Botanical artists from all over the world will gather in Pittsburgh, PA in September to celebrate the 16th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Botanical Artists. The ASBA conference will be held September 23 – 25, 2010. Three busy days of learning and networking, plus pre- and post-conference workshops, await those eager to learn more about contemporary botanical art. Every third year, this weekend conference is held in Pittsburgh and coincides with the international exhibition of botanical art held at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University. The 13th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration will be on view September 24 – December 17, 2010 and will include 110 watercolor paintings, drawings, and prints by 72 artists from 15 countries. The Hunt Institute established this International series of exhibitions in 1964 to support and encourage contemporary botanical artists.
Artists participating in the 2010 exhibition are: Martin J. Allen (England), Yara Anderson (United States), Sara Bedford (England), Karen Bell-Brugger (United States), Diana Carmichael (South Africa), Diana Carneiro (Brazil), Deb Chirnside (Australia), Karen Coleman (United States), Jackie Copeman (England), Caroline Cottingham (England), Joanna Craig-McFeely (England), Rachael Dawson (England), Rosemary Donnelly (Australia), Wilna Eloff (South Africa), Akiko Enokido (United States), Guy Eves (England), Paul Fennell (England), Noriko Fujii (Japan), Yoko Furukawa (Japan), Leigh Ann Gale (England), Linda Gist (United States), Eiko Hamada (Japan), Wendy Hollender (United States), Sarah Howard (Scotland), Hiromi Hyogo (Japan), Yuko Inujima (Japan), Stephen T. Johnson (United States), Kyoko Katayama (Japan), Heeyoung Kim (United States), Kazuko Kohga (Japan), Hildegard Könighofer (Austria), Kumiko Kosuda (Japan), Chika Kunou (Japan), Asako Kuwajima (Japan), Eun Joo Lee (South Korea), Barbara Lewis (United States), Miriam Macgregor (England), Sally Markell (United States), Joan McGann (United States), Sue McLean (Australia), Angeline de Meester (England), Annie Morris (England), Edd Morrison (England), Maki Nishimura (Japan), Kate Nuttall (England), Lyudmila N. Pavlova (United States), Margareta Pertl (Ireland), Kandis Vermeer Phillips (United States), Sunitsorn Pimpasalee (Thailand), Janie Pirie (England), Thomas Reaume (Canada), Dorothee de Sampayo Garrido- Nijgh (Netherlands), Mary Ann Scott (Italy), Keiko Sekiya (Japan), Andrew Seward (Australia), Michiko Shibata (Japan), Billy Showell (England), Klei Sousa (Brazil), Ian Stephens (England), Sally Strawson (England), Fiona Strickland (Scotland), Noriko Tobita (Japan), Lidia Vanzetti (Italy), Sue Vize (England), Catherine M. Watters (United States), Kerri Weller (Canada), Sue Wickison (New Zealand), Sue J. Williams (England), Esmée L. C. Winkel (Netherlands), Yoko Yokoyama (Japan), Herman Zaage (United States), and Fátima Zagonel (Brazil).
The exhibition will be on display on the 5th floor of the Hunt Library building at Carnegie Mellon University. Viewing hours are as follows:
- Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 1–5 p.m.
- Sunday, 1–4 p.m. (except November 25 & 26; December 10)
- Saturday, November 6 (1–5 p.m.), during Carnegie Mellon’s homecoming
The exhibition is open to the public free of charge. For further information, contact the Hunt Institute at 412-268-2434.
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