Exhibitions

Environmental artist and educator Nancy Judd has created another awe-inspiring exhibition, Alterations: tailored solutions to climate change. Judd loves the challenge of making cast-offs elegant, inspiring viewers to look differently at waste and human impacts on our planet. Her utilization of fashion as her message beckons the audience to think about their own personal impact on the world and how they can make changes, however small, to make our home a better place.

In the most recent report conducted and published by the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it has been determined that recent changes in the climate are widespread, rapid and intensifying, unprecedented in thousands of years. The United Nations called a “code red for humanity.”

Alterations addresses the crucial and persisting need to adjust how humans live on the earth by increasing awareness of and commitment to, reversing climate change by taking “Ecochallenge” actions. Alterations is designed to educate the viewer about how they can reduce carbon in the atmosphere by pairing each sculpture with a science-based solution from the Drawdown Ecochallenge project (Drawdown Ecochallenge – Nancy Judd).  Large text panels share information about each sculpture, the specific environmental issue each piece addresses, and directs viewers to a web-based platform via cell phone where they can make immediate Ecochallenge commitments.

Alterations: tailored solutions to climate change features 15 sculptures that address topics including the ecological and social cost of our clothing, the food we consume, our connection to the land and sea, waste reduction, product packaging and waste, and the importance of bees in our world.  Premiering at the Atlanta International Airport in 2020 -2021 Alterations will now be available to museums and art centers around the US. View this informative video about Alterations and Nancy Judd.

The Alterations tour started on the ancestral homelands of the Muskogee Creek Nation in Atlanta, Georgia. As it travels to museums around the continent on the homelands of other Native American Nations, these local first peoples will also be acknowledged. The display can open a dialogue about Native lands and current tribal issues related to the environment and colonialism.

Nancy is available to give hands-on workshops and presentations on all of these issues. In 2019 she was invited by museum consultant and curator Deana Dartt (Chumash, Mestiza), to provide arts integration activities in her Native American cultural sensitivity trainings to museums working to decolonize their Native American art collections. The Suit of Invisible Settler Privilege, included in the exhibition was co-created with Ms. Dartt in these trainings.

Elements of the Exhibition

• 15 sculptures
• 13 large round sculpture panels
• 4 small additional sculpture panels
• 6 large exhibition panels • 2 videos
• On-line participation campaign
• Other miscellaneous items
• Artist available for presentations and workshops

Take a virtual tour of the exhibition installation at the Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond:

https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=ZGbjbj7TZH9

Ms. Judd has been commissioned by major corporations such as Target and Delta Airlines to create not only magnificent works of art, but also to convey the value of consumer consciousness and the future of our planet. Her creations have been exhibited worldwide and have caught the attention of major media including USA Today and CNN. In addition, her “Obamanos Coat”, constructed from Obama campaign door hangers and fit to the size of our 44th President, (hard to believe it was a decade ago at this point!) is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Instiitution.

Our ultimate goal for traveling Alterations. tailored solutions to climate change is to ‘get the word out’ and inspire viewers to become more ecologically aware, therefore taking whatever actions they can to reduce their own carbon footprint on our planet. The exhibit has been packaged in reusable carboard and plastic cartons that are economical to ship, reducing the overall cost of presentation.

Alterations is one of the most timely exhibitions available and offers infinite possibilities for public programming.