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Montgomery Parks:
http://www.montgomeryparks.org/brookside/
botanical_art_school.shtm
Brookside's Online Gallery:
http://www.brooksideartschool.smugmug.com/
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A free lecture offered by
Kandy Vermeer Phillips
from the U.S. Botanic Gardens,
"Gilding the Lily:
The Medieval Garden Illuminated"
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© Kandy Vermeer Phillips |
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An invitation from our President:
Submission invitation:
AMERICA'S PARKS
THROUGH THE BEAUTY OF ART
PRODUCED BY DAVID J. WAGNER, L.L.C.
A Message from the attached PDF —
"The 2013 inaugural
exhibition will premiere in Bolivar, Missouri from March 17–
April 14, 2013 at the Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art."
For more information click here.
PROSPECTUS FOR THE 2013
INAUGURAL EXHIBITION
An exhibition competition open to all artists, the purpose of which is to
recognize and promote excellence in original artworks depicting any park (national, state, provincial, county, city) in Canada,
Mexico and The United States.
For a current listing of ASBA's Botanical Art Workshops and Education, please click here:
http://amsocbotartists.org/ASBA-Education.html
Future bookings for BASNCR's Annual exhibition
at Wheaton Park Maryland Visitors Center:
May 19 to July 7, 2012
June 29 to August10, 2013
June 28 to August 9, 2014
© Linda Miller - 2011
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Our first themed exhibition!
The Garden Path;
Consistency and Change Through Botanical Art
"Save the Date" - An official call for entries for "The Garden Path; Consistency and Change Through Botanical Art" at the Athenaeum in Alexandria, Virginia will be issued on November 15, 2012.
Entries must be submitted by January 10, 2012 to be delivered to Juror, Marcia DeWitt.
Exhibit dates are March 15 through April 29, 2012.
For this show, artists are asked to reflect on the role gardens play in their lives and to seek to convey that through their selection of subject matter.
Along with your artwork, each artist will provide a brief statement (250 words, maximum) of the significance of their subject.
The show will coincide with the annual spring Garden Week in Old Town, which brings large numbers of plant enthusiasts to the area to view local gardens in full bloom.
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* Contemporary plants drawn in a medieval illuminated style
* A flower that is special to you from a relative's garden from a generation past
* A community garden in an urban setting
* Plants that date back historically.
* Modern uses of garden spaces, such as plants used as "living roofs" or "living walls"
* Medicinal or healing plants (there seems to be a revival of interest in these types of plants, connecting the past to the present. For example, plants used as traditional medicines by Native Americans or Colonial era healers still used as medicines today)
* Gardens as teaching tools (i.e., the USBG for example, has gardens that illustrate different habitats of the U.S. the garden of the Museum of the American Indian has native plants used by American Indians for various purposes.
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As the home of the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association (NVFAA), the Athenaeum prides itself on providing shows that highlight the very finest art available created by regional artists.
Here is the complete description of the show as accepted by the NVFAA:
From the pale green corkscrew tendril of vine depicting hope and promise to a beetle-chewed leaf edge that portends death and decay, contemporary botanical artists employ both art and technical mastery in their work. The Garden Path illustrates a story of consistency and change in our world through plants. With references ranging from wild spaces to historic gardens, to contemporary urban ‘green spaces,' this show uses botanical art to help us understand our place in the world.
The Garden Path contains works selected from the membership of the Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region (BASNCR) curated by botanical artist, Marcia DeWitt. She will follow the BASNCR juror's guidelines, which are strongly tethered to the formal attributes of classic botanical illustration, while selecting works that best reflect the concept of the exhibit.
Additional context to the show will be provided by way of brief narratives provided by the artists explaining the significance of their subject; there will be a curator's statement discussing the highlights of the show, accompanied by a fine-art, rather than technical illustration, perspective; members of BASCNR will do several free educational demonstrations of their art in the gallery; and the Alexandria Garden Tour will occur during the run of this proposed show in April of 2012.
Each artist is invited to think "outside the box" for this show. This is the perfect opportunity to use your skills to place your plants in a specific context - a historic or contemporary garden - or to "illuminate" your plants in a unique and special way.
We are delighted to have this opportunity to showcase the exceptional work of our BASCNR members!
Please contact: Kathy Brahney, kjbrahney@yahoo.com
Harriet Weiner harteacher@gmail.com
Meta Carr meets.1718@gmail.com with any questions or ideas you might have.
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