Valdosta National 2023 | Change in Weather

Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday: 10am-5pm, Friday: 10am-3pm (Admission is free of charge)
VSU’s Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery and Martha G. Smart Gallery are located on the first floor of the Fine Arts Building, at the intersection of Brookwood Drive and Oak Street.
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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION |
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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 |
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Awards: Announcement coming soon! |
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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” |
Works
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" |
Department of Art & Design
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VSU - College of the Arts
Department of Art & Design
Fine Arts Building
Room 1070A - 1st Floor
Valdosta, GA 31698 -
Mailing Address
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta, GA 31698 - Phone: 229.333.5835
- Fax: 229.259.5121
- Monday-Thursday
8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Friday
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.