PHILADELPHIA, PA.-Still have your air conditioning running in October? Thinking you might not need a new winter coat this year after all? If you think global warming keeps getting closer, you are not alone. The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, in partnership with Philadelphia Sculptors, is hosting an exhibition of small sculptures by five artists whose art addresses the impact of climate change on our environment. “Tip of the Iceberg” will open on November 10, 2007 and run through January 31, 2008.

Artists in “Tip of the Iceberg” have created small scale work as an allegory for the potential change that just one individual can affect.

By combining found objects of contrasting origins, Deb Hoy juxtaposes the natural and the industrial in an attempt at co-existence, pointing a way to the possibility of post- industrial transformation and hybrid species.

Carla Liguori’s delicate grouping of cast sheep portrays the fact that all life forms share the same matter. Showing the interconnectedness between animals and humans, her work suggests that it is not only the latter that follows one another blindly.

Keiko Miyamori uses tree roots embedded in blocks of clear resin as a symbol of preservation to unite the natural with the man-made, and suggests the possibility of living in harmony.

Emily Sullivan’s delicate and poetic works made from wire and black velvet are both tender and playful and convey presence and absence. Their blackness absorbs light but also reflects on the beauty and perhaps impending tragedy of the natural world.

The fired and glazed clay works of Austin Tremellen physically convey the intensity of extreme heat, and the process of firing the clay represents the increased temperatures we feel as a direct result of global warming. The dripping and crawling glazes also resonate as metaphors for the spread of diseases caused by increasing temperatures.

“Tip of the Iceberg” at the gallery at The Schuylkill Center, 8480 Hagy's Mill Road , Philadelphia , PA begins with free opening November 10, 2007 from 5pm-7pm and runs through January 31, 2008. For more information and directions to The Center, call 215-482-7300, or visit The Center’s website at www.schuylkillcenter.org. For more information about Philadelphia Sculptors and next year’s “Global Warming at the Icebox” exhibition, call 215-413-9126 or check the PS web site at www.philasculptors.org.