Our Soil, beyond materiality is curated by Alexandra Santos

This exhibition merges scientific research with creative expression to reveal how soil health connects to human health, community resilience, and Caribbean identity. St. Croix’s Victory Soil will be featured. Through hands-on workshops, film screenings, guided artist tours, and field trips, visitors of all ages will discover why soil matters—and why artists and scientists must work together.

About Arte-Suelo-Ser and Museo de Suelos del Caribe
Since 2020, this Puerto Rican collective has championed soil literacy as essential to environmental and human health. They've spent the past three years researching soil health on St. Croix, building partnerships with local farmers, UVI's Agricultural Department, and community food security organizations. Their Virtual Soil Museum of the Caribbean (suelosdelcaribe.org) invites visitors to explore regional soils through art, science, and culture. Their work is supported by the USDA and the Caribbean Culture Fund.

About the Soil Museum of the Caribbean (Museo Suelos del Caribe):

We are a group of Puerto Rican women with allies in latin America and the Caribbean; among them, soil scientis, environmental scientists, artists, cultural managers, health educators, anthropologists and community leaders who share the same vision. We believe in coexistence with the living soil. We work to increase knowledge about soil health for the well-being of humans, our bodies, territories and ecosystsems.

The Soil Heritage Project is a component of the Soil Museum that will make its public debut through this exhibition. We are especially excited to share this work, as it represents an important milestone in documenting and celebrating the soil heritage of the Virgin Islands.