Climate Change
For Appalachian Artists, the Landscape Is Much More Than the Sum of Its Natural Resources
In Pennsylvania, a new exhibit brings the complex environmental history of Appalachia to life through art.
In a 2018 photograph taken by the Philadelphia artist Andrea Walls, a ghost floats toward the viewer. Draped in a white shroud and framed by power lines and splintered tree branches, the faceless figure is following train tracks that fall off the edge of the page.
For Appalachian Artists, the Landscape Is Much More Than the Sum of Its Natural Resources