Valdosta National 2023 | Change in Weather

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

The Valdosta National 2023 Change of Weather presents the best in national art in an all-media competition. Hosted by the Valdosta State University (VSU) Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery in Valdosta, Georgia, the 35th annual exhibition exploreS climate change and its impact on humans, ecology, the environment, and our future. Keeping the theme as open and broad as possible, Change of Weather welcomed a breath of responses to the topic.  

Exhibition Dates: January 17th – Feb 7th 

Awards:

Announcement coming soon!

About the Jurors:  

Dr. Jason Allard, PhD – Valdosta State University, Professor of Geography, Climatology. Dr. Allard teaches Weather & Climate, Global Climate Change, and Hazardous Environment. 

“My research interests include climate change and variability, quantifying climate change, human impacts on the climate, socio-economic impacts of climate change, and land surface-atmosphere interactions.” 

Polly Huff -Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College, Tifton GA. Curator and Finance and Operations, Georgia Museum of Agriculture. “As a curator of a museum about agriculture, I am firsthand witness to the changes and impact climate and the environment has changed the landscape of our region. Through the arts, we can document and educate in unparalleled ways the importance of this global situation” 

David Avery

The Last Roundup

Etching

7" x 6"

David Avery

Encore!

Hard ground

etching

7" x 10"

Sheldon Bachus

Not with a Bang but a Whimper

Polychrome Archival Print

30" x 40"

Sheldon Bachus

Witnesses to Climate Change

Polychrome Archival Print

16" x 20"

Kimberly Callas

Honey-eyed

3D Printed Mask -Painted PLA Filament

10" x 7" x 3.5"

Cesar Ceballos

Oceans Rising

Watercolor, gouache, ink pen, salt, and fruit leftovers

10" x 18"

Jo Cosme

Chronicles of aCatastrophic Future

Mixed Media

24" x 36"

Leslie Elliottsmith

Pandora's Box

Photographic print on rag paper

24" x 24"

Leslie Elliottsmith

Fated 

Digital photography

15" x 15"

Sheila Ferri

Greta's Burden

wire sculpture

19" x 11" x 11"

Jeanette Hammerstein

study of lost shores

oil on canvas

36" x 24"

Caroline HatfieldField

Research:File and Form(detail)

label holders,digital photographyprints, stamped aluminum

12.5" x 29"

David LaPalombara

Wildfire

Oil Paint on Hardwood Panel

18" x 24"

Laura Lawson

When the levees fail

Road atlas page of West Dallas, acrylic ink on polypropylene

8" x 10.75"

Michael Ligett

The Storm

Photograph

20" x 40"

Sara Lindsay

Decomposing Quilt

Digital projection on quilt

5:56 min.

Barbara Mann

Heirloom Oak Seed container

sterling silver, copper, bronze, peridot

3" x 3" x 2"

Barbara Mann

Okra Vase

sterling silver, sapphire, ruby, pearls, obsidian

5.5" x 4" x 4"

Larry McIntosh

Elsa Band

Digital Archival Print

20" x 30"

Jill Miller

Collateral Damage

oil on wood

11" x 14"

Anastasia Miroshnykova

Probability of life

Oil canvas

60 cm x 60 cm

Thomas Moberg

The Looming Front

Oil on paper

26" x 20"

Logan Mossor

Scorched Earth:Rebirth (1)

Ceramics

6" x 17" x 11"

Paul Murray

Enormity

Color Photography

22.5" x 29.5"

Erik Jon Olson

Amber Waves Good Bye

quilted plastic waste

53" x 44" x 2"

Brendan Quirk

Cutting the Forest

Fiber-based silver gelatin print from B/W negative film

8" x 10"

Richard P Stevens

March Into the Sea

Digital photographic art

16" x 24"

ChristopherTroutman

Living by Water: Southeast Texas and Southern Japan

charcoal, ink on printed digital drawing (Photoshop) paper

64" x 47"

David E. Weed

GLOBAL WARMING

(on/off)junction box, 12vparts, powder coat, chrome fasteners...

10" x 8" x 4"

Michael Woodle

The only thing that grows here now is cell towers

Pewter, Sterling Silver, Copper, Brass, Garnet

27" x 6" x 6"

Michael Woodle

They put a bombor bullet in every foot of this land

Pewter, Brass, Copper

24" x 9" x 8"

Marian Zielinski

Swept Away

Art Quilt

35" x 41"