June 15 - June 21, 2026

Swale House, Building 6B, Nolan Park, Governor's Island, NY

Organized by ecoartspace, Santa Fe, NM

This sea­son, Swale will col­lab­o­rate with ecoart­space and the Urban Soils Insti­tute to host res­i­den­cies, exhi­bi­tions, and pro­grams cen­tered around soil and the envi­ron­ment. These orga­ni­za­tions rec­og­nize the pow­er of art to make abstract ideas vis­i­ble and acces­si­ble. They seek to pro­vide oppor­tu­ni­ties for artists and soil sci­en­tists to explore com­mon inter­ests and pas­sions and engen­der stew­ard­ship of soil and ecology.

Swale began as a float­ing food for­est built atop a 5,000 square foot barge that trav­eled to pub­lic piers in New York City and wel­comed the pub­lic to har­vest herbs, fruits, and veg­eta­bles for free. Since 2016, Swale has pro­mot­ed Pub­lic Food and ecosys­tem ser­vices through edu­ca­tion­al work­shops and local cul­tur­al events. Swale con­tin­ues to pro­mote Pub­lic Food through advo­ca­cy, build­ing edi­ble land­scapes, and edu­ca­tion­al pro­gram­ming stress­ing how impor­tant it is for more peo­ple to be involved in address­ing food as a commons.