Climacteric Series

This series was created for an environmentally focused show I curated at the Columbia City Gallery. Artists who participated were Anna McKee, Melissa Koch, and Suze Woolf.

Climacteric [klīˈmaktərik, ˌklīˌmakˈterik] Noun - a critical period or event. Adjective - having extreme and far-reaching implications or results; critical.

Our climate crisis produces symptoms as varied as heat and drought, disappearing ice, sea-level rise, habitat destruction and species extinction. Four artists’ work in areas of ice sheet retreat, forest fires and insect outbreaks, threats to salt water and all water, represent a kind of confluence – a joining of concerns.

By drawing visual attention, they evoke awe and anxiety – moved by both a sense of sacred trust and a belief in scientific method. Most of all, they want people to choose healing over harm—and be inspired to act.