Abbreviations:
- CE = Common Era
- c. = circa (approximately)
Climate-Inspired Art
- Minoan vs. Classical Greek Paintings
- Namazu (鯰) or Ōnamazu (大鯰) the Earthshaker
- Winter (n.d.) by George O’Connell
- Kameyama: Clear Weather after Snow, Station 47, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (1832) by Hiroshige
- The Storm is Coming (1950) by Antonio Frasconi
- Warming Stripes (2018) by Ed Hawkins
- Environmental Graphiti
- Big Weather
The Little Ice Age (c. 1300-1850 CE)
- Representations of Colonialism and Climate Change in Art
- Lithographs from the Alps
- Winter Landscape Paintings by Dutch and English Masters
- Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851) by Emanuel Gottlieb Luetze
The Eruption of Mount Tambora (1815-1818 CE)
Modern Climate Change (c. 1980s CE-present)
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Nuclear Crossroads (1989) by Patrick Nagatani
- Feed Lot (1991) by Sue Coe
- Revival Ramp (1996) by Mel Chin
- La Tierra no esta Muriendo esta Siendo Asesinada…(The earth is not dying it is being assasinated) (2010) by La Escuela de Cultura Popular Mártires de 68
- ¿A Quien mataste?… (2010) by La Escuela de Cultura Popular Mártires de 68
- A Future Under Climate Tyranny (A 4℃ Warmer World) (2011) by Maggie Puckett
- Scherzo in Gray – Falcon and Mouse (2018-2020) by T. Klacsmann
- Mappings (2022) by Maya Lin
Climate Themes in Art
- Saharan Cave Art Provides Insight into Past Climate
- Volcanoes in Art
- Glaciers in Art
- Climate Change Murals from Around the World
Selected Resources
Articles
- Bentz, J. “Learning About Climate Change In, With and Through Art.” Climatic Change, vol. 162, 2020, pp. 1595-1612. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02804-4.
- Frasz, A. “Can Art Change How We Think About Climate Change?”Grantmakers in the Arts: Supporting Creative America. 2016. https://www.giarts.org/article/can-art-change-how-we-think-about-climate-change.
- Jacobs, T. “How Art Can Inspire Viewers Toward Climate Action.” Pacific Standard. 2019. https://psmag.com/environment/what-makes-activist-art-effective-climate-change.
- Ortiz, D. A. “The Climate Change Clues Hidden in Art History.” British Broadcasting Company. 2020. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200528-the-climate-change-clues-hidden-in-art-history.
- Roosen, L. J., et al. “Visual art as a way to communicate climate change: a psychological perspective on climate change–related art.” World Art, vol. 8, no. 1, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21500894.2017.1375002.
- Smith, W. F. “Climate Change Has Already Transformed Everything About Contemporary Art.” Art in America. 2020. https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/climate-change-contemporary-art-1202685626/.
- Sommer, L. K. and Klöckner, C. A. “Does activist art have the capacity to raise awareness in audiences?—A study on climate change art at the ArtCOP21 event in Paris.” Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, vol. 15, no. 1, 2021, pp. 60-75. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000247.
Artists
- Charlotte Allingham
- Tyana Arviso
- Mel Chin
- Mark Dion
- Bunky Echo-Hawk
- Laura Guertin
- Alicia Maria Siu
- Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison
- Greg Kahn
- Eve Mosher
- Neri Oxman
- Jill Pelto
- Alexis Rockman
- Tejal Shah
- Michael Snyder
- James Temte
- Marcus Trujillo
- Karen Romano Young
- 12 Artists on Climate Change (The New York Times)
Projects
- Art That Highlights Climate Change
- Data Decision Trees
- Dear Climate
- Future SHORELINE
- How to Move a Landscape
- Inside the Greenhouse: Climate Change Communication Through Theatre, Film, Fine Art, Performance Art and Television Programming
- Ouroboros Project
- Resilience in the Age of Climate Change
- Warming Warning
Teaching Resources
Websites