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New Book About Marianne North

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Drawing, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events on May 15, 2013|

I hope you are enjoying the conversation with Katie Zimmerman. I asked Katie if she was going to write a book based on her years of research.

She replied:

I’m in the final stages of writing up my dissertation, and all along I’ve been writing with the book in mind. There are a few books out there already, but they have all treated North as an anomaly in the “intrepid spinster” vein. I don’t want to downplay North’s extraordinary achievements and personality, but to really understand her work and its value beyond its eccentricity, we need a more complete narrative. North’s individualized vision and visualizations, however idiosyncratic, were…

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Enjoy Wildflowers & Art This Memorial Day Weekend

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, nature, Special Announcements, Special Events, travel on May 6, 2013|

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Annual Wildflower & Art Festival
Idyllwild Nature Center
Idyllwild, CA
May 25-27, 2013
9 AM – 4 PM

Visit the Idyllwild Nature Center in the mountain community of Idyllwild this Memorial Day weekend to learn about local wildflowers and native plants. This fun-filled weekend also includes guided nature walks, an art exhibition, and activities for the entire family.

Weekend visitors to Idyllwild also have the opportunity to start a personalized guide to plants at ArtPlantae.

Learn more below!

Free Workshops with Purchase of Sketchbook at ArtPlantae
Create your own personalized guide to plants! Purchase a sketchbook at ArtPlantae during the Annual Wildflower Show and Art Festival at the Idyllwild Nature Center (May 25-27, 2013) and attend any of the sessions below for free during the Memorial Day weekend. Limit 10 people per session.
Cost: $9.95 per person

Participants may repeat a session if space is available. Priority goes to first-time attendees. Waiting lists will be established if necessary. Please register early. Sessions will begin promptly at their scheduled start times.

Let’s Explore Plants
Memorial Day Schedule

Saturday, May 25

Sunday, May 26
9:30 – 10:30 – What makes fruit, fruit?
11:00 – 12:00 – What makes a stem a stem?
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:00 – What makes leaves, leaves?
2:30 – 3:30 – What makes flowers, flowers?

Monday, May 27
9:30 – 10:30 – What makes flowers, flowers?
11:00 – 12:00 – What makes fruit, fruit?
12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:00 – What makes a stem a stem?
2:30 – 3:30 – What makes leaves, leaves?

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Scholar Discusses Artist Marianne North, Answers Your Questions

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Education, general botany, History, Learning Opportunities, nature, Special Articles & Interviews, travel on May 1, 2013| 11 Comments »

In 1871 Marianne North, a forty-year old woman from a wealthy Victorian family, embarked on an adventure to paint the plants of the world. Even by today’s standards, North’s travels are an amazing accomplishment. You might think Marianne North is a one-of-a-kind wonder, however she shares the title of brave pioneering female naturalist with women such as Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) who was one of the first to describe metamorphosis, and Jeanne Baret (1740-1807) who was the first woman to circumnavigate the globe and the herb woman whose expertise as a field botanist made her an invaluable asset to botanist Philibert Commerson during the Bougainville expedition (1765-1768).

Through her paintings, Marianne North made several contributions to the field of botany. This month we have the unique opportunity to learn more about Marianne North from Katie Zimmerman, a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge whose research is dedicated to the work of this fearless naturalist and artist.

Please welcome Katie Zimmerman, the Featured Scholar for May!

About Katie Zimmerman
Katie is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and an instructor at the University of Washington where she teaches courses in the history of science. She is broadly interested in the relationship between art and science, the geography of knowledge, and Victorian natural history. Before taking up her dissertation on Marianne North, Katie taught high school and university courses in Warsaw, Poland, worked at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, and earned her MA in the history of science at Oregon State. Katie lives in Seattle, WA with her husband, two children, and a dog named Huxley – all of whom greatly admire and appreciate the botanical wonderland produced by that rainy state.

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Booklet About Bartram Botanical Art Exhibition Now Available

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical art, botanical art books, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements on April 10, 2013|

Buy guide, $5

The booklet about the Bartram exhibition is now available for sale at ArtPlantae. This beautiful complement to the exhibition, Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps: Contemporary Botanical Artists Explore the Bartrams’ Legacy, includes an introduction by Joel Fry, Curator, Bartram’s Garden in Philadelphia. It also includes an essay by Patricia Jonas, Exhibitions Chair of the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA). In her essay, Jonas provides background information about the artwork in this traveling exhibition.

This 20-page booklet includes drawings and paintings by: Maryann Roper, Lizzie Sanders, Bobbi Angell, John Bartram, William Bartram, Beverly Duncan, Catherine Watters, Betsy Rogers-Knox, Wendy Cortesi, Lara Call Gastinger, Karen Kluglein, Dick Rauh, Joan Lavigueur Geyer, Judith Simon, Maria Cecilia Freeman, Derek Norman and Diane McElwain.

Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps is now on view at Bartram’s Garden Gallery in Philadelphia, PA through May 24, 2013. It will be on view at the South Florida Museum in Bradenton, FL from September 19 – December 30, 2013 and then travel to the Cherokee Garden Library at Atlanta History Center in Atlanta, GA (March 17 – June 17, 2014) and the North Carolina Botanical Garden at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where it will be on view
August 30 – November 2, 2014.

This exhibition guide, as well as ASBA exhibition catalogs, can be purchased online at ArtPlantae Books.

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ArtPlantae Books Moves to New Platform

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical art books, Special Announcements on March 12, 2013|

ArtPlantae is moving the store to a new platform. The current website for ArtPlantae Books will go offline on Monday, March 18, 2013. This move will not affect ArtPlantae Books on Kobo.

The redesigned store will continue to be a resource for information about plants, botanical art, nature, and education. The store is being streamlined to reflect ArtPlantae’s educational mission. As a result, ArtPlantae will no longer offer online the broad range of print books covering several categories that it does now.

To shop for print books about botanical art and plant-based education offline, please visit ArtPlantae at Aurea Vista in downtown Riverside, CA. To shop for ebooks about science, nature, art, gardening and related subjects, please visit ArtPlantae on Kobo.

This change in platforms means that the following features will no longer be available:

The ability to create wishlists.
The option to create customized event pages.
The ArtPlantae Affiliate Program

Get ready to update your bookmarks!

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Kickstarter Campaign for ‘Foraging and Feasting’

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Reference, Special Announcements, Special Events on January 29, 2013|

Botanical artist Wendy Hollender and clinical herbalist Dina Falconi have created a cookbook that is also an illustrated field guide to wild plants. They have completed three years of writing, drawing, designing and recipe testing and are now ready to self-publish their book!

Five days ago they launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for production and printing expenses. Autographed first edition copies of their new book are available for only $38. This new title is expected to ship in June. It will be a hardcover book with an estimated 210 pages and 64 color pages. Visit Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook to view pages from this wonderful new cookbook.

As of this morning, they have 237 backers and have raised 58% of the project goal. Their project will be funded only if they reach their funding goal by Sunday March 10, 2013 at 12 pm EDT.

Would you like to help Dina and Wendy publish their informative cookbook and illustrated field guide? Contributions begin at $1.

Visit their Kickstarter page to learn more.

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Botanical Artists Guild to Participate in “Day of Art” at Roger’s Gardens

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on January 23, 2013|

Roger’s Gardens in Newport Beach, CA will host its first Day of Art this weekend. Fifty artists will be painting and drawing in the gardens of Orange County’s premiere nursery.

Free and open to the public, the Day of Art begins at 9:30 and continues through 4:30 in the afternoon. Special presentations and lectures will occur throughout the day. Several members of the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California (BAGSC) will be there. Come on out to learn more about this wonderful group and to try your hand at botanical illustration.

While at the garden, don’t miss Jewels by the Sea, a plein air exhibition about the natural treasures and quaint villages along California’s coastline.

Please note that if it rains on Saturday, the Day of Art will be rescheduled for Saturday, February 2, 2013.

View event schedule

Follow-Up (2/7/13)