The Tertiary Novel York Botanical Garden Triennial: Telephone Telephone For Entries

The Third New York Botanical Garden Triennial is titled Out of the Woods: Celebrating Trees inwards Public Gardens.

The Call for Entries has been issued past times the American Society of Botanical Artists - together with I've summarised it below.

Entries are eligible for New York Botanical Garden Gold, Silver, together with Bronze Medals.

The argue for posting it immediately is drawing together with paradigm trees tends to convey a flake of time. Also relatively few botanical artists depict trees - together with I mean value I observe inwards this plain of report an attempt past times ASBA to involvement to a greater extent than botanical artists roughly the footing inwards recording trees for posterity.

To this goal I'll render my photos of artists who been rather successful inwards paradigm trees inwards this post.

Masumi Yamanaka amongst her paradigm of the Stone Pine inwards Kew Gardens - planted inwards 1846
See Review: Kew's Heritage Trees - paintings past times Masumi Yamanaka
Since she painted it, the tree has lost iii major branches inwards a large tempest inwards 2013
- proving the worth of paradigm the tree.

The Exhibition


This Triennial follows on from the real successful together with much travelled Interviews amongst RHS Botanical Art Gold Medal Winners)
copyright: images - Hye Woo Shin; photograph - Katherine Tyrrell

What yous tin enter

  • Up to iii entries
  • Two-dimensional master copy botanical artwork, size confine 40” x 46” either horizontal or vertical. 
  • The plain of report MUST hold upwards trees grown inwards botanical gardens or arboreta - together with yous are required to dry reason its place on the entry form
  • Titles must include genus together with species if known (and botanical gardens together with arboreta tend to hold upwards adept at labelling trees!)
  • Artwork must hold upwards available for exhibition for the total catamenia stipulated i.e. artwork must hold upwards available to go from 2017 through 2019.

Who tin enter

The solely people who tin acquire inwards are electrical current members of the American Society of Botanical Artists - irrespective of where they live.

So - if yous desire to acquire inwards together with are non already a fellow member together with thence yous necessitate to consult the ASBA Membership Page on their website.

How to enter

Deadline for Entries:  After the exhibition dates changed, the master copy deadline of September 30, 2016 has immediately been changed to April 28, 2017 

Your entry comprises:
  • signed together with completed entry form
  • payment of the fee (Fee per entry: $35 payable past times cheque or PayPal)
  • images on a CD
On Line Submission: Artists may enter together with submit payment online together with and thence e-mail image(s).

Image requirements: Images of the artwork should hold upwards submitted every bit digital files. The constraints are every bit follows:
  • High resolution i.e. 300 dpi
  • Size: an paradigm which volition impress at 8” high (it mightiness hold upwards worth checking that this is the longest dimension), 
  • tif or jpg files are acceptable (in do tif files volition render improve resolution merely larger file sizes)
  • On a CD labelled solely with artist’s cite together with artwork(s) title(s). 
Alert! Artists should read the modest impress which states
If the creative soul withdraws the artwork earlier exhibition, the creative soul volition non hold upwards eligible to present at whatever ASBA exhibition for the next 2 years.
Note that all
  • artwork must hold upwards framed inwards specific L-profile, maple exhibition framing. Full information volition hold upwards provided to accepted artists. (I'm assuming that arrangements are made to tending international entries together with avoid transportation disasters through framing inwards the USA)
  • Artists are responsible for transportation to the New York Botanical Garden together with for its render transportation at the unopen of the exhibition. Artists are non responsible for transportation betwixt venues.
An RHS Gold Medal inwards 2015 was awarded to Kimeo Maruyama for her paintings of Pine Trees

How to become started


ASBA suggests the next every bit appropriate ways of getting to grips amongst drawing together with paradigm suitable trees
  • explore your local botanical garden or arboretum 
  • contact horticultural staff of the Botanic Garden or Arboretum to acquire what trees they believe are worthy of note. 
  • other fine art societies or fine art groups of ASBA Chapters - develop a concurrent exhibition on the same subject 
  • plan a grouping sketching trip to a local botanical garden to explore the opportunities together with possible approaches
ASBA recommends the piece of occupation of the next resources
I'm besides developing lists of botanical gardens roughly the world on my website - together with volition besides hold upwards developing resources re arboreta.

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