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 Artist Kim Anno examines the science, history and literature of the past in order to find clues to where we as a species took a wrong turn into the climate predicament of the present. One aspect she explores is the insect world, as insects are particularly sensitive to climate change and face challenges on an immense scale. For her show at PMA, Anno exhibits a butterfly collection, giving them agency to move or fly off her illustrated page. And since the Bay Area is home to a tapestry of butterfly species, her work incorporates the Mission Blue and the Checkered Skipper butterflies, among others.

Jon Kerpel鈥檚 work reflects his concern for climate hot spots around the world, including the endless destruction in the Amazon. Yet he finds hope in the memory of Dot, as Dorothy Stang was called by her family, friends and locals in Brazil, who was often pictured wearing a T-shirt with the slogan, "A Morte da floresta 茅 o fim da nossa vida" which is Portuguese for "The Death of the Forest is the End of Our Lives.鈥� She said, 鈥淚 don't want to flee, nor do I want to abandon the battle of these farmers who live without any protection in the forest. They have the sacrosanct right to aspire to a better life on land where they can live and work with dignity while respecting the environment. 鈥� 

 In Doyle Wegner piece Katrina Blues, Wegner pays homage to blues guitarist Tommy Johnson in the imagined aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In Rescued, a man is pulled through the sky by a thin, barely-visible string, defying the laws of physics. As the man rises upward, the things preoccupying his daily modern American life fall to Earth, and he is finally free.