June 10 – August 31, 2008
Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science
Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647-1717) was a painter and naturalist who studied the process of metamorphosis. Together with her daughters Johanna and Dorothea, Merian produced the book Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname. This exhibit is located in the West Pavilion on the Plaza Level at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
July 3 – 31, 2008
Botanical Art
Members of the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California will conduct demonstrations in the Central Garden from 1:00 pm – 3 pm on Thursdays and Sundays. You are invited to watch them work and to ask them questions about botanical art.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Beetles, Birds, and Butterflies: The Art and Science of Drawing from Nature (Part 2)
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Museum Studios and galleries
Join Stephanie Schrader, assistant curator, Department of Drawings, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and Museum educator Keri Jhaveri for a two-part course exploring natural history illustration. Course fee $30; $20 students. Limit: 30 participants.
Collection Connection: Drawn to Flowers, Describing the Unfamiliar
Explore techniques for botanical illustration with Tania Marien and Deborah Shaw in this two-session drawing course. The first session will include studio exercises and in-gallery sketching at the Getty Center. The second session meets at the Huntington Library where participants will study and sketch plants. Complements the exhibition Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science. Course fee $45. Open to 25 participants.
Part 1: Tuesday, July 15, 12:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.; The Getty Center, Museum Studios
Part 2: Tuesday, July 22, 12:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.; The Huntington Library, Brody Teaching Laboratory
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