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Exhibition Celebrates America’s Parks

Posted in botanical art, Education, Special Announcements, Special Events on September 26, 2011|

America’s Parks Through the Beauty of Art celebrates the original artwork of artists who have captured scenes and images depicting parks in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Subject matter may be from any park be it a national, state, provincial, county or a city park.

Jurors are M. Stephen Doherty, editor of PleinAir Magazine; Susan T. Fisher, past president of the American Society of Botanical Artists & director of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute; and Todd Wilkinson, managing editor of Wildlife Art Journal.

The inaugural exhibition of America’s Parks Through the Beauty of Art will be held in Bolivar, Missouri at the Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art,
March 17 – April 14, 2013. Additional exhibitions are planned for 2014 and 2015.

Complete details can be viewed in the prospectus for the inaugural exhibition. Here is quick look at some important information:

Eligibility: Open to all artists
Eligible Subject Matter: Original artwork of subject matter found in any national, state, provincial, county or city park or any park of any other such unit in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
Eligible Media: Original, two-dimensional art completed in 2010, 2011 or 2012. See prospectus for more details, including ineligible media.
Entry Fees: Early-entry Fee is US$30 for one entry, US$50 for two entries and US$20 for each additional entry. Standard Deadline Fee is US$40 for one entry, each additional entry US$25.

Download the “America’s Parks” Prospectus for the 2013 Inaugural Exhibition to read all details and to obtain an entry form.

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ArtPlantae Brings ‘Know Plants’ Message to Fall Conferences

Posted in Education, Special Announcements, Special Events on September 21, 2011|

This Fall, ArtPlantae will introduce its educational goals to two new audiences. The first will be attendees at the California Science Education Conference (October 21-23, 2011). ArtPlantae is proud to contribute as a Supporting Sponsor for this event.

On the following weekend, ArtPlantae will introduce 10,000 enthusiastic Girl Scouts to its ‘Know Plants’ message and the world of botanical art at the sold out Girltopia Expo. At this event, Girl Scouts will take part in educational “funshops” where they will learn about the environment, arts & culture, business smarts, science, technology, engineering, math, leadership, and issues related to wellness and healthy living. Girl Scouts will also participate in hands-on activities provided by exhibitors.

Did you get tickets to this event before they sold out two months early?
Visit ArtPlantae in the Arts Alley at Girltopia: The World of Girl hosted by the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles.

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Nature Artists Gather for International Festival

Posted in Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on September 21, 2011|

Artists for Conservation, the world’s leading group of artists supporting the environment, will host its first annual Artists for Conservation Festival in Vancouver, Canada from November 5-13, 2011. Renowned nature artist, Robert Bateman, will give the opening address. Nature and wildlife artists from around the world will be in attendance. Festival visitors will be able to participate in workshops, view nature and wildlife art, watch painting demonstrations and learn about conservation issues.

For detailed festival information, visit the festival webpage.

Artists for Conservation Festival 2011
Grouse Mountain
North Vancouver, Canada
November 5-13, 2011

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Botanical Art Exhibition Opens This Week at The Horticultural Society of New York

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on September 19, 2011| 1 Comment »

The 14th Annual International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition opens this week at The Horticultural Society of New York. This exhibition is a collaborative effort between The Horticultural Society of New York and the American Society of Botanical Artists.

This exhibition featuring paintings and drawings of trees, fungi, vines, fruit, vegetables, and flowers will be on view September 21 – November 23, 2011. The Gallery at The Hort is free and open to the public Monday through Friday from 12 – 6 PM.

Botanical art workshops will be taught by botanical artists Dr. Dick Rauh, John Pastoriza-Piñol, and Wendy Hollender during the exhibition. Information about these workshops is available below. Workshop information has also been posted to Classes Near You > New York.

Horticultural Society of New York
www.hsny.org
These workshops will be offered during the 14th Annual International Juried Exhibition of Botanical Art that will be on view from September 21 – November 23, 2011 in The Gallery at The Hort.

Exploring the Science of Botanical Art – Monday, October 17, 2011. Explore the botany and the art of plants with botanical artist and botanist, Dr. Dick Rauh. Learn about the life cycles of flowering plants and use a magnifying glass to study their unique characteristics. Choose from two sessions: morning session (10 AM – 1 PM), afternoon session (2-5 PM). HSNY Hort Members $115, nonmembers $150.
Register online/Get materials list
Prickly Subjects – Thursday, November 3, 2011. Have you always wanted to capture the complex details of plants? Do stick-me-outs leave you baffled? Learn how to capture the most intricate details of the plant world with Australian botanical artist, John Pastoriza-Piñol. Choose from two sessions: morning session (10 AM – 1 PM), afternoon session (2-5 PM). HSNY Hort Members $115, nonmembers $150.
Register online/Get materials list
Grisaille Technique in Botanical Painting – Monday, November 21, 2011. Artist and author, Wendy Hollender, will teach students how to create three-dimensional botanical forms using the grisaille technique to create tonal values. She will then show students how to apply color over these tones to create finished colored pencil paintings of botanical subjects. Choose from two sessions: morning session (10 AM – 1 PM), afternoon session (2-5 PM). HSNY Hort Members $115, nonmembers $150. Register online/Get materials list

The American Society of Botanical Artists has a membership of over 1,100 from the United States and 25 other countries. Its mission is to promote public awareness of botanical art, honoring its traditions and furthering its development.

The Horticultural Society of New York provides programs that sustain the vital connection between people and plants, growing a community of New Yorkers that values horticulture and giving even those with limited resources the knowledge and opportunity to cultivate plants, benefiting the environment, their neighborhoods, and their own lives.

The catalog for this exhibition can be purchased at the show and can also be purchased at ArtPlantae Books.

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Do You Write in Your Books?

Posted in Education, Special Announcements, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, Video on September 14, 2011|

Don’t worry. You won’t get in trouble.

Personally, I write in the margins of many things. I write all over the research papers I read and in the books from my personal library too. Some books are so full of information (like Karin Nickelsen’s book about 18th-century botanical illustrations), notes are a necessity because they are the only way I can keep up with the author and relate new information to other things I’ve read. Writing in the margins is how I make meaning. What I do not do, is highlight and underline pages and pages of text. Highlighting and excessive underlining never worked for me. While studying teaching and learning techniques and student learning in grad school, I read a comment by someone making the point that the act of highlighting text is simply proclaiming, I’ll get to this later. Now isn’t that the truth? I apologize for not being able to give credit to this individual.

What about doodling? Do you create doodles to help you process information in the text?

Then you might be interested in an exhibition at the University of North Carolina exploring why images are paired with text and how information is conveyed through pictures. The exhibition, Meaningful Marks: Image and Text and the History of the Book, is on view at the Melba Remig Saltarelli Exhibit Room in the Wilson Special Collection Library until September 28, 2011. One of the books featured in the exhibit is Mark Catesby’s Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands (1731-1743).

Getting back to scribbling in book margins…

Do you find this practice offensive or are you okay with people who do this? Here is a link to a short video featuring interviews with people on both sides of this issue. This video was created by multimedia journalist, Jonathan Michaels, and takes a look at why we write in books.

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This post marks the beginning of a new feature about books and literature pertaining to plants, nature, natural history art and related topics.

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Florum Exhibition Celebrates Beautiful Plants and Wildlife

Posted in botanical art, Education, Special Announcements, Special Events on September 7, 2011|

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Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve
September 10-17, 2011

This weekend botanical artists will gather to celebrate plants, botanical art and the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve. The Florum organization and the Kent Wildlife Trust are excited to present their annual exhibition of botanical art. Proceeds benefit the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, a 136-acre sanctuary composed of lakes, ponds and habitat that is home to birds, plants, fungi and wildlife. The Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve is located near London.

Featured artists for 2011 are Kristin Rosenberg, Jan Harbon, Christina Hart-Davies, Wendy Cranston, Sue Scullard, Mayumi Hashi, Sue J. Williams, Monty Parkin, Karen Birchwood, Barbara Valentine, Elizabeth Small, and Pauline Grove. A total of 62 artists will participate in this year’s show.

This exhibition opens on Saturday and is free to the public.
Exhibition hours are 10 AM – 5 PM daily.

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Elizabeth Blackadder Exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland

Posted in botanical art, Education, Special Announcements, Special Events on August 17, 2011| 1 Comment »

Elizabeth Blackadder, Iris oncocyclus (Courtesy National Galleries of Scotland)

ELIZABETH BLACKADDER 
Scottish National Gallery
The Mound, Edinburgh 
www.nationalgalleries.org
July 2, 2011 – Jan 2, 2012

Sponsored by Baillie Gifford

The artwork of one of Scotland’s most accomplished living artists, Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, is on view at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh. The exhibition celebrates Blackadder’s 60-year career and her 80th birthday.

Since launching her career in 1959, Elizabeth Blackadder has become known for her paintings, prints and drawings. She was the first woman artist to be elected to both the Royal Academy and Royal Scottish Academy and in 2001 she was honored with the title Her Majesty the Queen’s Painter and Limner in Scotland, a role that began with Sir Henry Raeburn almost 200 years ago. Blackadder studied at Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art.

Included in the exhibition are Blackadder’s early drawings of the Italian landscape and its architecture. Her Pop Art-inspired work fills the central room of the exhibition, while her well-known drawings, paintings and prints about nature are celebrated in an adjacent room. Blackadder’s studies of nature illustrate her desire to capture the world around her, with no subject being too small or insignificant.

Blackadder traveled extensively throughout her career. In the 1980s, her visits to Japan made an impression on her and resulted in her embracing new techniques and imagery. A room dedicated to her exploration of the country’s unique customs, objects and design is included in this exhibit. On view are Japanese-inspired prints created by combining materials such as gold leaf with more conventional printing methods.

The exhibition concludes with recent and new paintings, drawings and prints.

John Leighton, Director-General of the National Galleries of Scotland said:

Elizabeth Blackadder is, quite simply, one of Scotland’s greatest painters. She has revitalized long-established traditions of landscape, still life and flower painting in this country; she could be described as one of our finest painters in watercolor or equally lauded for her work as a printmaker. At once profoundly Scottish and enticingly exotic, her art is both familiar and mysterious. This major exhibition is both a celebration of her work and an invitation to look again at the achievement of an artist who could be described as a “national treasure”.

A Look at the Artwork of Elizabeth Blackadder
Courtesy of the National Galleries of Scotland

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