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Fourteenth Annual International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition Opens at The Horticultural Society of New York The Horticultural Society of New York, 148 W. 37th St., 13th Floor, New York, NY Our annual Exhibition opened on the evening of September 21, with a reception for patrons and artists. Forty artworks selected by a jury team consisting of Patricia Jonas, Kathie Miranda, and Derek Norman, were on display in this longest running ASBA annual exhibition, Artists and visitors came from nearby, around the country, and included some international visitors as well. The exhibition catalog also premiered, featuring an egg tempera painting by Patricia Mahoney Giebutowski, Rosa floribunda, Floribunda Rose, on the cover. We sincerely appreciate the donors who made publication possible, with major support provided by Barbara Macklowe, and other donors participating listed in the catalog. The reception was preceded by a special preview Jurors’ Walkthrough, which drew a large and appreciative audience. Dr. Shirley Sherwood, to our great good fortune, was in attendance and provided short remarks about the current exhibition at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Kew. Briefly discussed were the theme and importance of Plants in Peril and Losing Paradise?, as well as visitor numbers and public interest. |
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Dr. Sherwood’s remarks were followed by Awards Jurors Patricia Jonas, Barbara Macklowe, and Jessica Tcherepnine, who each chose several artworks to discuss and critique. They provided attendees with in-depth understanding of botanical art, what goes into it and an exhibition of this type. Chris Murtha, The Horticultural Society’s Curator, and his team hung the show in their contemporary gallery with great wall appeal, and his remarks were followed by those of Robin Jess, Executive Director of ASBA. The Awards Jury met earlier in the day to choose award recipients. The Hort’s Best in Show Award was given to Lizzie Sanders for her watercolor, Nepenthes sp., Nepenthes, and the ASBA Award recipient was milly acharya for her watercolor Prunus cerasus, Cherry. Selected for the Ursus Books and Prints Award was Margaret Farr’s intense watercolor painting Mertensia virginica, Lamium purpureum, Daucus carota, Gallium mollugo, and Muscari armeniacum, Virginia Bluebells, Purple Deadnettle, Wild Carrot, Hedge Bedstraw, and Grape Hyacinth. Bobbi Angell received the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Award for a Print or Drawing for her copperplate etching with watercolor, Malus domestica, Apple and Karen Kluglein received the New York Central Art Award for Rosa ‘Tamora,’ Tamora Rose, a watercolor on vellum. The Talas Award was presented to Heeyoung Kim for her watercolor Apocynum sp., Indian Hemp. Three Honorable Mentions were selected, for Christine Battle’s Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. megalocarpa, Large Fruited Yellow Gum, a watercolor; Jean Emmons’ Hydnellum aurantiacum, Orange Tooth, watercolor on vellum stretched over panel; and John Pastoriza-Piñol’s Castanea sativa, Spanish Sweet Chestnut, watercolor. We appreciate of all the exhibiting artists, and encourage all members to keep in mind the deadline of March 23, 2012 for the Fifteenth Annual Exhibition. That Call for Entries can be found in this Journal and on our website.
October 27-29, 2011 Small Works Exhibition, ASBA Conference, Newton, MA The New England Society of Botanical Artists, in coordination with ASBA, organized this exhibition for our annual conference. Each conference registrant could send one artwork, with an external frame dimension of no larger than 9x12”, for inclusion. These tiny gems represented a high percentage of first time exhibitors, as well as those who have participated previously. Carrie Megan chaired the Exhibition Committee, and was ably assisted by Carole Ely, Pam Gordon, Kay Kopper, Polly Meckel, Ruth Starratt, and Robin Wilkerson. Display panels were loaned by the Creative Arts Center in Chatham, MA, transported by Robin, Carrie and Pam. Throughout the conference a wide variety of media, presentations, and approaches were on display. Attendees gathered in the exhibition to compare techniques and learn from others’ small works. A reception was held on Friday evening, with conference attendees and guests enjoying the expansive collection of 128 artworks. Two awards were presented. Attendees were allowed one vote for the Artist’s Choice Award; this was given to Carol Woodin for her watercolor on vellum Diospyros virginiana, American Persimmon. The Anne Marie Carney Award was presented by Anne Marie’s daughter, Valerie Tih. Kathie Miranda was its recipient for her colored pencil on Mylar, Maranta sp., Prayer Plant. Two Honorable Mentions were also given, for Barbara Hanft’s Paeonia suffruticosa, Peony, and Julie Houston’s Cirrhopetalum tingabarinum, Mountain Orchid. A beautiful on-demand catalog was published containing 107 images from the show, and was coordinated and designed by Kelly Leahy Radding. You can order your copy of the catalog from the publisher, at www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2532414
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Member Exhibitions October 26th 2011 -November 25th 2011 Plant Portraits - Jee-Yeon Koo’s Botanical Paintings To see a video of this beautiful exhibition, visit: blog.naver.com/parkpd777/90129613982Dongduk Women’s University Museum,Sungbuk-gu Hawallgok-dong 23-1,Seoul 136-714, Republic of Korea Jee-Yeon Koo’s botanical paintings are featured in this invitational solo exhibition. Her work is widely respected in Korea, as she advocates for the genre, noting its importance in documenting plants and connecting with the wider public to enlist their enthusiasm for botanical works. In this exhibition, as well as the next listed one, Koo’s artworks have been incorporated into the poster for the event.
October 28th 2011-February 5, 2012 Plants of Cheonggyecheon, the Artistic Revival of Botanical Art in Cheonggyecheon To see a video of this beautiful exhibition, visit: blog.naver.com/parkpd777/90129614310For the first time in Korea, a large-scale art exhibition focuses on botanical art, featuring Korean plants. It opened in October, with a goal to create a new awareness of plants in the lives of citizens. It is an environmentally-centered art exhibition, with artworks contributed by the members of the Korean Society of Botanical Illustrators (President: Jee-Yeon Koo). Cheonggyecheon is an historically important stream that flows through the middle of the city of Seoul. The stream has been recently restored to health, aiming for recreating its natural, unsullied state. This exhibition focuses on illustrating those plants that live near the Cheonggyecheon.
February 2012 Expressions of Nature at The Elizabethan Gardens 1411 National Park Drive Manteo, North Carolina 27954 In March of 2011, Linda C. Miller was named the first Artist in Residence at The Elizabethan Gardens. Linda selected a cutting each month from her walks in the Garden and has created ten original works for this exhibition. The specimens she selected include the Lace Cap Hydrangea, Lenten Rose, Tea Camellia, Live Oak, and Saucer Magnolia. For more information, please visit www.lindacmillerbotanicalarttoday.com Contact: The Elizabethan Gardens, PH: 252-473-3234
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Exhibitions are central to the ASBA's mission. They contribute to our professional development, both as individuals and as a group; they serve as an important educational tool, and they are the way in which we spread the word about botanical art. The ASBA's Exhibitions Coordinator provides assistance, consistency, support, professionalism, and guidance for those who are organizing international, national, regional or local exhibitions. The Exhibitions Coordinator is a part-time position. An ideal exhibition is one developed by participants from any area of the nation. Members identify themselves to the Exhibitions Coordinator as interested in and willing to work on an exhibition in their region. Our goal is to mount three shows annually in diverse regions of the country. The Exhibitions Coordinator will provide the necessary information and support to make your exhibition a success. The ASBA has published a set of Exhibition Guidelines which provide a comprehensive how-to guide for planning and holding an exhibition. We have a great deal of experience in mounting exhibitions, and we all benefit from that experience. If you think you'd like to hold an ASBA exhibition, and you have a venue in mind, the ASBA would like to encourage you. Please look over the Exhibitions Guidelines to learn how to go about it, and contact: Carol Woodin, Exhibitions Coordinator at cjwoodin@me.com or Jean Emmons, Exhibitions Chair at jean.emmons@gte.net.
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