD
SEPTEMBER 25 - NOVEMBER 7, 2026

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Food and Beyond, Beyond Food
Curated by Narsiso Martinez

969 CHUNG KING ROAD
SEPTEMBER 25 - NOVEMBER 7, 2026

Food and Beyond, Beyond Food is a group exhibition that connects four female artists from different cultural backgrounds through the idea of food and nourishment. Curated by Narsiso Martinez, the show features works by Andrea Bersaglieri, Ashley Jose-Isip, Jessy Slim, and Karen Tepaz. The show will run concurrently with Narsiso Martinez’s solo exhibition “Eat Happy.

Bravo Narsiso! Special thanks to the Oaxacan dancers who performed so beautifully!

@narsisomartinez @ever.a.k.a.thegirlabouttown @_slimfactory @snacktwinn @k_tepaz @andi_bers #charliejamesgallery taken in Charlie James Gallery by @andi_bers

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TONIGHT!

I love Narsiso so much and am so grateful to be part of the group show he curated alongside incredible artists. His solo show is nothing short of stunning as usual.

Join us tonight for the opening party -

Narsiso Martinez
Eat Happy
969 CHUNG KING ROAD
SEPTEMBER 25 - NOVEMBER 7, 2026
OPENING RECEPTION: SEPTEMBER 25, 5-8PM
By incorporating found objects and working at the intersection of figuration, installation, and sculpture, Martinez calls attention to the dissonance between agricultural abundance and the exploitation of those who make it possible. His art challenges viewers to consider the systems behind the food they consume, and the people whose labor sustains them — many of whom remain undocumented and unprotected.
The show will be supported by Food and Beyond, Beyond Food, a group exhibition that connects four female artists from different cultural backgrounds through the idea of food and nourishment. Curated by Narsiso Martinez, the show features works by Andrea Bersaglieri, Ashley Jose-Isip, Jessy Slim, and Karen Tepaz. The show will run concurrently with Narsiso Martinez’s solo exhibition “Eat Happy”.

#chickpeasdebutinLA #narsisitoforever #itwillbeaparty #contemporaryart #contemporarypractice by @andi_bers

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FRIDAY Sept 25th 5-8pm!

Narsiso Martinez will be opening his solo show at Charlie James Gallery titled Eat Happy. He has curated a group show called Food and Beyond Beyond Food to coincide with his show.

Beyond and Food Beyond Food is a group exhibition that connects four female artists from different cultural backgrounds through the idea of food and nourishment. Andrea Bersaglieri’s black and white large charcoal drawings of soil reminds us that fertile land is not forever, and that we need to take care of it so that in return, it can continue to nourishing us. Jessy Slim’s usage of chickpeas as “paint” not only reminds us that art materials can come from the least expected sources, but also this chickpea “paint” helps her grapple with nostalgia from her homeland in Lebanon. Ash Jose references a multiplicity of elements like fast food restaurants, artificial sweets, and plates to explore the Filipino-American identity. She questions the artificiality of what we put in our bodies and impermanence of our surroundings. Karen Tepaz’s abstract and organic shaped ceramic sculptures allude to motherhood and nourishment. These artists,individually, have their own perspectives and practices, but what is similar is their emphasis on the subject of nourishment in many ways beyond food.

Opens Friday, September 25th 5-8pm, up through November 6th @narsisomartinez @charliejamesgallery @_slimfactory @k_tepaz 📽️ @artdashes taken in Charlie James Gallery by @andi_bers

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Narsiso Martinez will be having a solo show opening at @charliejamesgallery September 25th titled Eat Happy. He has curated a group show called Food and Beyond to coincide with his show.

Beyond and Food is a group exhibition that connects four female artists from different cultural backgrounds through the idea of food and nourishment. Andrea Bersaglieri’s @andi_bers black and white large charcoal drawings of soil reminds us that fertile land is not forever, and that we need to take care of it so that in return, it can continue to nourishing us. Jessy Slim’s @_slimfactory usage of chickpeas as “paint” not only reminds us that art materials can come from the least expected sources, but also this chickpea “paint” helps her grapple with nostalgia from her homeland in Lebanon. Ash Jose references a multiplicity of elements like fast food restaurants, artificial sweets, and plates to explore the Filipino-American identity. She questions the artificiality of what we put in our bodies and impermanence of our surroundings. Karen Tepaz’s @k_tepaz abstract and organic shaped ceramic sculptures allude to motherhood and nourishment. These artists,individually, have their own perspectives and practices, but what is similar is their emphasis on the subject of nourishment in many ways beyond food.

I am thrilled to be part of this important show! Thank you @narsisomartinez !

Opens Friday, September 25th 5-8pm, up through November 6th taken in Charlie James Gallery by @andi_bers

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Our first artist highlight of the 2026-2027 season is Andrea Bersaglieri in “Haptic Knowing.”

Bersaglieri, known for her analytical, observation drawings, paintings and prints, explores organic specimen found in urban and surban communities. She focuses on the soil, investigating the particulars of nature in her immediate surroundings to reveal universal answers to unformed questions about her observations of the world around her.

Visit the muesum today to learn more about Bersaglieri’s process and to see her exploratory work up close!

Open September 3 - November 7, 2026.

Monday through Friday 10am-4pm,
Saturday 11am-5pm.

Learn more from our website - link in bio. taken in Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art by @andi_bers

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If you find yourself anywhere near Santa Barbara between now and Nov 7th, try to catching this show, it really should be seen in person.

Conceived by the incredible Carol Shaw Sutton and Chris Rupp
“Haptic Knowing” at the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art includes @carolshawsutton @leafeinstein @janetneuwalder and @eliot_spaulding “…exploring touch as a way of thinking, revealing knowledge shaped by texture, resistance and the intelligence of the hand”

Chris and his team went above and beyond with care, thoughtfulness and effort with this installation, including an actual soil wall on which to hang my “Home Soil Pods!” Here are some pix from the crowded opening:

1. Artists and curator
3. @janetneuwalder
4. & 5. @carolshawsutton
4. @leafeinstein
5. @eliot_spaulding
6. Home Soil installation
7. Me and my peeps and paparazzi @factorynajar1969 @je_suis_evy @artdashes @toephany 🩵🩵🩵 taken in Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art by @andi_bers

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