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Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World will travel to the Arthur and Janet Ross Gallery at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) and be on view from May 6 through July 25, 2010. This exhibition is the culmination of a three-year collaborative effort between the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Gallery hours are 10 AM – 6 PM. The exhibition is included in the price of admission to NYBG.
Five exhibiting artists will teach special workshops in conjunction with the Losing Paradise? exhibition. You will want to save these dates!
- Master Class with John Pastoriza-Pinol: Tulips in New York – Wednesday thru Friday, May 5-7, 2010; 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM (104BIL 509). Learn the intricacies of achieving fine detail with watercolor by applying a variety of advanced techniques used by contemporary botanical artists. Location: Midtown Education Center in Manhattan
- Master Class with Bobbi Angell: Drawing the Microscopic View – Monday thru Wednesday, June 14-16, 2010; 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM (104BIL 515). Learn how to translate your observations through a microscope into botanical illustrations in pen and ink. Work with plant material and create detailed illustrations of flowers and fruit. Location: NYBG
- Techniques: Advanced Watercolor Painting with Rose Pellicano – Five Tuesdays, May 18 – June 15; 1 PM – 4 PM (104BIL 351, see prerequisite). Location: Midtown Education Center in Manhattan.
- Drawing Roses in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden with Carol Wooding – Saturday & Sunday, June 19-20, 2010; 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM (104BIL 352)
- Drawing Vegetables in the Ruth Bea Howell Family Garden with Wendy Hollender – Two Saturdays, July 17 & 24, 2010; 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM (111BIL 209)
Please go to www.nybg.org/AdultEd for details and to register online.
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