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Food, Wine & Botanical Art Too

Posted in Art, botanical art, Education, Special Announcements, Special Events on May 9, 2014|

It’s May and this means it’s time for Primavera in the Garden, Riverside’s popular food and wine event. Held each year at the 40-acre botanical garden on the campus of UC Riverside, a portion of the proceeds supports UCR Botanic Gardens and its staff.

Enjoy a Spring afternoon in the garden, discover plein air art, learn about botanical art, and enjoy wonderful pairings of food and wine. Tickets are available online before the event for $65 each and will be available at the gate on the day of the event for $75 each. A tram will bring visitors from the parking lot to the garden. Tram service is free. University parking costs $5.

I would like to personally thank the following local businesses for their help in bringing attention to Primavera. They allowed me to place posters or bookmarks at their store or restaurant. Their support is appreciated.

Inland Empire readers, would you like to help spread the news about Primavera and support one of your local botanical gardens?

Click on the image below to download the flyer and share it with family, friends and colleagues. Thank you.

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Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps ….. The Book

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements on May 8, 2014|

Now Available, $29.99

The American Society of Botanical Artists has released the catalog for the traveling exhibition Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps: Contemporary Botanical Artists Explore the Bartrams’ Legacy.

Father and son, John and William Bartram, were two of the first American naturalists. They are credited with introducing the flora of North America to the field of horticulture. Learn about the history of these early explorers and their contributions to horticulture and science in this new catalog.

This 124-page catalog features 46 drawings, etchings and paintings by forty contemporary botanical artists. It also contains the following:

Preface by Sir Peter Crane

John and William Bartram – American Natural History Artists
Joel Fry, Curator, Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia

John and William Bartram’s Explorations
Brad Sanders

Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps
Patricia Jonas

Artists & Artwork:

William Alberti – Scarlet Hibiscus
Bobbi Angell – Shooting Star
Karen Coleman – Bartram’s Acorns
Wendy Cortesi – Sassafras and Spicebush Swallowtail
Susan Curnutte – Switchgrass
Estelle DeRidder – Fuller’s Teasel
Carrie DiCostanzo – Cockscomb
Beverly Duncan – Bartram’s Seedlings #2; Bartram’s Seeds
Margaret Farr – Love-in-a-Mist
Ingrid Finnan – Eastern Redbud
Maria Cecilia Freeman – Cherokee Rose
Lara Call Gastinger – Collected Mosses
Joan Lavigueur Geyer – Lyre-leaved Sage
Carole Gorin – Spanish Moss on Laurel Oak Branch
Carol E. Hamilton – Yellow Pond Lily
Gillian Harris – Toadshades
Wendy Hollender – Echinacea
Rose Marie James – Morning Glory
Heeyoung Kim – Green Dragon in Fall
Ku-mie Kim – Indian Woodoats
Barbara Klaas – Smooth Sumac
Karen Kluglein – Bartram’s Franklinia
Jee-Yeon Koo – Spotted Beebalm
Kay Kopper – Pitch Pine
Dianne McElwain – American Lotus
Rhonda Nass – Foxglove
Derek Norman – The Complete Life Cycle of the Wild Leek; Large-flowered Bellwort
Sharron O’Neil – American Mountain Ash
George Olson – Prairie Dock
Dick Rauh – 12 Pine Cones; Franklinia Capsules
Betsy Rogers-Knox – Forest FLoor; Wild Cucumber
Maryann Roper – Beautyberry
Lizzie Sanders – Spiderwort
Judith Simon – Indian Pink
Judy Thomas – Paw Paw
Louisa Rawle Tiné – Silky Dogwood
Melissa Toberer – Rose Mallow
Jeannetta vanRaalte – Turk’s Cap Lily
Catherine Watters – American Persimmon
Carol Woodin – Greater Purple-fringed Orchid

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Botanical Art Exhibition Opens This Month at ‘The Highlands’

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on May 6, 2014|

By Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators

©2014 Pat Field, Lilium tigrinum (Tiger Lily). AllRightsReserved

The exhibition of botanical art at
The Highlands in Fort Washington, PA celebrates the many plants and flowers found in its historic Sinkler Garden. The two-acre formal garden was first created in 1840 and expanded in the 1920s by Caroline Sinkler. The list of specimens in the Garden covers nearly 20 densely packed pages. From this extensive list, the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators (PSBI) selected 35 specimens to honor in their paintings. Paintings were created on paper, vellum and mylar using watercolor, acrylic and colored pencil.

Featured in the exhibition is the tiger lily (Lilium tigrinum) by Pat Field, shown above. This is only one of the 13 lilies grown in the 1920 Sinkler Garden. Pat Field also painted a red iris (Iris germanica, one of 28 varieties in the Garden). Other featured paintings include the parrot tulip (Tulipa sp.) by Linda Kneeland; the red hot poker
(Kniphofia uvaria) by Joan Frain; and Glory of the Snow (Chionodoxa siehei) by Carol Ashton-Hergenhan.

The gardens and grounds of The Highlands are open to the public from dawn to dusk throughout the year. Admission is free. The PSBI exhibition will be on view inside the historic mansion May 22-29, 2014.

Hours: 11 AM – 3 PM weekdays; 1-4 PM weekends and Memorial Day

Admission: $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, and $3 for children

Visit The Highlands

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Year-long Botanical Art Programs at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods

Posted in botanical art, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Plants, Special Announcements on May 6, 2014|

Botanical artist and educator of America’s prairies, Heeyoung Kim, has announced two new botanical art programs. Both will be taught at the Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods in Riverwoods, Illinois.

Here is what’s new at Classes Near You > Illinois:

Heeyoung Kim
www.prairieplantart.com
Heeyoung Kim is a botanical artist whose illustrations and paintings of American prairie plants have graced posters, postcards and exhibition catalogs. Heeyoung is passionate about documenting prairie plants and brings attention to the fragile state of America’s prairies by exhibiting her work in national and international exhibitions. Learn More

Monday Botanical Art Workshops

To view course schedule and pricing, go to www.heeyoungkim.com.

To register, contact Heeyoung Kim or call 847-903-7348.

Saturday Botanical Art Workshops
3rd and 4th Saturdays, July 2014 – June 2015
10 AM – 4 PM
Similar contents from Monday workshops are adapted appropriately for shorter session focusing on more basic elements.

To view course schedule and pricing, go to www.heeyoungkim.com.

To register, contact Heeyoung Kim or call 847-903-7348.

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Tablets and Tradition in Botanical Art Program at Wellesley College Botanic Gardens

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities on May 6, 2014|

Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens
Certificate Program in Botanical Art and Illustration
http://www.wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends

Throughout the year, our program offers several weekly and two- or three-day classes about botanical art and scientific illustration with lead instructor and Education Director Sarah Roche, along with Carol Govan, Jeanne Kunze, Carrie Megan and visiting instructors. The core of our program are Sarah’s twice-yearly offerings, Foundations of Botanical Drawing and Painting and the more advanced Techniques of Botanical Drawing and Painting. Here is a peek at the 2014 Spring-Summer schedule:

Sarah Roche’s two Studio Focus classes, Growing Green and Fifty Shades of Gray (and White) and her one-week intensive Introduction to Botanical Art
- Carol Govan & Sarah Roche’s 3-day Wellesley College Botanic Gardens Florilegium: Wildflowers
- Elaine Searle visiting to teach Tablet Computers as a Tool, Depth in Detail, Patterns from Nature & Painting with Sunshine: The Sunflower
- Catherine Watters visiting to teach Summer Flowers: Mastering Botanical Composition
- Carol Ann Morley’s Tonal Drawing Fundamentals and Drawing Flowers and More!
Learn more about Wellesley’s certificate program:
http://www.wellesley.edu/wcbg/learn_discover/certificate_program

View current Programs, Courses & Travel schedule:
http://www.wellesley.edu/wcbg/learn_discover

This information can also be found at Classes Near You > Massachusetts!

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Traditional and Modern Approaches to Plant Documentation

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Photography, teaching and learning on May 2, 2014|

Last week the Nepalese Botanical Drawings of Dr. Francis Buchanan were hung at the Linnean Society of London. This collection of reproductions are of plants studied and described by Buchanan who served as Surgeon-Naturalist on the first British mission to Kathmandu (1802-3).

This impressive collection can be viewed online on the Linnean Society’s website. Go to The Buchanan-Hamilton Collection of Paintings to view this exciting and historic collection of 116 illustrations and paintings.

News of the exhibition made me think about the tireless efforts of people across the globe who document plants so that others may learn about them. We have all been fortunate to learn from some of these remarkable people here at ArtPlantae.

After you viewthe Buchanan collection, I invite you to revisit a few conversations with special guests. Go on a virtual tour of the herbarium at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden to learn about what goes on behind the scenes. Visit The Botany Studio at the University of Wisconsin and drop in on the photography studio of Anna Laurent.

As these examples show, there are many creative ways to document plants.
How do you blend art and science when documenting plants?

Also See
The Botanical Drawings of Francis Buchanan

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TONIGHT! Earth Night in the Garden

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, nature, Special Announcements, Special Events on April 22, 2014|

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Earth Night in the Garden
Landscapes Southern California Style
450 E. Alessandro Blvd.
c/o Alessandro Blvd and Mission Grove
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
3-7 PM

Celebrate Earth Day and water efficiency at this very popular community event in Riverside’s Mission Grove neighborhood. Lady bug releases, raffles and lots of hands-on learning with ArtPlantae and many other local businesses and educational organizations.

Landscapes Southern California Style is a demonstration garden operated by the Western Municipal Water District. It is open daily, except holidays.

What types of things can you learn and do at the garden?
Find out in this Plants, Life, Riverside article.