Women Artists Are Bringing the Reality of Climate Change Into Your Living Room

Women artists are freezing time by documenting parts of our intact environment before climate change destroys them. For example, win sisters Christine and Margaret Wertheim have discovered a mathematical algorithm that enables them to crochet the world’s dying coral reefs. Spectacular multi-colored yarn, crocheted into prickly and wavy patterns, have inspired a worldwide, majority-women movement of coral reef crocheting, and an outcry from the public to save dying coral reefs. Furthermore, visual artist Zaria Forman’s paintings of unbelievably realistic glaciers are breathtaking, while also evoking a feeling of dread and urgency in the viewer who knows they are melting and causing rising tides. The Wertheim sisters and Forman’s art acts as climate education that inspires people to take action. Photo credit: Jenna Bascom, Courtesy of the Museum of Arts and Design & Zaria Forman, Courtesy of Winston Wächter Fine Art