Posted in Education on October 29, 2008|
We need your help locating nature centers and natural areas to create a database for our community. We encourage you to submit information about your local nature center(s) or natural area(s). This database will be organized by state and by country.
Please submit the following information to education@artplantae.com:
Thank you for your help!
Posted in Education on October 29, 2008|
Would you like to promote your classes to our growing audience of artists, gardeners, naturalists, and educators?
This database will be organized by state and by country.
This list is limited to classes on the topics below.
Please submit the following information to education@artplantae.com:
Posted in botany, Education, Special Events on October 14, 2008|
Enhance your ability to key out those plants that can ruin your day! Attend the 34th Annual Symposium of the Southern California Botanists this Saturday (Oct. 18th) at the Ruby Gerentology Center at CSU Fullerton.
Tackle grasses with Dr. J. Travis Columbus, delphiniums with Dr. Jason Koontz, the Polemoniaceae with Dr. Leigh Johnson and Mark Porter, oaks with Fred M. Roberts, Jr., Cryptantha with Dr. Michael Simpson, Camissonia with Dr. Warren Wagner, and Ceanothus with Dr. Dieter Wilken.
For more information about this symposium, visit the website of the Southern California Botanists.
Posted in Learning Opportunities on September 12, 2008|
NATURE JOURNALING AT THE PAGE
Location: Page Museum (La Brea Tar Pits)
When: Saturday October 11 – Sunday October 12, 2008; 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.
Cost: $100 members / $125 non-members; Lunch and basic supplies included
Instructor: Janet Takahashi
More: All skill levels welcome (ages 16 and up); enrollment is limited; download flyer here.
Posted in Education, Special Events on August 21, 2008|
The California Native Plant Society is preparing to host a special statewide conference emphasizing the conservation of California’s native plants and its fragile plant communities. This conference, CNPS 2009 Conservation Conference: Strategies and Solutions , will be held January 17 – 19, 2009 at the Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento, CA.
Encouraging an understanding of California plants is one of the objectives of this landmark conference. One way this objective is being met is with a botanical art exhibition featuring illustrations and paintings of California native plants. This exhibit is open to all artists. Please download the Call for Entries and the Prospectus & Entry Form for details.
Over 1,000 researchers, students, policy makers, and resource managers are expected to attend. This is a great opportunity to demonstrate how botanical illustrators can contribute to enhancing public awareness about California plants.
Posted in botanical art, Education, Special Events on August 21, 2008|
Bugs, Beasts & Botanicals Artistic Tour
February 19 – February 28, 2009
$3499 + airfare *
Join Mindy Lighthipe & Nancy Richmond on an Artist/Photographers Tour to Costa Rica! Learn to draw and photograph rare macaws, rainforest animals, waterfalls, tropical flowers, unusual insects and much more! For a full itinerary visit www.studio16online.com. You may also send email to Mindy at mlighthipe@mac.com or call her at 908-769-7417.
Posted in Education, Special Events on August 15, 2008|
If you are an avid sketchbook artist, chances are that you write passages of text next to your illustrations. Have you ever entertained daydreams about turning your sketchbook into a published book? If you have, then here is a four-day conference for writers that might interest you.
The Writers TeleSummit 2008 is a unique four-day conference featuring 24 professional writers including illustrator Danny Gregory, who many of you know from his books Everyday Matters and The Creative License. Danny Gregory will share what he has learned when he speaks about “Writing and Selling the Illustrated Book.”
This four-day conference will occur September 4 – 7, 2008 and will be accessible from wherever you and your computer are on these days because this conference occurs online. Each day is comprised of six one-hour presentations. Paid registrants will be able to participate in each session and download sessions after the conference. So if you won’t be around September 4 – 7, you will still be able to learn about the writing process and the book industry after the summit ends.
Visit the Summit’s website to learn more about the other speakers and their presentations.
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