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As the Academy's first Affiliated Artist, Michael Bartalos presents the series of work he's creating using recycled materials from polar research facilities in Antarctica to inspire sustainability worldwide.
May 31, 2017
Michael Bartalos
For the most part, Antarctica has just two seasons: summer (daylight) and winter (darkness).
April 30, 2017
Michael Bartalos
Atmospheric carbon dioxide in Antarctica has reached its highest levels in four million years.
March 25, 2017
Michael Bartalos
LV Sketchbook page 012 is a stylized map of McMurdo Station and its environs looking eastward.
February 28, 2017
Michael Bartalos
LV Sketchbook page 054 takes the study and measurement of Antarctica’s fourth-largest ice shelf as its subject.
January 31, 2017
Michael Bartalos
I'm excited to be participating in Art Above 66° 33”, a group exhibition that considers the issues, history and environment of the Earth’s polar regions.
December 30, 2016
Michael Bartalos
Long View Study No. 28 is inspired by the discovery of microorganisms living in underground lakes in Antarctica.
November 30, 2016
Michael Bartalos
Long View Study #27 speaks to old and new data collection methods in Antarctica.
October 31, 2016
Michael Bartalos
Long View Study No. 26 honors the Antarctic explorers Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean.
September 30, 2016
Michael Bartalos
Molecular biologists and biochemists are at the forefront of studying Antarctica’s environmental changes.
August 28, 2016
Michael Bartalos
Another artifact from a Jamesway hut, and a study that compares these large polar shelters with smaller ones.