Surge, an exhibition designed to draw attention to climate change and its impact on the Northwest’s coastal communities, provides the forum for artists together with environmental researchers and educators to present the public with new perspectives on issues such as flooding, sea level rise and storm surge.

The relationships between scientists, artists, educators and community leaders have only strengthened since our first display of Surge, and public interest continues to build.

Artists in Surge

• Suze Woolf

• Mary Ashton

• Barbara Miller and Dimitri Katsaros

• Jazz Morgan

• Lin McJunkin and Ann Vandervelde

• Alice Dubiel

• Mary CossRachel Lodge

• Erica Grimm, Tracie Stewart, and Shainagh Anderson

• Cynthia Camlin, Heidi Epstein, and Jasmine Valandani

• Cara Jaye

• Clarissa Callensen

• Philip Govedare

• Margo Myers

Scientist Collaborators:

• Dr. Heidi Roop, Research Scientist, Climate Impacts Group

• Dr. Peter Neff, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington

• Dr. Dave Peterson, Senior Researcher Biologist, U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station

• Dr. Guillaume Mauger, Research Scientist, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington

• Dr. Jon Riedel, Geologist at National Park Service, North Cascades National Park

• Roger Fuller, Spatial Ecologist, Huxley College of the Environment, Western Washington University

• Dr. Sam Pimental, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Trinity Western University

• Dr. Diana Six, Professor of Forest Entomology/Pathology, University of Montana

• Larry Wasserman, Fisheries Biologist and Environmental Services Director, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

• Dr. Simon Donner, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, The University of British Columbia

• Dr. Patrick Tobin, Associate Professor, Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington

• Dr. Christopher Harley, Professor, Department of Zoology, The University of British Columbia

• Dr. Phil Levin, Professor of Practice, The Nature Conservancy & University of Washington

Surge 2018 Sponsors

Skagit Watershed Council

Seadoc Society

Transition Fidalgo and Friends

Skagit Climate Science Consortium

Skagit Food Coop

Sustainable Connections

Whatcom Food Network

Seattle City Light