The Pocono Arts Council has announced the spring exhibition “The Earth Speaks VI: A Juried Exhibition on the Environmental Crisis,” launching online April 25.

The Earth Speaks is an artist’s means of capturing their concern regarding the climate crisis and how it is affects our planet, as well as an opportunity to offer possible solutions.

Thirty-six artists submitted 62 pieces to be juried. Of those, 44 works were selected to be included in the show from artists residing in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

Awards were granted in the following categories to those encapsulating the environmental crisis theme:

• Juror’s Choice Award: “Anthropocene Vessels,” Stephen J. Washington, East Stroudsburg

• Kay & Girard Lichty Climate Crisis Award: “Piping Plover,” Maryann Riker, Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

• Otto Grever Printmaking Award: “Rush Hour,” Cora McKenzie, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland.

• PoconoArts Student Award: “Momento Vitae-Ecological Grief Jewelry,” Cora McKenzie, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore

• 3-D Award: “Invitation to (Dr) (Th)ink,” Joni Oye-Benintende, Stroudsburg

• 2-D Award: “Natura,” Sarah Jane Stoll, Woodstock, Connecticut.

• Photography Award: “Biloxi, Two Years After Katrina,” Glenn Koehler Jr., Bethlehem

• Origins Student Award: “Kill Coffins, Go Green,” Danielle Kunkel, Henryville; Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore

Juror for the show was Santa Bannon, the founder of the Pennsylvania Museum of Art & Design, a new museum coming to Easton, and director of Santa Bannon Fine Art.

An online artists’ reception is planned for April 25, from 1-3 p.m., where awards will be presented and artists recognized.

The online exhibition will be hosted virtually at https://www.poconoarts.org.

If conditions permit, the show will also be hung in the Dunning Gallery at Northampton Community College-Monroe Campus over the summer.

Founded in 1975, the Pocono Arts Council is the oldest and most established local arts service organization serving Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike and Wayne counties.

The mission of the council is to build the community artistically and culturally by providing leadership, service and education.

It is an umbrella organization for artists and arts organization in all disciplines, as well as the resident and tourist populations of the area.

For more information, visit www.poconoarts.org.