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Botanical Art Represented in Exhibition at Virginia’s Charles H. Taylor Arts Center

Posted in botanical art, Education, Special Announcements, Special Events on June 29, 2011| 2 Comments »

Pure excitement.

This describes Linda C. Miller’s reaction to being accepted to an exhibition celebrating the artwork of Virginia artists. Three hundred artists sent over 850 entries to jurors for consideration. Eighty-one artists and 106 works were accepted. Linda says, “It is such an honor to be included in this exhibition, not only as an artist, but as a botanical artist too!”

Celebrate Linda’s paintings and the work of 80 Virginia artists in the Virginia Artists 2011 Juried Exhibition on view at the Charles H. Taylor Arts Center in Hampton from July 17 – August 28, 2011.

Meet the artists at the opening reception on July 17, 2011 from 1:30 – 3:30 PM.

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“Losing Paradise?” Exhibition Opens at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Posted in botanical art, botany, Education, Special Announcements, Special Events on June 27, 2011|

What began in 2006 with a preliminary call for entries to the membership of the American Society of Botanical Artists is culminating in the final showing of Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World, a botanical art exhibition in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew in England. The exhibition opened this past weekend and is one of the integral elements of a larger exhibition, Plants in Peril.

The exhibition is comprised of a collection of 44 works of original art depicting threatened and endangered plants from North & South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.

Botanical artists, some of whom had depicted only garden varieties of familiar flowers, set out to increase public awareness about plants threatened with extinction. They learned of the various organizations that assess the conservation status of endangered plant species such as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network which produces the Red List of Threatened Species, NatureServe which produces conservation status assessments in the U.S. and Canada, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service which administers the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Artists formed collaborations with local scientists, conservation organizations, and botanical gardens that could provide guidance in locating and studying the plants whether they be in public collections or in the wild.

A catalog of the exhibition including images of the artwork, background information about each plant and the artists depicting them, as well as essays by leading plant scientists and conservationists, is available for sale at ArtPlantae Books.

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How did Mindy Lighthipe document the lifecycle of butterflies for her book “Mother Monarch”?

Posted in botanical art, Education, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events on June 22, 2011|

Does she use the Butterfly Collection app for iPhone?

How about the electronic field guide by LeafSnap?

What are oracle cards?

Find out here!

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National Pollinator Week Begins

Posted in Education, gardening, Special Announcements, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events on June 20, 2011|

National Pollinator Week begins today.

So does our Ask the Artist with Mindy Lighthipe!

Later today, I will make Mindy’s interview the top story on this page. All new posts will appear below her interview. This will make it easier for you to follow the Q&A throughout the week and to post your question.

Have you planted a garden for pollinators? If so, tell us about it!

Would you like to create a garden for pollinators? The Pollinator Partnership has created planting guides for each region of the U.S. Visit their website to download a free Pollinator Friendly Planting Guide for your area.

Now is your chance to ask questions about botanical illustration, insect illustration and more. Let’s get the conversation started!

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Reminder: Ask the Artist with Mindy Lighthipe

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities, Special Events on June 15, 2011| 1 Comment »

Share this flyer with friends and colleagues. Post in your local library or coffee house.

Next week is National Pollinator Week. The Ask The Artist event with Mindy Lighthipe begins on Monday and continues through Friday June 24, 2011. During this time, Mindy will respond to readers’ questions about her botanical and entomological work. Do you have questions about drawing insects, working with museums, creating a themed body of work, working with gouache, or writing a book? Ask Mindy!

Please submit your question(s) by June 20 in the comment section below and help get the conversation going. Then feel free to join in as the conversation progresses through the week.

National Pollinator Week is an annual event hosted by the Pollinator Partnership, a nonprofit organization in San Francisco, CA working to protect the health of pollinators essential to the North American landscape and agriculture. One way they do this is through supporting legislation promoting conservation practices, such as the Highways Bettering the Economy and Environment Act (Highway BEE Act) to be introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives next week on June 23. This act encourages reduced mowing and native plantings that provide habitat for pollinators, nesting birds and other wildlife on 17 million acres of highway rights-of-way. Read the complete text of this act here. The Pollinator Partnership is collecting signatures for their group letter. If you wish to add your name or your organization’s name to this letter, click here by June 20, 2011.

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California Native Plants Society Issues a Call for Artists

Posted in botanical art, Special Announcements, Special Events on June 15, 2011|

California Native Plant Society
Conservation Conference
Conserving and restoring the roots of California’s richness
January 12-14, 2012

The California Native Plant Society will host an exhibition of botanical art at its January conference. All artists are invited to submit two-dimensional artwork in any medium for consideration. Artwork must be botanically accurate and must feature plants originating in and characteristic of the California landscape. Only indigenous plants will be considered. Click image to download call for entries.

Entry Deadline: October 15, 2011

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View Botanical Art Exhibition Celebrating the Five Senses

Posted in botanical art, Special Announcements, Special Events on June 6, 2011|

The botanical art exhibition featuring Susan Rubin’s look at the five senses is now on view at the Spark Gallery in Denver. The opening was a success and the show received a great review.

Susan Rubin has posted her exhibition pieces online and now we can view this exhibition too. Visit Susan’s online gallery to view FIVE: a sensory garden. Be prepared to be mesmerized!

Visit The SPARK Gallery