Glacial Futures
Artists Blake Burton and Amy Hoagland
Curated by Bryce Chatwin
Roundtable Discussion with Artists and Curator: January 29, 3PM
Reception: January 29, 4-6:30PM
Glacial Futures explores an enigmatic terrain filled with icy waters and snowy peaks. Traversed by few and understood by even fewer, there are many things we still don’t know about this frozen tundra. Inspired by their sense of wonder, the artists draw on their expeditions into the unknown as a source of creation and inspiration for capturing the complexities of this harsh and delicate landscape. Focusing on our human connection to nature, a vast appreciation is gained for the Arctic that reveals humans’ intrinsic embeddedness within our ecosystem and our ability to impress upon it. Imbued with a sense of urgency, the art visualizes both the beauty and quiet suffering of the Arctic as a result of our reliance on planetary resources. The continued warmth of our planet’s atmosphere and the increasing rate of melting ice continue to shape the land into new forms as glaciers make their slow descents towards the sea. Glacial Futures positions the Arctic as a lens through which we can understand our impact on the ever-changing environment. The Arctic, so often out of sight and out of mind, has become a vital resource in understanding the challenges we face in our current state of climate crisis. The Arctic just may be the key to unlocking a brighter future.
Image credits:
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Amy Hoagland, Layered Temporality, Sheet Glass and Oak, 2025
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Blake Burton, Svalbard 35, Archival Pigment Print, 2024
Blake Burton
Blake Burton (b. 1984) is an American photographer and architect based in Atlanta, Georgia. Through photography, Burton’s work lies in the art of purposeful exploration, adopting the role of a curious observer in search of landscapes that mirror his internal yearning to merge with the shadows and construct a world characterized by tranquil disquiet.
Burton’s work has been exhibited in several group shows across the southeast United States including Slow Exposures, Atlanta Photography Group, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Avondale Arts Center, A. Smith Gallery, Decode Gallery, Praxis Gallery, Southeast Center for Photography, and internationally at the Hamburg Planetarium and House of Lucie in Athens, Greece. In 2024, his work was recognized by the International Photography Awards, earning First Prize and Film Photographer of the Year. In the same year he was accepted to the Arctic Circle Art & Science Residency, a two-week exploration of Arctic Svalbard.
From 2010-2016 Burton documented the transformation of the largest building in Atlanta, Ponce City Market, leading to the publication of his first monograph in 2018 by Schiffer Publishing. He has received multiple honors from the International Photo Awards, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Analog Sparks, American Photo, and has twice been named a Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist. Burton’s work has been featured in Oxford American, PetaPixel, American Photo, and the National Trust for Historic Places.
Photo courtesy of the artist
Amy Hoagland
Born in Louisville, KY, Amy Hoagland creates sculptural installations about the human relationship within the landscape. Hoagland has been recognized through numerous awards, including the Visionary Glass Award from Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass (2024), Windgate Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center (2024), Puffin Foundation Grant (2024), Colorado Art Science Environment Fellowship (2023), Windgate Fellowship for Sustainable Art presented by Honoring the Future (2022), Andy Warhol Foundation Grant presented by RedLine Arts Center (2022), and the Windgate-Lamar Fellowship (2017). She has participated in residencies including Uncommon Arts Residency (Greenport, NY), Arctic Circle Program (Svalbard, NO), Mountain Research Station (Nederland, CO), Marpha Foundation (Marpha, Nepal), and the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve (Matfield Green, KS) among others.
Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions at RULE Gallery (Marfa, TX), Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (Boulder, CO), Casa Lü (Mexico City, MX), Yellowstone Art Museum (Billings, MT), Friend of a Friend (Denver, CO), University of Colorado Art Museum (Boulder, CO), Kentucky College of Art and Design (Louisville, KY), Women & Their Work (Austin, TX), Miami University (Oxford, OH), Central Connecticut State University (New Britain, CT), Bullseye Glass (Portland, OR), and BreckCREATE (Breckinridge, CO), among others.
Photo by Ryan Templet