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ArtWorks Gallery & Studio
in collaboration with the Everhart Museum
www.artworksnepa.com
The ArtWorks Gallery is a learning space for artists and students located in the heart of the restoration area in downtown Scranton.
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Botanical Illustration Made Easy – November 15, 2011; 6-8 PM. Learn how to draw easily and quickly to bring botanical illustrations to life. Create hand-colored ink drawings and take home a matted image. Instructor Aleta Yarrow is the Director of Interpretive Programs at the Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science and Art. She had taught botanical illustration at the Arnot Art Museum, Tanglewood Nature Center and Cornell University. Cost: $35, including materials. Contact the Everhart Museum to register, (570) 346-7186. This class will be taught at the ArtWorks Gallery & Studio.
Joan Frain Studio
www.joanfrain.com
Joan Frain is a professional botanical illustrator and instructor. For over 30 years, Joan has taught in Pennsylvania and in Delaware. Her work can be viewed in galleries and online. Private instruction and pay-as-you-go classes are available.
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu
The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, a research division of Carnegie Mellon University, specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science and serves the international scientific community through research and documentation. To this end, the Institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files, and provides publications and other modes of information service. The Institute meets the reference needs of botanists, biologists, historians, conservationists, librarians, bibliographers and the public at large, especially those concerned with any aspect of the North American flora.
- Gallery Tour of the Reading Room’s Antique Furniture – During Carnegie Mellon’s Cèilidh Weekend, Curatorial Assistant Catherine Hammond will give a gallery tour on Saturday, October 29, 2011 (2:00 PM), and Publication and Marketing Manager Scarlett Townsend will give a tour on Sunday, October 30, 2011 (2:00 PM), of the antique furniture in the reading room which was designed to capture the essence of Rachel Hunt’s personal library. The herbals, the autograph letters and the Redouté paintings were important elements of her original collection, but equally important to her was the setting in which these items were enjoyed. She did not want her new library to look common or commercial. With the help of Harold LeBaron, her longtime interior decorator, and George H. M. Lawrence, our founding director, she chose items reflecting her tastes and personality.
- Pierre-Joseph Redouté and His Collaboration with Botanists – Sunday, November 6, 2011; 2:00 PM. Curator of Art Lugene Bruno will discuss the work of Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840) who is considered to be the most famous flower painter of the 19th century. Redouté exhibited his floral bouquets in the Paris Salon and illustrated some of the most beautiful color-plate folios ever produced. What is less known is the work that Redouté created for many important botanists of his era. This talk will include his work for Charles Louis L’Heritier (1746–1800), who was the first to recognize that Redouté’s talent could be channeled into creating scientific illustrations that would compliment botanical texts, which helped to launch Redouté’s multi-faceted career. Prints by Redouté from a selection of publications will be on temporary display during the talk.
- At the Center of the Network: Dutch Botanist Carolus Clusius (1526-1609) – Sunday, December 4, 2011; 2:00 PM. Librarian Charlotte Tancin will lead a discussion about botanist, traveler, writer, correspondent and exotic plant and animal enthusiast, Clusius, who used his vast personal network to gain and spread information, exchange seeds and plants, and advance knowledge of the natural world. His career touched all four subject areas of our 50th anniversary exhibition: herbals, gardens, botany and travel and exploration. His stature and legacy made him a major figure in the history of botany and plant introduction and thus a natural subject of interest for Rachel Hunt.
Phipps Conservatory
http://phipps.conservatory.org/
The Conservatory has a Botanical Art & Illustration Certificate Program. Program instructors teach classes in composition, drawing, watercolor, colored pencil, and botanical art history.
