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Event News Fall 2015

Posted in Learning Opportunities on November 4, 2015|

This Weekend

Pockets of Creativity

Past Events

Photo credit: Robin Stewart, La Quinta Museum

Last week I had the opportunity to talk about the work of Henry R. Mockel, an East coast artist whose illustrations of California desert plants have received much recognition. Thank you to the La Quinta Museum for the invitation to tell Mockel’s story. Also, many thanks to Henry R. Mockel’s, The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation and the Riverside Metropolitan Museum for their contributions to this presentation.

Visit the La Quinta Museum and learn about pollinators, seeds and fungi. The following exhibitions are on view in the museum’s gallery through December 13, 2015:

Mushrooms: Keys to the Kingdom Fungi
Pollinators: Keeping Company with Flowers
Seeds: Nature’s Artful Engineering

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Plant project continues with ‘The Flora of Madrona Marsh II’

Posted in Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on October 27, 2015|

Nevin's Barberry with Bluebird Oct 2015_© Estelle DeRidder, all rights reserved

In 2012 botanical artist Estelle DeRidder received a grant from the American Society of Botanical Artists to create plant identification cards about plants at the Madrona Marsh Preserve in southern California. A traveling exhibition about the plants of Madrona Marsh launched in November 2014. The second installment of this ongoing project,
The Flora of Madrona Marsh II, is now complete and on view at Madrona Marsh through December 3, 2015.

You’re Invited!
An opening reception will be held on Sunday, November 15 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm. Meet Estelle and view the illustrations of 12 plant species she created for this phase of her project. Dessert and coffee will be served.

The Madrona Marsh is located at 3201 Plaza Del Amo, Torrance, CA 90503.
Hours: Tuesday through Thursday 10:00am – 5:00pm
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Ancient drug making and novel medicines

Posted in History, Learning Opportunities on October 26, 2015|

What can manuscripts from the ancient Mediterranean contribute to the search for novel medicines?

Find out next month when Dr. Alain Touwaide, Historian of Science and Medicine and Scientific Director of the Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions presents The Ancient Mediterranean Pharmacopeia: A Source for Novel Medicines? at UCLA.

This presentation will occur on Wednesday, November 18 from 5:00 – 6:15 pm.

Location:

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Use silverpoint and pastel dust to create botanical patterns

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities on September 22, 2015|

The New England Society of Botanical Artists invites you to join them!

Botanical Patterns in Silverpoint & Pastel Dust

N.E.S.B.A Sponsored Workshop
Princeton, MA.

Information:
Before graphite pencils, artists used metal point, a small rod of metal sharpened to a point, to make marks on a prepared surface. Silver is the most popular metal because it produces an extremely delicate pale gray line – perfect for drawing plant life. Silver is easy to apply and will tarnish over time to mellow browns. The class will include discussions of the historical context of silverpoint as well as a survey of the various studio-prepared surfaces used by the Old Masters. Using plant material as our inspiration, we will treat this old art technique to a modern twist! We will apply a special ground to watercolor paper that easily accepts silverpoint; and enhance our work with the colorful addition of pastel dust. Students are encouraged to bring a small (6 – 8” potted plant) or any related (botanical) reference materials. At the beginning of the first class, we will make a paper sampler with different silverpoint grounds using a simple white watercolor paint and a sumptuous Old Masters recipe provided by the instructor. To economize class time, students are encouraged to come to class with a completed line drawing of their chosen specimen plus any related reference materials (jpegs, prints, or live plant material).

Instructor:

Kathie Miranda is an award-winning botanical artist and educator and recently taught this workshop for the Art League in NYC. She studied at Lyme Academy of Art and at Paier College of Art, and holds a Certificate of Botanical Art and Illustration from The New York Botanical Garden, where she is a highly sought-after instructor in their adult education art program. She serves on the Board of the American Society of Botanical Artists; is Past President of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Greater New York Chapter; and maintains active memberships in the Connecticut Watercolor Society, Pencil Art Society, and the Colored Pencil Society of America. She exhibits her work nationally, and is currently researching and illustrating flora of Connecticut for future exhibition and publication.

Friday/Saturday, 2-day workshop 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m daily
Fee: $150 (plus $5 material fee to instructor)
Pre-registration required with fee paid in advance by October 9, 2015.

Please Register Early – Enrollment limited to 12 students

Contact:
Kathleen Kummer, Treasurer, NESBA.

This information has been added to Classes Near You > Massachusetts.

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Upcoming Fall Events

Posted in Learning Opportunities on September 22, 2015|

ArtPlantae brings the InterpretPlants™ program to community venues and events to encourage an interest in plants. Fall events include two for the public and one for local Girl Scouts.

History of Botanical Illustration

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Girl_Derness – An Outdoor Adventure
Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio
Hidden Valley Nature Center
Riverside County Parks
October 10, 2015

Observing California Desert Plants
La Quinta Museum
La Quinta, CA
October 29, 2015
4-5 pm
FREE

John Muir is a well-known naturalist who had a passion for plants and who recorded this passion in his journals. However Muir was not the only naturalist to document the flora of California. Did you know an equally passionate East coast artist documented desert wildflowers of the Coachella Valley? This artist’s drawings, paintings and prints of California desert plants earned him acclaim not only locally, but also at a respected institution whose specialty is the history of botany.

You’re invited to learn more about this artist and resident of Twentynine Palms.
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A new school year begins at Wellesley Botanic Garden

Posted in Education, Learning Opportunities on September 3, 2015|

A new school year begins in the Certificate Program in Botanical Art and Illustration at Wellesley College Botanic Gardens. Here is what’s new at Classes Near You > Massachusetts:

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

This program offers several weekly and one- to three-day classes on botanical art with lead instructor and Education Director Sarah Roche as well as Carol Govan, Carrie Megan, Carol Ann Morley, Esther Klahne, and other visiting instructors. The courses offered through this program cover all aspects of botanical art. Along with Sarah’s twice-yearly offerings, Foundations of Botanical Drawing and Painting and the more advanced Techniques of Botanical Drawing and Painting, here is a brief overview of the 2015-2016 course offerings:

Carrie Megan’s Beginning Botanical Drawing I and II classes and Seed Pods: Larger than Life in Black & White and Ranunculus (or Roses) in Spring
Carol Govan’s Introduction to Botany Through Drawing
Susan Fisher’s Color Mixing for Artists
Carol Ann Morley’s Pen & Ink I: Foundations for Botanical Rendering
Ann Swan’s Taster Day and Tactile Textures, Tips and Tricks
Esther Klahne’s Season of Wither: A Studio Focus on Vellum
Denise Walser-Kolar’s Painting on Vellum
Lara Call Gastinger’s Painting in Sepia
Sarah Roche’s beginner class, Drawing and Painting for the Petrified
Sarah Roche’s studio focus class Leafy Greens

Learn more about Wellesley’s certificate program

View current Programs, Courses, & Travel schedule

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Draw and paint mushrooms with artist Margaret Saylor

Posted in Education, Learning Opportunities on September 2, 2015|

Please welcome Margaret Saylor to
Classes Near You > Pennsylvania!

Margaret Saylor
margaretsaylor.com
Margaret Saylor is a Pennsylvania artist with many years of design experience. She earned a Certificate in Botanical Art & Illustration from the New York Botanical Garden and teaches botanical art in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York. Margaret is the Editor/Designer of The Botanical Artist, the quarterly journal of the American Society of Botanical Artists.

Margaret’s complete teaching schedule is available on her website.

Here is what’s coming up this next!

Painting Mushrooms: Woodland Jewels of the Forest

Much of the mystery and intrigue surrounding mushrooms stems from the tiny kingdom on the forest floor that they inhabit. Join Margaret Saylor for a three-day workshop where you will examine different types of fungi and mushrooms, then sketch, compose, and build a unique and accurate painting. Including secondary elements such as spiky grasses, brittle leaves, satiny acorns, or even woodland critters adds interest to your composition while teaching the viewer more about the habitat of the particular mushroom the artist has chosen to depict. Concepts will be taught through demonstrations and individual instruction. All levels of ability are welcome!

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