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‘Capturing Flora’ Opens at the Art Gallery of Ballarat

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events, travel on September 24, 2012| 1 Comment »

Telopea speciosissima, Waratah, 1837-1842; Miss Maund; Benjamin Maund, publisher; Maund’s The Botanist; handcoloured engraving on paper; Collection: Art Gallery of Ballarat; Purchased with funds from the Joe White Bequest, 2010

Capturing Flora: 300 Years of Australian Botanical Art
September 25 – December 2, 2012
Art Gallery of Ballarat

The much-anticipated exhibition featuring three hundred fifty drawings and prints celebrating Australia’s wildflowers opens tomorrow at the Art Gallery of Ballarat.

Visitors to the Art Gallery of Ballarat can attend free talks, attend workshops and take home one of many themed keepsakes created around this exhibition. Visitors will have their choice of a 280-page hardcover catalog, a 2013 calendar, a perpetual diary, note cards, coasters, magnets, mirrors and more!

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Special events are planned throughout the exhibition. A summary is provided below. Visit the exhibition’s Programs and Events page to learn more.

Free Talks

  • Art Insight, September 26
    Engraving, lithography, scientists and intellectuals
  • Let’s Talk Poetry, October 9
    Poetry, Australian landscapes and bush poetry
  • Art Insight, October 10
    The life and work of botanical illustrator, Margaret Flockton.
  • Art Insight, October 24
    The work of John Pastoriza-Piñol.


Concerts and Recitals

  • Musica Botanica, October 3
  • Artists Inspire Artistry, November 9 and November 13
  • VOX: Flower Songs, November 10


Workshops

  • The Microscopic realm with Lauren Black, September 28

The Art Gallery of Ballarat is open daily from 9 AM – 5 PM.
Admission $12, Concession $8, Child and Gallery Members Free
www.artgalleryofballarat.com.au


A Look at ‘Capturing Flora’, courtesy The Art Gallery of Ballarat

Pelargonium australe, East Coast form by Margaret Stones; watercolour & pencil on paper; Collection: Art Gallery of Ballarat; Purchased with funds from the Hilton White Bequest, 2011

Metrosideros lophanta, date?; Pierre Joseph Redouté; Gabriel, engraver; plate 56 from Henri Duhamel du Monceau’s Traite des arbres et arbustes que l’on cultivee en France en pleine terre [Trees and Shrubs that are grown in the ground in France]; handcoloured engraving on paper; Collection: Art Gallery of Ballarat; Purchased with funds from the Joe White Bequest, 2012

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Create Your Own Artist’s Book at the Theodore Payne Foundation

Posted in botanical art, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Sketching & Journaling, Special Announcements, Special Events on September 24, 2012|

Seed Packet Artist Book © Laura Stickney. All rights reserved

Artist’s Book Workshop with Laura Stickney
Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012
10 AM – Noon

Make your own accordion-folded book with decorative covers and create carved stamps in this book arts class for adults. This is an easy and fun project — no art experience necessary. Laura is a visual artist, poet and the Theodore Payne Foundation’s 2012 Artist in Residence. For 25 years, she taught and coordinated art classes at the Junior Arts Center in Barnsdall Art Park and continues to teach etching and parent/child art workshops in her community. Limit: 12 participants. Cost: $20 members, $25 nonmembers.

Register Today!


About the Theodore Payne Foundation
The Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants, Inc., is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping others discover the beauty of California native plants. It is located north of Los Angeles in Sun Valley, CA.
www.theodorepayne.org

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American Society of Botanical Artists Launches Annual Exhibition at The Hortcultural Society of New York

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on September 14, 2012|

The American Society of Botanical Artists launches the 15th Annual International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition at The Horticultural Society of New York later today with an opening reception that begins at 6 PM.

One of the world’s premier venues for botanical art, this exhibition showcases the artwork of both established and emerging botanical artists. Artists from the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom submitted 192 works to jurors Patricia Jonas, Kathie Miranda, and Derek Norman. Forty-three artworks were selected for the exhibition and these pieces will be on view through November 21, 2012.

Visitors will be inspired by artwork created in watercolor, graphite, ink and colored pencil, as well as in media seen less often in botanical art exhibitions (hand-colored aquatint etching, silverpoint, polymer plate etching, and oil).

Workshops and painting demonstrations will be held during the exhibition.
Add these dates to your calendar!

The Gallery at The Hort is free and open to the public Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM. The Horticultural Society of New York is located at 148 West 37th Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10018-6909. (Map)

A color catalog about the exhibition is now available at ArtPlantae Books ($20).

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Nature Through the Eyes of a Paper Engineer

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events on September 12, 2012|

Shawn Sheehy looks at nature a bit differently than many of us. I asked him…


ArtPlantae:
I can’t help but think that you look at the world through the eyes of a paper engineer. When you look at plants, animals and landscapes, do you think pull strips, flaps and foundation shapes?


Shawn:
You are correct, but it’s the other way around: when I look at an interesting engineering structure, I think about what sorts of plants or animals I could build and move using that structure.


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Turning an Idea Into a Pop-Up Book

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Events on September 10, 2012|

My conversation with Shawn Sheehy continues…


ArtPlantae:
When planning the field guide, did you take a storyboard approach and draw your ideas out on flat sheets of paper, or did you do pop-up sketching? (Readers, pop-up sketching is creating paper models freehand without measuring.)

Shawn:

I typically think through everything in my sketchbook, though much of this is in text and not drawings. I do a number of very rough drawings for each structure to explore possible avenues of engineering, but when I get down to it I’m sketching in 3 dimensions with card and glue.


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The Royal Horticultural Society Takes a Closer Look at Plants in New Exhibition

Posted in botanical art, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Photography, Special Announcements, Special Events on September 5, 2012|

Davidia involucrata © Niki Simpson. Courtesy Royal Horticultural Society.

Taking A Closer Look
Royal Horticultural Society
Lindley Library, Wisley
September 4 – December 9, 2012

Botanical artist, RHS medal winner, and photographer Niki Simpson combines traditional botanical art with the latest in photographic technology in her solo exhibition at the RHS Lindley Library.

On view are 14 portraits of plant species grown at RHS Garden Wisley. In each composite illustration, Simpson brings attention to the morphological features of each plant and in doing so, creates fourteen beautiful digital botanical illustrations.

Fiona Davison, Head of RHS Libraries and Exhibitions, said, “The RHS is committed to preserving our horticultural heritage for all gardeners and garden-lovers to enjoy. This new exciting collection of works on display is a fascinating reminder that history never stands still, and that new technologies can go hand in hand with traditional techniques to create not only historical records, but also beautiful pieces of art.”

Niki Simpson worked in the RHS Botany Department for many years and managed the Herbarium Image Collection. Niki earned the prestigious RHS Gold Medal (1998) for her traditional botanical watercolor paintings and, in 2003, began exploring digital techniques for botanical art. Her digitally created botanical illustrations received RHS Gold Medals in 2007 and 2008.

Exhibition hours at the RHS Garden Wisley are 11 AM – 4 PM daily. For more information, visit the RHS Lindley Library website.


About RHS Lindley Libraries
The RHS Lindley Libraries are the largest visual and written resource on horticulture in the world. Collections including books, art, photographs and archives span 500 years of Britain’s gardening heritage. Designated as an outstanding collection in 2011, the Lindley Libraries work to safeguard Britain’s gardening heritage, promote access to our collections and share information on all aspects of gardening.


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Artist Talk for ‘Ex Herbario’ Exhibition Next Week

Posted in botanical art, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on September 3, 2012|

Artwork © Susan Brown Hardy. Image courtesy of Greg Bolosky.

Utilizing materials gathered from 25 years as herbarium preparator at the Arnold Arboretum, Susan Hardy Brown presents art that provides fresh insight into the herbarium’s collection.

Meet Susan Hardy Brown and learn more about her encaustic artwork during a special artist talk scheduled for Thursday, September 13 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM.

Register for this event and learn more about next week’s reception for
Ex Herbario: Recent Works by Susan Hardy Brown on the Arnold Arboretum’s exhibition page.

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