Two Botanical Fine Art Exhibitions - Inward The Uk In Addition To Usa

Today I guide maintain intelligence of 2 upcoming exhibitions of Botanical Art inward the Great Britain too USA
Below you lot volition uncovering to a greater extent than details of the exhibitions too how you lot tin encounter them.

Stachyurus praecox 1 [Stachyurus praecox Siebold & Zuccarini, Stachyuraceae (stachyurus family)],
colored pencil on newspaper past times Wendy Hollender, 2008, 12 x xiv inches,
© 2008 Brooklyn Botanic Garden, All Rights Reserved.

Florum 2012

Regular readers of this weblog volition retrieve my review of final year's Florum exhibition - encounter MAKING Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 MARK: Exhibition Review: Florum 2011 - inward Sevenoaks

Florum 2012 volition in ane lawsuit to a greater extent than choose a fantastic display of botanical inspired works to Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve from September eighth to 15th.  The exhibition volition live opened upwards daily from 10am to 5pm.

This year’s exhibition showcases the piece of job of sixty artists working inward dissimilar media, many of whom are internationally recognised for their interpretation of plants too the landscape.  Visit www.florum.co.uk for a preview and a sum listing of participating artists.
A Final Peony past times Elizabeth Smail

The Exhibition this twelvemonth is paying Tribute to its founder - the slowly Elizabeth Smail FLS, FSBA - who died inward May 2012.
Kent based creative individual Elizabeth Smail, known to many equally “Liz”, was good known for her piece of job amongst the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve too her travel inward establishing Florum inward 2003 equally an annual exhibition. Her vision, enthusiasm too conclusion has ensured Florum’s polish functioning too success for the past times ix years. With her dear of botanical fine art too many years of instruction experience, Florum was Elizabeth’s favourite project. She introduced novel artists inside the exhibition every twelvemonth too chose contributing artists amongst tending too expertly envisaged each finished exhibition. She encouraged artists to practice masterpieces that were “ broader than botanical.”
Established botanical exhibitors volition include:
  • work inward watercolour too pencil past times Susan Christopher-Coulson, Christina Hart-Davies, Alister Mathews, Gael Sellwood too Siriol Sherlock along with 
  • paintings past times Michael Chaplin, Kate Penoyre, Wendy Cranston too Richard Tratt. 
  • prints past times Helen Hanson, Wendy Cranston too Sue Scullard, 
  • jewellery past times Louisa Crispin too Katherine Lawrie too textiles past times Cas Holmes

Where:  Kent Wildlife Trust’s Sevenoaks Reserve, Bradbourne Vale Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 3DH. (Free parking)Tel 01732 456407

When: 8th to 15th September 2012: Open Daily 10am to 5pm
FREE ADMISSION

Note: Florum donates a proportion of the profits to Kent Wildlife Trust’s Sevenoaks Reserve.

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation: Portraits of a Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium

The "Portraits of a Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium" showcases 48 American botanical artists who guide maintain been developing a florilegium to practice a lasting archive of watercolors too drawings of the plants growing at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG). (For those interested inward the history of the Florilegium - see A History of Botanical Art - Resources for Botanical Art Lovers)

This choice of original artwork, on loan from the BBG's permanent collection, volition live displayed amongst a sample of historical printed volumes illustration of the florilegium tradition from the Hunt Institute's Library collection.
Talented botanical artists are invited to bring together the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society too create a determined divulge of paintings of plants from the garden for the archive. The club artists are revitalizing the pop 17th–19th-century tradition of illustrating the plants available at a specific fourth dimension too growing inward a specific place.

The 48 members of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society included inward this exhibition are Francesca Anderson, Bobbi Angell, Mary Chambers Bauschelt, Chiara Becchi, Leslie Berge, Diane Bouchier, Wendy Brockman, Harriet Carotenuto, John Cody, Christina Davis, Monika E. de Vries Gohlke, Nan Dedrick, Kevin Duggan, Jean Emmons, Margaret Farr, Marilyn A. Garber, Carol E. Hamilton, Gertrude Hamilton, Paul Harwood, Wendy Hollender, Gina Ingoglia, Martha G. Kemp, Patricia Kernan, Judith Kunhardt, Libby Kyer, Dianne McElwain, Kathy Miranda, Angela Mirro, Carol Ann Morley, Adele Rossetti Morosini, Peter K. Nelson, Kate Nessler, Derek Norman, George Olson, Rose Pellicano, Kelly Leahy Radding, Lynne K. Railsback, Dick Rauh, Eleanor Lea Rohrbaugh, Mary Ryniec, Manabu Saito, Constance Sayas, Alice Tangerini, Jessica Tcherepnine, Virginia Tuttle, Catherine M. Watters, Carol Woodin too Eleanor B. Wunderlich.

Artist demonstrations 

On vi too seven Oct (between 1 to 4 p.m.) in that location volition live demonstrations of watercolor techniques used inward botanical fine art past times 4 regional artists who are dedicated to ikon from nature too sharing their cognition through teaching. The demonstrations volition guide maintain house inward the gallery, too ane of the curators besides volition live nowadays to respond questions too verbalize nigh the electrical flow exhibition.
  • On Saturday, vi October, Sue Wyble too Donna Edmonds volition demonstrate a method of layering a express palette of transparent watercolors to arrive at a multifariousness of colors. 
  • On Sunday, seven October, Carol Saunders too Christine Hutson volition demonstrate diverse moisture too dry out brush techniques, including limning, used to arrive at fluid color too intricate form. 
Exhibition details

Where: 5th flooring of the Hunt Library edifice at Carnegie Mellon University, 4909 Frew Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
When: 21 September – xvi Dec 2012 Hours: Monday–Friday, nine a.m.–noon too 1–5 p.m.; Sunday, 1–4 p.m. (except eighteen too 22–25 Nov 2012).
Because hours of functioning are occasionally plain of written report to change, delight telephone phone or e-mail earlier your see to confirm. For farther information, contact the Hunt Institute at 412-268-2434.
FREE ADMISSION

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