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Tour London and Madrid on Arts & Archives Tour

Posted in botanical art, History, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on January 12, 2011| 3 Comments »

The Denver Botanic Garden’s Botanical Art & Illustration Program is leading an Arts & Archives Tour to London and Madrid, March 31 – April 11, 2011. There is room for two more adventurous travelers. Two critical travelers, in fact. If you are interested in this tour, please email the Program Coordinator or call 720-865-3653 as soon as possible.

Here is a quick look at the itinerary. A more detailed itinerary can be viewed here.

LONDON: Accommodation at Royal Gardens Hotel

April 1:

Arrive in London

April 2:

Hampton Court Palace: Botanical Archives including the Florilegium
Royal School of Needlework and the floral treasures (2-hour tour)

April 3:

Visit Ann Swan and her studio in Wiltshire
Visit Avebury Henge, Avebury

April 4:

Kew Gardens
Viewing of Beatrix Potter Collection at the Blythe House
Westminster Abbey organ concert 17:45 p.m (free 30 min. organ recital).

April 5:

Natural History Museum and its library collections

April 6:

Victoria and Albert Museum
Viewing of SBA (Society of Botanical Artists) 2011 Exhibit at Westminster Central Hall (press preview)
Flight to Madrid

MADRID: Accommodation at Hotel Agumar

April 7:

Royal Botanic Gardens and their archives and collections
Parque del Retiro
National Archaeological Museum

April 8:

Visit and tour of the Royal Tapestry Factory
Prado Museum
Mercado de San Miguel

April 9:

Museo de America
Centro de Arte Reina Sofia

April 10:

El Rastro, Europe’s biggest flea market next to Europe’s biggest stamp and coin market, both open on Sundays only.
Palacio Real
Plaza Mayor
Flamenco (e.g., Las Tablas) or Bullfight

April 11:

Last minute shopping or sight-seeing on your own
Those extending their trip start their explorations (e.g., Toledo, Spain’s former capital and the home town for El Greco and with a magnificent cathedral)
Flight home

Tour is limited to 13 participants.

Price without the airfare is $2,775US (includes hotel accommodation with breakfast daily, London Travel pass, Madrid Travel pass, private day excursion to Wiltshire, group travel insurance, and entry tickets where applicable). For more information, please call 720-865-3653 or email Program Coordinator.

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Field Guide to Gymnosperms Now Comes with Convenient Waist Pack

Posted in general botany, Special Announcements, Special Events on January 10, 2011|

Head outdoors with a field companion that will carry your water bottle, your keys, your cell phone, your driver’s license, and your money too!

The Joey Jam Pack, the convenient compact water bottle holder is now free with each purchase of Gymnosperms of the United States & Canada by Bruce L. Cunningham. This neoprene wrap will fit around water bottles up to 1 liter in size. The exterior pouch can accommodate a cell phone or a MP3 player, not to mention tissues or your favorite energy bar. Keys attach easily to the adjoining key fob and the exterior strap gives you the option of carrying the Joey Jam Pack in your hand or carrying it on your belt strap. If you don’t have a water bottle to carry and only need to have money, ID, and your phone with you, this practical wrap fits comfortably around your wrist. Two hidden slots line the interior and can accommodate money, ID cards, credit cards, business cards, and other essentials. All items are sealed securely within each slot, so there is no reason to worry about losing them.

This special offer makes a great gift and is available for a limited time only. While supplies last.

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Discover the Beauty of Orchids at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

Posted in botanical art, gardening, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on January 5, 2011|

Celebrate Orchid Spectacular and add a few pages to your sketchbook!

New at Classes Near You > North Carolina:

North Carolina Botanical Garden
www.ncbg.unc.edu
Certificate students will receive a well-rounded education enhancing their scientific understanding of plants, their knowledge of visual arts theory, and the way they approach drawing and painting plant portraits. The complete schedule for 2011 and an overview of this program’s requirements can be obtained here.

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, Belmont
www.dsbg.org
The Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden offers many learning opportunities for both children and adults. The garden’s classes about photography and Adobe Photoshop may be of special interest to ArtPlantae readers. View a complete list of current classes on the garden’s website.

Botanical Illustration: The Beauty of Orchids

Adobe Photoshop for Beginners & Photographers

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Project Art for Nature: On The Edge

Posted in Education, Special Announcements, Special Events on January 3, 2011|

ON THE EDGE
Bell Museum of Natural History Minneapolis
January 9 – March 12, 2011

Project Art for Nature is comprised of artists and illustrators from Minnesota and Wisconsin who create art promoting awareness of threatened natural areas in their respective regions. Meet the artists and learn about their preservation efforts at the exhibition’s opening reception on Sunday January 9, 2011 (1 – 4 PM). Artists participating in On The Edge are: Carla Benjamin, Mary Coughlan, Marj Davis, Denise Friesen, Estela De Paola De Lerma, Barbara Harman, Ellen MacLeod, Andrea Martin, David Morrison, Alis Olsen, Bonnie Ploger, Robyn Beth Priestley, Teri Power, Diane Wesman, and Vera Ming Wong.

If you are unable to attend the reception, you can view the exhibition during regular museum hours or participate in any of the fantastic special events planned during the exhibition.

Sketch Nights
First Thursday of Each Month (6:30 – 8:30 PM)

January 6 – Birds (show will be hung while you draw)
February 3 – Plants & Fungi
March 3 – Aquatic Life

Sketch Sunday: Prairies with Denise Friesen
March 6, 2011 (1 – 4 PM)

Exhibit Tour of On The Edge with PAN Artists
Concurrent with Sketch Nights (7:00 PM)
February 3 and March 3

Demonstrations at the Gallery

Stamp Carving with Carla Benjamin – Sunday, January 16; 2 – 4 PM
Stamp Carving with Carla Benjamin – Sunday, February 13; 2 – 4 PM
Cut Paper Art with Andrea Martin and Vera Ming Wong
Saturday, February 19; 1 – 4 PM

Drop-by Workshop:
Create the Tree of Nature with Estela de Paola de Lerma
You are invited to create a new sculpture with PAN artist de Paola de Lerma! Drop by the museum any time on the days listed below. See you there!

Sunday, January 30
Sunday, February 6
Sunday, Feburary 13

Regular Museum Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday (9 AM – 5 PM)
Thursday (9 AM – 5 PM)
Saturday (10 AM – 5 PM)
Sunday (12 PM – 5 PM)

Click to download flyer

CALL FOR ARTISTS
Project Art for Nature’s third cycle concludes with this show. Applications are being accepted for Project Art for Nature’s fourth cycle. Application deadline is January 31, 2011. For more information, click on image to download flyer.

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Graphite Artist Reveals The Power of Pencils in “Drawing From Line to Life”

Posted in Drawing, Drawing in Graphite, Drawing to Learn, Special Announcements on January 3, 2011|

Drawing From Line to Life by graphite artist, Mike Sibley, is currently shipping for free from the UK. Take advantage of this limited time offer before new shipping rates take affect. If you are a graphite artist caught up in a world of watercolor how-to books, this book is for you!

Mike Sibley is a very good teacher and is one of the world’s few professional graphite artists. He shares all he knows with students in his class and he does the same with readers of his 287-page book about graphite techniques. In this book you will find clear instruction and more than 625 helpful and inspiring illustrations.

Here is your chance to learn from one of the best.

In his book, Sibley discusses…

Drawing From Line to Life is an excellent resource. Take a look inside!

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Chilean Flora: A Historic Work in Progress

Posted in botanical art, Education, general botany, Special Announcements on December 29, 2010|

A team of artists, authors, and experts at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) are working on Plants from the Woods and Forests of Chile, a book about the threatened plants of Chile and the issues surrounding their threatened status and conservation. When completed, this historic reference will include 80 watercolor paintings.

Turkish artists Guinur Eksi, Hulya Korkmaz, and Isik Guner come to this project with impressive resumés. Each artist studied with Christabel King and each is now a full-time award-winning botanical artist. Gulnur Eksi received a Gold Medal from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in 2010, as did Isik Funer who also earned Best Botanical Painting. Hulya Korkmaz received a RHS Silver Gilt medal in 2010. All three artists have also earned medals at BISCOT.

More impressive than their awards, however, is how these young artists work to enhance our knowledge of plants. When they are not traveling to Edinburgh to work on the book about Chilean plants, Eksi and Korkmaz work on projects bringing attention to Turkish bulbs and the plants of Turkey. While Funer works as an artist providing field experiences in art.

Collaborating on this project are authors Martin Gardner (Coordinator, International Conifer Conservation Program), Pauline Hechenleitner (Author, Threatened Plants of Central and South Chile), and Josefina Hepp (Author/Researcher). Serving as project advisors are: Jacqui Pestell (Curriculum Development, RBGE), Clare Morter (Senior Horticulturist, RBGE), Sabina Knees (Botanist, Centre for Middle Eastern Plants), and Henry Noltie (RBGE Botanist & Author).

Visit the official website of Plants from the Woods and Forests of Chile to learn more about this project, the artists, and to view nine paintings from this book.

Plants from the Woods and Forests of Chile will be published Fall 2013.

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Botanical Artists Illustrate White House Christmas Tour Book

Posted in botanical art, Special Announcements, Special Events on December 6, 2010| 2 Comments »

The holiday tour at the White House received a special touch this year. The book for the annual Christmas tour is graced with illustrations by students, alumni and faculty from the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Corcoran College of Art & Design. The tour book, Simple Gifts: Holidays at the White House 2010, features detailed descriptions of the festive decorations in each room. A botanical illustration or a holiday scene accents every page. From the gingerbread men and women decorated by servicemembers’ children to the crimson cardinals in the foyer, decorations in the White House bring attention to the many simple gifts present in our daily lives. This includes recipes we share with friends and family. The White House shares two recipes in the tour book this year. One recipe is for homemade gingerbread ornaments and the second recipe is for apple cake with maple glaze.

Botanical artist, Eva-Maria Ruhl describes this very exciting 11-day project:

After a lovely White House tour with White House florist, Laura Dowling, who explained the basic concepts of the decorations to us, we were on our own. [The book] is lovely and we are indeed happy to have our work in the National Archives. One more triumph for botanical art and the Corcoran program!

Artists contributing to the 2010 tour book are: Roberta Bernstein, Wendy Cortesi, Leslie Exton, Charlotte Fremaux, Vicki Malone, Kappy Prosch, Eva-Maria Ruhl, and Ellen Saunders.

Pick up your own copy of Simple Gifts: Holidays at the White House 2010.

Learn more about Corcoran’s botanical illustration program on their website.

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