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‘Out of the Woods’ puts spotlight on public gardens

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on February 13, 2018|

Ann S. Hoffenberg, Paperbark Maple (2017), Acer griseum, Rutgers Gardens, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Watercolor on paper, 9 x 13 inches. © Ann S. Hoffenberg. Courtesy of the American Society of Botanical Artists and the New York Botanical Garden.

Save the date!

The third triennial exhibition by the New York Botanical Garden and the American Society of Botanical Artists is coming to Southern California.

Out of the Woods: Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens, will be at
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens from May 19 through August 27, 2018. This exhibition will be on view in the Flora-Legium Gallery at the Brody Botanical Center.

This juried exhibition includes 43 artworks in watercolor, oil, graphite, colored pencil, and ink, depicting everything from seedpods to bark to an entire forest floor.

“Out of the Woods” highlights the role public gardens and arboreta play in engaging visitors with trees and their ecological and utilitarian roles. It also underscores the conservation, research, and scholarship occurring at these public institutions.

“By bringing these subjects to life through their work, this extraordinary group of botanical artists creates new pathways for communicating the beauty and value of plants to contemporary life,” said James Folsom, the Telleen/Jorgensen Director of the Botanical Gardens at The Huntington. “I can’t think of a more critical time than now to be hosting this show and talking about this topic.”

A catalog will accompany the exhibition. It will be available for purchase at the Huntington Store.

Drop-in family activities about botanical art will be offered in the Brody Botanical Center every Saturday and Sunday throughout the exhibition. Family activities will be led by members of the Botanical Artists’ Guild of Southern California (BAGSC) from noon to 4 p.m.

Also on view in the Brody Botanical Center will be Amazing Trees, a BAGSC adjunct exhibition featuring the work of local contemporary botanical artists.

About The Huntington
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens is a collections-based research and educational institution serving scholars and the general public. It is located at 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino, CA (map).

Related
This exhibition will travel to St. Charles, MO then Tucson, AZ and then to Chaska, MN after its stop at The Huntington. Learn more at Exhibitions to Visit.

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Illustrators celebrate 20 years at Philadelphia Flower Show

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged Philadelphia Flower Show, Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators on January 29, 2018|

By The Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators

The Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators (PSBI) is presenting a unique fine art exhibit at the 2018 Philadelphia International Flower Show, March 3-11. This exhibit includes a gallery of botanical art and artists’ demonstrations. Botanical art combines science and artistic interpretation to create pleasing, accurate depictions of plants and flowers.

The theme this year is Wet Feet: Plants That Live in a Watery World. Plants that have “wet feet” live in or along places like bogs, lakes, rivers, streams, estuaries, swamps and marshes around the world. Look for the artist’s signage with their artwork that identifies the plant and its habitat, and why the artist chose it.

The PSBI artists have been demonstrating the techniques of botanical art at the Philadelphia Flower Show since 1998, one year after PSBI was formed. Their demonstrations are part of the PSBI mission to educate the public on the intricacies of botanical art. It is an art form that is a tradition particularly in the Philadelphia area: in the 18th Century John and William Bartram founded and illustrated North America’s first botanical garden.

The PSBI is the local non-profit professional organization for botanical art. It sponsors art classes for youth, and its members teach botanical art in multiple venues.

For more information, visit the PSBI website or contact Amy Stewart.

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The Naturalist’s Desk: Landscapes through a personal lens

Posted in Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Pamela Burgess on January 20, 2018|

© Pamela Burgess, all rights reserved
Mountain Aloe (Aloe marlothii), B&W photograph with digital color added, limited edition, museum-quality pigment print, 10 x 7.5 inches

the naturalist’s desk:
language + landscape
Los Angeles County Arboretum
& Botanic Garden
Arcadia, CA
January 27 – June 23, 2018

Pamela Burgess explores the concept and meaning of landscape through art and text in the naturalist’s desk: language + landscape, a one-person exhibition opening next weekend at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden.

Installed throughout the Arboretum Library, the show features work in various media including drawings and poetry, sculpture and photography, selections from the Library’s collection of botanical books, and artwork based on specimens found in the Garden. Together, the library and the exhibition are presented as an oversized cabinet of curiosities adorned with books, drawings, and strange unidentified roots. A map and self-guided tour of the installation will be available for visitors.

Arboretum guests are encouraged to make repeat visits to this exhibition as additional works will be added throughout its six-month run. Meet Pamela and explore the recently renovated Arboretum Library during the opening reception on Saturday, January 27 (2:00-4:30 p.m). An Artist’s Talk will begin at 3:00 p.m.

The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden is located at 301 North Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91007 (map).

About Pamela Burgess
Pamela Burgess is a contemporary Los Angeles artist whose work is motivated by a fascination with nature and its materials, and a reverence for craftsmanship.

Awards include a Durfee Foundation ARC grant and first Artist-in-Residence of Theodore Payne Foundation. Exhibitions include the Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens, Occidental College, Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Avenue 50 Studio, and Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden.

Community environmental work includes board member of the Citizens Committee to Save Elysian Park (from 1997), board member of the Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants and chair of its Arts Council (2010-2016), member of the 2007 City of Los Angeles Elysian Park Master Plan Oversight Committee.

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Draw, paint and compose bird portraits

Posted in Learning Opportunities, tagged Kathleen McKeehen, Washington on January 2, 2018|

Scientific illustrator Kathleen McKeehen invites you to join her upcoming workshop on painting birds and feathers:

Painting the Feather and the Bird!

Join us on the west side of Puget Sound for a bird/feather painting workshop using the classical dry-brush watercolor technique at the Hansville Community Center, 15 minutes from the Edmonds/Kingston ferry, located in the park at Buck Lake. All levels, including total beginners, are welcome; subject possibilities include bird specimens, (including feathers,) photos (the photographer has given permission to use for paintings), master studies from the “greats” of bird painting, or learn to compose your own bird portraits using various references for accuracy.

Cost: $125.00, includes lunches and handouts

Email Kathleen McKeehen or call (360) 297-8858 to sign up or get more information.

Visit Kathleen’s website at www.florawithfauna.com.

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Afternoon tea and the serigraphs of Henry R. Mockel

Posted in Learning Opportunities, tagged Henry Mockel on December 4, 2017|

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This year I had the opportunity to learn more about Henry R. Mockel, an East Coast artist known for his serigraphs of California desert plants. With this opportunity came the opportunity to speak with people who knew Henry, as well as opportunities to tell Henry’s story in a presentation for the Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park and to write a journal article for the Twentynine Palms Historical Society. This week I have the opportunity to share Henry’s story again, this time over afternoon tea.

This week’s presentation is one of several events celebrating the 65th anniversary of the 29 Palms Art Gallery. Henry was an early member of the Gallery and I look forward to sharing his story with a new audience, as well as with those who may have known him.

You are invited to join us for an afternoon of tea and botanical art on Saturday, December 9, 2017 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm. This event is free. Donations to the non-profit gallery are suggested.

The 29 Palms Art Gallery is located in Twentynine Palms, CA. Learn more about the Gallery at www.29palmsartgallery.com.

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Online scientific illustration program announces schedule for Winter 2018

Posted in Learning Opportunities on November 16, 2017|

Gretchen Kai Halpert
www.gretchenhalpert.com
Gretchen Kai Halpert is the founder and instructor of an online program in scientific illustration. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design/CE, Gretchen has many years of experience working as a scientific illustrator and teaching programs about natural science illustration. Learn more about the distance learning program in scientific illustration at www.gretchenhalpert-distanceprogram.com.

Gretchen Kai Halpert
Scientific Illustration, Session I, Graphite

How do you take a three-dimensional object and translate it on to a two-dimensional plane? This course offers: basic scientific illustration drawing skills in graphite; perspective, proportion; value; textures; introduction to pen and ink; scientific conventions; lighting; transferring and scanning. It includes handouts; tutorials; live video conferencing; and email. Beginning and intermediate students.

Gretchen Kai Halpert
Scientific Illustration, Session II, Pen and Ink
January 8-March 12, 2018
1:00-3:00 or 7:00-9:00 EST or email

Pen and Ink is a staple for scientific illustrators. This class gives you an opportunity to immerse yourself to proficiency. Pen and ink, crowquill, line and wash techniques, composition, scratchboard, anatomy, professional practices, final projects. It includes handouts; tutorials; live video conferencing; and email. Beginning and intermediate students.

View all classes at www.gretchenhalpert-distanceprogram.com

To register, download the registration form or contact ghalpert@stny.rr.com.

To receive the newsletter of the Scientific Illustration Distance Program, sign up at the website or email Gretchen.

This information can also be found at Classes Near You > New York.

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‘Nature’s Beloved Son’ at Hi-Desert Nature Museum

Posted in Learning Opportunities on October 9, 2017|

By Vanessa Cantu, Hi-Desert Nature Museum

Nature’s Beloved Son
Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy
Hi-Desert Nature Museum
Yucca Valley, CA
September 21 – December 16, 2017

In the spirit which John Muir embraced the botanical world, Nature’s Beloved Son traces his travels through North America and presents vivid images of the actual plants that Muir held in his hands, carried in his pockets, and preserved for all time.

Produced and toured by Exhibit Envoy in partnership with Bonnie J. Gisel, Stephen J. Joseph, Heyday Books, and the Bedford Gallery. This exhibition was supported by the Skirball Foundation and private donors. Students and faculty from the University of California, Davis Design School and Design Museum designed the exhibition.

The Hi-Desert Nature Museum is in the desert community of Yucca Valley, approximately 45 minutes northeast of Palm Springs and 15 minutes west of the Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center in Joshua Tree.