2022 - Artforum, STATES OF MIND: Toward an alternative future for Jewish art "Isabel Mattia’s sculpture, a glass vessel holding equal volumes of lamb’s blood and the artist’s breast milk, was presented alongside Hannah Altman’s photographs of Mattia on the sculptor’s farm. Altman’s series first shows Mattia pregnant and ushering the farm’s lambs into the world, then culminates in an intimate portrait of the artist with her own child." - Solomon Brager
2022 - Fall River Herald, Art Beat: Finding community, connection at 'Fall River Makes! Part II' "And then there was Isabel Mattia. She presented works about nature and birth and motherhood, and her media included video, textile work and photography and all of those works are worthy of consideration and contemplation. But it was “The Tiny Book of Enormous Loss” that brought tears to my eyes…. ." - Don Wilkinson
2022 - Standard Times, These artists want to tell Whaling National Historical Park's story. Here's how they'll do it "We are thrilled to be working with such a talented and diverse group of artists this year” - Jennifer Smith
2018 - Newport Mercury, Live Wire "Mattia’s latest work is an elegant revolt against the predictability of space and forms, aesthetic or human" - Alexander Castro
2017 - Southcoast Today, Art Beat: Top 12 exhibits from the past year "Mattia’s sparse, ethereal sculptures whetted the appetite" - Don Wilkinson
2015 - Providence Journal article featuring The Firebird Golden Tree: http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20151022/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/151029824
2015 - video about The Firebird Golden Tree: Coxhub : http://www.coxhub.com/articles/festival-ballet-the-steel-yard-collaboration-enables-firebird-to-soar
2015 - Preview spot for The Firebird Golden Tree: Providence Journal: "Festival Ballet enlists Steel Yard for a striking look" - Bob Thayer. full story: http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20151005/NEWS/151009610
2015 - on The Firebird Golden Tree: Go Local Prov: "The Steel Yard and Isabel ... are such talented innovators and artists" - Mihailo Djuric. full story: http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/festival-ballet-providence-set-to-open-38th-season
2015 - on The Firebird Golden Tree: Broadway World: "The Ballets Russes were famous for bringing together artists like Picasso, Bakst and others to design scenery for their productions," Djuric said. "We hope to pay homage to that legacy by bringing in Isabel and The Steel Yard, who are leaders in the thriving art and design community here in Providence." Full story: http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwdance/article/Ballet-Russes-Reinvented-THE-NUTCRACKER-and-More-Set-for-Festival-Ballet-Providences-2015-16-Season-20150918
2015 - Feature on The River Project review : story and video by Dartmouth Week: http://dartmouth.villagesoup.com/p/with-video-the-river-project-marries-art-and-nature/1362712