The country will pay special tribute to its national parks beginning this weekend. Many activities are planned including Junior Ranger Day, art-related activities, litter patrols, hikes, and much more. A schedule of activities arranged by state can be viewed at National Park Week Events.
Do you live near a national park? Are you going to participate in one or more activities during National Park Week? If you do, tell us about your experience.
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Wendy Hollender will teach a three-day Spring workshop at Morven Museum & Garden April 17, 18 and 25. Class will be held from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM each day. Please bring your own lunch. All questions should be directed to Michele Sheridan at msheridan@morven.org or to Wendy Hollender at wendyhollender@gmail.com.
Wendy Hollender is the Program Coordinator of the Botanical Art & Natural Science Illustration certificate program at the New York Botanical Garden and the author of Botanical Drawing: A Beginner’s Guide.
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Botanical artist, Lotus McElfish, was featured in the San Marcos Daily Record on April 5, 2009. Lotus was interviewed about her project studying the endangered plants of Texas. She will discuss her project on May 16 at the Department of the Interior Museum host of the exhibit, Endangered Species: Flora and Fauna in Peril.
Read how Lotus is educating the public about endangered plants here.
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The word “sketchcrawl” was coined by Enrico Casarosa after participating in a “pub crawl” for a friend’s bachelor party. Since coining this phrase, he has taken the sketchcrawl concept online and now hosts a forum where sketchbook artists share their sketches.
The next global Sketchcrawl is scheduled for Saturday, April 11, 2009. For these events, sketchbooks artists gather across the world to draw and paint with fellow artists. Participants can sketch for 30 minutes or all day, whatever works for them.
Want to join in on the fun? Gather your art buddies and plan a gathering. Casarosa explains how to participate and how to share sketches online in the SketchCrawl Forum.
Let us know if you organized a sketchcrawl in your area. Please click on Comments below to share your story.
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Please join us for a sunny weekend at the Festival of Flavors, May 1-3, 2009 at the LA Garden Show. This year we are hosting book events celebrating five authors and illustrators. We will also be hosting a botanical art demonstration.
Please see the details below. We hope to see you there!
SATURDAY, MAY 2
10:30 am – 12:00 pm:
Attention Young Gardeners! Meet the author and the illustrator of Wiggle and Waggle, Caroline Arnold and Mary Peterson. Each purchase at the booksigning will include a Wiggle and Waggle activity kit.
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm:
Meet author, illustrator and educator, Marianne D. Wallace and learn about her illustrated books addressing America’s forests, deserts, wetlands, prairies, mountains, and seashores. Marianne teaches educators and parents how to introduce children to botanical illustration.
SUNDAY, MAY 3
10:30 am – 12:00 pm:
Meet the authors of The Urban Homestead. Kelly Coyneand Erik Knutzen will be signing their guide to self-sufficient living in the urban landscape.
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm:
After you learn how to grow your urban garden, be inspired to draw and paint your harvest with botanical artist, Sally Jacobs. Sally’s notecard collections celebrating fruit, vegetables, and flowers will be available for purchase.
Visitor Information: Los Angeles Garden Show, L.A. County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, May 1 – 3, 2009
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A new exhibit opens today at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. The Garden commissioned twenty watercolor paintings of California wildflowers by botanical artist and conservationist, Patrick O’Hara. Unlike traditional botanical art which features plant specimens isolated on a single sheet of paper, O’Hara’s paintings reveal plants in their natural habitats.
The Wildflowers of California exhibit will be on display in the Blaksley Library through April 30, 2009. The complete collection can be viewed online at the Garden bookstore. Gicleé prints of each painting can be purchased both online and in the Garden.
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ArtPlantae Books is hosting a meet-n-greet event in honor of the release of Billy Showell’s new book. Below is the timeline for this special online event:
March 23 – Review of Watercolor Flower Portraits at ArtPlantaeToday.com
March 30 – Review of Watercolor Fruit & Vegetable Portraits at ArtPlantaeToday.com Online author event with Billy Showell to launch Watercolor Fruit and Vegetable Portraits, at ArtPlantaeToday.com. You are invited to ask Billy questions about botanical art, her books, and her art. Send
questions to AskTheArtist@artplantae.com. Submit “Ask The Artist” questions anytime before April 13th.
April 13 – All “Ask The Artist” questions are due today.
April 20 – An Interview with Billy Showell at ArtPlantaeToday.com.
April 27 – “Ask The Artist” Q&A published ArtPlantaeToday.com.
Pre-Order Now!
(available April)
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Botanists and illustrators strive to document conifers around the world.
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