They Give So Much
Surge: A Geography of Flow, Museum of Northwest Art
Created for Surge: A Geography of Flow at Museum of Northwest Art (Surge examines displacement and agency by exploring the boundaries, currents, and complex systems that drive the movement of people, plants, animals, and natural elements caused by climate change.)
Curated by Chloe Dye-Sherpe
72" x 96" x 8", Acrylic on canvas, jute, plaster and wire with lighting components, 2026
Dead trees lying flat in the tidal marsh provide habitat for beavers and juvenile salmon and higher ground for Sweet Gale to grow, safe from rising salt waters.
Sweet Gale is nitrogen-fixing, which helps heal damaged wetlands.
