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The coral-like sculptures this woman makes come with important message about climate change
Courtney Mattison’s ceramic sculptures address environmental impact. While the bottom of the ocean might seem far away, ocean conservationist and ceramic artist Courtney Mattison brings the ...
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From marine biology to gallery walls: At Lux, artist Courtney Mattison draws attention to the fragility of our oceans
Combining interests in marine biology and ceramics, Los Angeles-based artist Courtney Mattison creates three-dimensional renditions of coral reefs that swirl, extend and seem to grow from the ...
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Art Beat: Courtney Mattison's Whaling Museum exhibition delivers a deeper message
The works of ceramic sculptor Courtney Mattison are exquisite in form, meticulous with intricate detail, and demanding of attention. The Los Angeles based-artist has been aptly described as an ...
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Sculptor Courtney Mattison conjures the sea and its discontents at New Bedford Whaling Museum
NEW BEDFORD — Courtney Mattison has competing parallel visions of the ocean, present and future: one as teeming and vibrant, fresh sprigs of new life bubbling up from the sea floor; the other as ...
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How pop culture and climate anxiety have galvanized a new generation of clay artists
One artist who works with clay, the San-Francisco based Courtney Mattison, creates work that highlights climate change, drawing from her background in marine ecology and environmental studies.
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Does This Sculpture Depict a Coral Reef Collapsing or Recovering?
Our Changing Seas III, 2014 Courtney Mattison. Photo by Arthur Evans You’ve heard that coral reefs are in big trouble and might even die off by the end of the century. But if you spend most of ...
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Coral Sculptures Show How The World’s Reefs Are Dying Out
“There is still time for corals to recover even from the point of bleaching if we act quickly,” says artist Courtney Mattison. With the Great Barrier Reef suffering the worst mass bleaching ...
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Courtney Mattison
Courtney Mattison is an American artist who was born in 1985. Where can I see Courtney Mattison's works? Their work is currently being shown at ArtScience Museum in Singapore. Numerous key galleries ...
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Can art help? Local museums joining the conversation about sea-level rise and climate change
Not really – or at least not yet – but it’s Courtney Mattison’s artistic interpretation of what could happen if sea levels rose so high that the gallery flooded, sending marine creatures ...
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Art Beat: Courtney Mattison's Whaling Museum exhibition delivers a deeper message
The works of ceramic sculptor Courtney Mattison are exquisite in form, meticulous with intricate detail, and demanding of attention. The Los Angeles based-artist has been aptly described as an ...
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Art Beat: Courtney Mattison's Whaling Museum exhibition delivers a deeper message
The works of ceramic sculptor Courtney Mattison are exquisite in form, meticulous with intricate detail, and demanding of attention. The Los Angeles based-artist has been aptly described as an ...