Book Signing and Opening Reception for Seasons of Change and Our Expanding Oceans
Friday, November 11, 2011 – 6:00pm – 8:00pm

on exhibit November 12 – February 25

Seasons of Change: Global Warming in Your Backyard explores some of the specific regional impacts from global climate change.

Blending art and science into a comprehensive educational experience, Our Expanding Oceans will amaze, inspire, and inform.  Artist Mary Edna Fraser and geologist Orrin Pilkey explore the major elements of global climate change with an emphasis on melting ice and rising seas.  More than 60 dyed silk batiks depict aerial, satellite, and cartographic perspectives of our environment, producing stunning panoramas permeated with color. Written interpretation by Fraser and Pilkey accompanies the large scale silks.

Batik Artist Mary Edna Fraser and Dr. Orrin Pilkey will be the special guests this evening, and will be available for signings of their book Global Climate Change: A Primer (Duke University Press) co-authored by Orrin and Keith Pilkey with art by Mary Edna Fraser.  This is an “adults only” event; adult beverages will be served.  Tickets will be available through 11/9 at SciWorks front desk or by calling 336-714-7110, $20 per person.  RSVP by 11/9.

SciWorks
400 Hanes Mill Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27105

Here is a very interesting video about Indonesian batik from the UNESCO website.  I traveled to Jakarta and Bali in 1996 for the Dutch consulate.  I have an incredible collection of antique batiks on cotton that I bought in a market.

Friday’s art walk in Charleston was fun seeing friends in the crisp, clear weather.  Some incredible art is up this month including Mary Walker‘s big oils (she’s known for her printmaking) at the Corrigan Gallery and next door at Jeff Kopish’s at the Lime Blue Gallery.  Horton Hayes Fine Art Gallery had outstanding oil paintings by Chris Groves and he and Mark Horton are doing small workshops on oil painting and showed their students’ work upstairs.  Artists Eva Carter, Linda Fantuzzo, and Lynne Riding were out on the walk.  We stopped at numerous galleries ending at Nina Liu’s and hope to see you out on the next walk.

Part I: October 6 – November 13, 2011: Opening Reception, October 7, 2011, 7-9 pm
Part II: November 17 – December 21, 2011:  Opening Reception, November 17, 2011, 7-9 pm

Located in Columbia, SC, at the 701 Center for Contemporary Art, the exhibit features:

ALDWYTH, Hilton Head
JIM ARENDT, Conway
LUCY BAILEY, Irmo
ALICE BALLARD, Greenville
JAMES BUSBY, Irmo
SHAUN CASSIDY, Rock Hill
JAROD CHARZEWSKI, Charleston
JIM CONNELL, Rock Hill
STACY DAVIDSON, Rock Hill
MARY EDNA FRASER, Charleston
GWYLENE GALLIMARD/JEAN-MARIE MAUCLET, Charleston
MICHAEL GENTRY, Rock Hill
DAMOND HOWARD, Orangeburg
JRENEE, West Columbia
KIM LEDEE, Orangeburg
PETER LENZO, Columbia
KAREN ANN MYERS, Charleston
JON PRICHARD. Rock Hill
COLIN QUASHIE, Charleston
MARSHALL THOMAS, Charleston
CHRIS TODD, Conway
KATIE WALKER, Greenville
THOMAS WHICHARD, Rock Hill
WINSTON WINGO, Spartanburg

Hurricane’s ashore, written by Ashley Yeager, Duke Research Blog, Duke University, Durham, NC

Beam Me Up: The ubiquity of aerial imaging elevates our view of life, Trend Central, a blog by The Intelligence Group

Image-wise: Documenting global warming, batik-style, Shop Around Blog

States of Change, a blog by Climate Central, has posted an extensive article about my work: From the Front Lines of Climate: Mary Edna Fraser.

Climate Central is an independent, non-profit journalism and research organization. They are dedicated to connecting mainstream America with the realities of climate change.  Their content has been broadcast, published, or otherwise used by organizations including PBS, The Weather Channel, The New York Times, NPR, The Washington Post, MSNBC, TIME.com, Scientific American, Parade, and National Geographic.