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Colorful Edibles, Botanical Art for Sale

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Special Announcements on April 18, 2016|

Have you been wanting to integrate botanical art into your classroom or program?

Now is definitely the time to do this.

The retail component of ArtPlantae is closing and from now through May 30, 2016 you can save up to $15 on online orders.

As always, your purchase helps support the American Society of Botanical Artists and the artists, researchers and institutions whose work is available through the store. No coupon codes are necessary. Savings are deducted automatically. Beginning your collection of botanical art couldn’t be easier!

Thank you for your support of the retail store over the years. Your interest in and support of ArtPlantae Books (2006-2013) and the smaller specialty store the past two years has been wonderful and much appreciated.

Shop the Spring Sale

Discounts valid for online orders only. No phone orders or fax orders. All prior sales excluded. Cannot be combined with other offers. All sales final.

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Botanical Art Lecture at College of William and Mary

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on March 25, 2016|

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A History of Botanical Art, an Artist’s Perspective
Virginia Historic Garden Week
The College of William and Mary
Swim Library
Linda C. Miller
April 26, 2016
10:30 AM
Williamsburg, Virginia
(Directions)

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Botanical Art Show and Sale at Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden

Posted in botanical art, Education, Special Announcements, Special Events on March 21, 2016|

The Botanical Art and Illustration program at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden will present ARTboretum!, an exhibition of botanical art by students in the program.

Instructor Cristina Baltayian shares, “I have been honored to teach the botanical illustration class for the last four years. The best way to highlight the value of the Arboretum and its botanical art education program is to allow you to see the inspiration, talents, and visions of the students.”

Twelve artists will display original art and fine art giclees in the Arboretum’s Oak Room April 29, 30 and May 1, 2016. Participating in the first annual ARTboretum! exhibition are:

Cristina Baltayian
Nancy Beckham
Melanie Campbell-Carter
Shae Gazzaniga
Nancy Grubb
Teri Kuwahara
Kathy Morgan
Juanita O’Marah
Marilyn Parrino
Robyn Reilman
Sabine Steinmetz
Jude Wiesenfeld

Artists will demonstrate techniques and answer questions during the exhibition. Prints and greeting cards will be available for purchase.

You are invited to attend the Artists’ Reception and Catalog Signing on Saturday, April 30 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Catalogs for the show will be available for purchase while supplies last.

Admission to the art show and sale is free with admission to the Arboretum. The Arboretum is located at 301 N. Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia, CA. (map)

Visit the Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Garden

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ASBA Call for Artists

Posted in Special Announcements on March 8, 2016|

The American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) has issued a “call for artists” to all ASBA members. This exhibition has a very short lead time. Deadline is April 3!

Click on the image below for details and guidelines for online submission.

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Entomology workshop introduction to exhibition about Maria Sibylla Merian

Posted in Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on February 17, 2016|

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The Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati will host an entomology workshop in partnership with Meddling with Nature, an organization known for their educational theatrics and hands-on DIY workshops whose specialty is creating opportunities for individuals to experience art within the natural sciences. Guests will be encouraged to “touch with their own hands and see with their own eyes”. Meddlers big and small, armed with their new-found knowledge, will mount and take home their very own large exotic specimen.

This workshop is a precursor to the Lloyd Library’s Summer 2016 exhibition showcasing Maria Sibylla Merian’s Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. Meddling with Nature will bring this epic work to life by presenting Surinam native plants and insects alongside the Lloyd Library’s original copies.

Learn about entomology and gain new insight into the work of Maria Sibyl Merian. Register for Meddling with Nature’s entomology workshop. The workshop will be held on Friday, February 19 (7-9 PM). Doors open at 6:30 PM.

General adult ticket: $49 advanced purchase
Additional child ticket: $22

Register Today!

About Meddling with Nature
Meddling with Nature is dedicated to exploring the connection between art and natural science. Starting with a love for medical illustration, Meddling with Nature quickly incorporated naturalistic, artistic, and anthropomorphic taxidermy. Meddling with Nature’s goal includes a mandate to educate the public on both biological and naturalist themes through direct, hands on experience. Meddling with Nature is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2016 and is producing a number of events throughout the year.

About Lloyd Library and Museum
Lloyd Library and Museum is committed to providing engaging public programming through lectures, exhibitions, instructional events (for students of all ages) and symposia, that highlights the breadth and depth of the collection in all new ways. Offering a collection of botanical, medical, pharmaceutical, scientific books and periodicals, the library offers services and programming that bring science, art, and history to life.

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Exhibition about native plants of the United States at Philadelphia Flower Show

Posted in Education, Special Announcements, Special Events on February 12, 2016|

By Sarah Maxwell, PSBI

The beautiful and precise botanical paintings of the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators (PSBI) are on display at the Philadelphia Flower Show from Saturday, March 5th through Sunday, March 13th. The artists will be giving live demonstrations of their illustration techniques each day between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm, as well as between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm.

In keeping with the Flower Show’s theme of “Explore America: 100 Years of the National Park Service,” the 2016 theme of the botanical artists is “Our National Treasures: Native Plants of the United States.” All the artwork had to be of plants that are native to our country — like oak trees, red buds, and dogwoods as well as trilliums, sunflowers, and black-eyed Susans. A large poster shows the location of these native plants along the Scenic Trail System of the National Parks.

Both the exhibition and the demonstrations are by the 75 members of PSBI. All the botanical art works are originals. PSBI artists spend many hours, weeks, even months to produce each one. They take great care to make certain that the depiction of the specimen is faithful to nature as well as a thing of beauty, something to be passed down with pride to coming generations.

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.

For more information, check the PSBI website, follow PSBI on Twitter (@PSBI_artists) or contact Sarah Maxwell.

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‘Great Expectations’ explores plants, buds and seeds

Posted in Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements on January 22, 2016|

Donguri [Acorn, Quercus Linnaeus, Fagaceae], acrylic, gouache and pencil on paper by Kieta Yonezu (1943–), 1982, 30 × 46 cm, for Rureberukan, Donguri (Chiyodaku, Tokyo, Kanda Ogawamachi, 1983), HI Art accession no. 6838.

Great Expectations
The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
March 17 – June 30, 2016

By The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation

The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation presents “Great Expectations” from 17 March to 30 June 2016. There is great expectation in the promise and energy held within a bud or a seed, and phases of this continuous cycle of plant development are beautifully illustrated with collection items.

Join us Thursday, 17 March 2016, 5-7 p.m. for an opening reception. At 5:30 p.m. the curators will give a short introduction to the exhibition in the gallery.

Our annual Open House on Sunday, 26 June (1:00-4:30 p.m.) will include the talk “Forward into the past: The past, present and future of Carrie Furnaces” (1:30-2:30 p.m.) by Ronald A. Baraff, director of Historic Resources and Facilities, Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, in which he will discuss how the arts, nature, preservation and aesthetics interplay with the historic at the Carrie Furnaces. Following the talk will be tours of the “Great Expectations” exhibition and the reading room (2:30-4:00 p.m.). This event is free and open to the public.

A tour of the landscape around the Carrie Furnaces in Rankin, PA, will be held on Saturday, 21 May, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Please contact Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area (412-464-4020; info@riversofsteel.com) for more information and to purchase a ticket ($15).

Hours
“Great Expectations” will be on display on the 5th floor of the Hunt Library building at Carnegie Mellon University and will be open to the public free of charge. Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 AM–noon and 1–5 PM; Sunday, 1–4 PM (except 25–27 March, 1 May and 29–30 May). Hours subject to change, please call or email before your visit to confirm. For further information, contact the Hunt Institute at 412-268-2434.

Related:

Cabinet of curiosities
On display from 19 January to 30 June 2016 in the Cabinet of curiosities in the Hunt Institute lobby is a two-leaf fragment of a handwritten copy of the Macer Floridus estimated to be from the mid-12th century, as well as several early printed editions. Visit during normal business hours (Monday–Friday, 9 AM–noon and 1–5 PM) to see this fragment from our Archives, which is the oldest item in our collections, and the printed edition from 1477, which is the oldest printed book in our Library.

About the Institute
The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, a research division of Carnegie Mellon University, specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science and serves the international scientific community through research and documentation. To this end, the Institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files, and provides publications and other modes of information service. The Institute meets the reference needs of botanists, biologists, historians, conservationists, librarians, bibliographers and the public at large, especially those concerned with any aspect of the North American flora.