Encaustic Art Institute Proudly Presents

5th Annual Global Warming is REAL Exhibition

July 10 – August 27

Global Warming is REAL. As nations and economies shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, pollution levels and human patterns change in ways that were detectable by satellites. As all types of social, economic, industrial, and urban activity suddenly shut off, nature took advantage and showed improvement in the quality of air, rivers, less noise pollution, and undisturbed and calm wildlife. COVID-19 may have temporarily lessened our carbon footprint, giving us a view into what our individual effect on Global Warming constitutes. At the same time, Climate Change is becoming more visible and tangible through increased fires, glaciers melting and warming oceans.

The Call for Art for this juried exhibit produced a great response with many insightful and aesthetically beautiful encaustic/wax entries. The artists submitting work to be juried into this exhibit faced tough competition. The juror, Shannon Amidon has selected a strong showing of work addressing the theme of Global Warming.

A creative interpretation of the Global Warming theme was to be at the heart of the work submitted for this exhibit. Juror Shannon Amidon chose twenty-seven pieces that embody the theme and call attention to not only the prominent and well-known issues but also to some of the lesser-discussed areas encompassed in climate change, such as consumerism, species extinction, and climate migration. Her goal was to select work that would round out the exhibition in such a way as to highlight the multiple facets and manifestations of the urgent climate change we face today.

To see an overview of the exhibit, allow the slideshow to run automatically.

Slideshow controls: Slideshow plays automatically. To pause the slideshow, click the pause/play icon on the top right border of the slides. To advance the slides manually, click the yellow arrow > on the top right. To reverse the slides manually, click the yellow arrow < on the top left. If you click anywhere on the slide you will cause the slideshow to pause. To restart autoplay, click the pause/play icon on the top border next to the right arrow.

To go directly to an artist’s individual page, click the “See Artist Page” button. To return to the exhibit main page, click the back arrow on your browser, or click the return to main exhibit link at the very bottom of each artists’ website page.

The selected artists have provided statements to give some additional context as to how their work addresses the global warming theme. Please don’t miss the statements, located on each artist’s individual website page (found by clicking the SEE ARTIST PAGE buttons on each slide above). Or you may click the link below to read a compilation of all of the artist statements.

To purchase, or to find out more about an artwork in the exhibit: click on the SEE ARTIST PAGE button for the artist from the slideshow above. Each artist has an individual website page. From these pages, you will see a larger image (click any image on the individual artist pages to see an enlarged view), details on the artwork, and the artist’s statement about how their work relates to the Global Warming theme. We have also included an image of the artwork in an interior room to help visualize how it might look in a home setting, and the Add to Cart buttons, should you wish to purchase.

We hope you enjoy the exhibition! Our thanks to Shannon Amidon, to all of the artists who submitted entries, and to the selected artists for their thought-provoking work.

For Quick Reference: Artists are listed alphabetically by last name in the grid gallery below. Click the page number indicator at the bottom right of the grid below to see thumbnail images for all 27 artists.

To go to each artist’s website page and see a larger-size image, details, price, artist’s statement, the add to cart button to purchase any artwork, and an image of the work in a room setting: click on any thumbnail image from the grid above.