'Surge' opens at MoNA: Artists portray climate change studies from scientist partners

COAL HAS FUELED OUR PAST – Well over 200 people flowed into the Museum of Northwest Art last weekend for the exhibit “Surge 2018.” Speaking to 76 people at the opening were Dr.

Jon Riedel, National Park Service, and Roger Fuller, Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, describing changes in estuaries, flood risk, glaciers and sea levels.

Carol MacIlroy, director of Skagit Climate Science Consortium, the exhibit’s co-host, discussed SC2’s relationship with MoNA. Photo: “Image 6, Teddy Bear Cove” (inserted photo: migrated coal pieces, collected while on site), one of six in the series, “Ecological Drift, 2017-2018,” inkjet prints (24” x 24”) by Barbara Miller and Dimitri Katsaros.