{"id":271,"date":"2026-01-23T20:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/?page_id=271"},"modified":"2026-01-23T20:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:13:29","slug":"glacial-retreat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/glacial-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Glacial Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Leah Slivovsky (she\/her)<br \/>Student<br \/><strong><em>Glacial Retreat<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Charcoal, colored pencil, graphite, ink<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"917\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2026\/01\/Glacial-Retreat-cropped-917x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2026\/01\/Glacial-Retreat-cropped-917x1024.jpg 917w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2026\/01\/Glacial-Retreat-cropped-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2026\/01\/Glacial-Retreat-cropped-768x857.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2026\/01\/Glacial-Retreat-cropped-1376x1536.jpg 1376w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2026\/01\/Glacial-Retreat-cropped-1835x2048.jpg 1835w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/files\/2026\/01\/Glacial-Retreat-cropped-1568x1750.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 917px) 100vw, 917px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Artist Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Heavily inspired by work of Louise Despont, this piece reflects upon the changing landscape due to climate change. \u201cGlacial Retreat\u201d depicts anxiety regarding global warming; from that anxiety comes innovation and change to improve the planet and the lives of everyone\u2014no matter race, gender, class, or sexuality. This piece encourages deep reflection of the surrounding environment and what humans can do in order to halt or reverse anthropogenic detriments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/2025-2026-inclusive-arts-initiative-gallery\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"221\">2025\/2026 Inclusive Arts Initiative Gallery &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leah Slivovsky (she\/her)StudentGlacial RetreatCharcoal, colored pencil, graphite, ink Artist Statement Heavily inspired by work of Louise Despont, this piece reflects upon the changing landscape due to climate change. \u201cGlacial Retreat\u201d depicts anxiety regarding global warming; from that anxiety comes innovation and change to improve the planet and the lives of everyone\u2014no matter race, gender, class, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/glacial-retreat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Glacial Retreat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8512,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-271","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/271\/revisions\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/rsenr-inclusive-arts-initiative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}