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"Overgrown"

Provided by: Jill Pelto Gallery |Published on: April 27, 2021
Artwork Grades 6-8, 9-12

Synopsis

  • Jill Pelto incorporates graphs into visual art in an elegant way, blending the meaning and relevance of the data into an artistic representation that expands the impact of the data.
  • "Overgrown" uses graphs of predicted temperature rise as a visual break to demonstrate the impact of climate change on native plant species in Maine, including the changes in their abundance and the new plant species that will move in with rising temperatures.
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Subjects: Biology, Visual and Performing Arts
Authors: Jill Pelto Gallery
Region: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, Maine
Languages: English

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About the Partner Provider

Jill Pelto
Jill Pelto is an artist and scientist whose work focuses on communicating human-environment connections. She incorporates scientific research and data directly into her watercolor paintings — from local trends to global changes. Jill’s artwork was featured on the cover of TIME Magazine in July 2020 and has inspired online features in Smithsonian and PBS News Hour. Jill has created a science-art activity based on this idea and has worked with K-12 students across the U.S. and beyond. By pairing graphical information with visual imagery, Jill hopes students can learn about and connect to climate change topics (good, bad, and in-between) in ways that educate and are emotionally relevant. This data-art activity is flexible and allows students to make their own graph art to share topics they care about.