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Draw Plants at Minneapolis College of Art & Design

Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, Learning Opportunities, tagged , , , , on December 18, 2012 |

The Minneapolis College of Art & Design will offer a class in botanical drawing during the Spring term. Registration opens January 3, 2013.

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Minneapolis College of Art & Design Continuing Eduction
www.mcad.edu
The Minneapolis College of Art and Design offers continuing education classes for adults, children and teens. Adults can learn about new media and techniques. Children 5-18 have the opportunity to participate in fun and creative studio experiences at a top art and design school.

    Botanical Drawing
    February 9 – March 16, 2013 (1-4 PM)
    Instructor: David Andree
    In this introduction to botanical illustration, students will work in graphite, colored pencil and watercolor. Class sessions will include presentations, demonstrations, and on-location drawing at the Como Conservatory in Saint Paul. Basic drawing skills are recommended, but not required. Open to students ages 16 and above. First class meeting will be at MCAD. Some classes will meet on-location. Non-credit tuition: $225

    For additional details, including the discount for Early Bird Registration and the materials list, see Botanical Drawing at MCAD.

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Project Art for Nature Celebrates ‘Earth, Air, Water, Life’

Posted in Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged , , , , , , on September 28, 2012 |

Earth, Air, Water, Life
Sept. 8 – Oct. 29, 2012
Stillwater, MN

Fourteen artists from
Project Art for Nature are participating in Earth, Air, Water, Life an exhibition now on view at the Stillwater Public Library Gallery in Stillwater, MN. The artists of Project Art for Nature work independently and with each other to create art promoting awareness of threatened natural areas in Minnesota and Wisconsin. They host educational art exhibitions every year at art galleries, nature centers, libraries and other venues in both states.

Visit the Stillwater Public Library

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Create Pop-up Wildflowers and Vegetables

Posted in botanical art, Education, gardening, Learning Opportunities, tagged , , , , on June 6, 2012 |

Paper engineer and book artist, Shawn Sheehy, will teach you how to create a field guide of wildflowers and a journal for your garden.

See what’s new in the Classes Near You sections for Minnesota, Ohio and Illinois.


Shawn Sheehy
www.shawnsheehy.com
A book artist and paper engineer whose work incorporates ecological principles observed in nature. Sheehy’s art reflects his interests in ecosystems, natural resources, population biology and evolution.

    Pop-Up Field Guide to Wildflowers – June 29 – July 1, 2012;
    9 AM – 4 PM. Create a pop-up book featuring North American wildflowers! In this three-day workshop you will learn the fundamental structures, techniques and materials of pop-up engineering while building 10-12 exquisite flower forms. You can bind the structures together to create a book or keep them separate for gifting to family and friends. Either way, you will have the knowledge and skills to begin creating your own cards at home. Cost: $300. Materials Fee: $17. Location: Grand Marais Art Colony Grand Marais, MN. View Details/Register


    Pop-Up Field Guide to Wildflowers     – July 14-15, 2012; 10 AM – 4 PM. In this two-day workshop, you will create 8-10 pop-up cards featuring native flowers of the Midwest. Fundamental techniques of pop-up engineering will be demonstrated and practiced while building these flowers, using little more than a knife, glue and card stock. Aside from a collection of cards that you might either bind together and keep for further study or [as] gift[s] to family and friends, you will also receive the knowledge and tools to continue creating your own cards at home. No experience is necessary, but binding and/or sewing skills will speed your progress. This is a great workshop to take if you want to explore making your own greeting cards or would like to advance your skills in using paper as a medium for sculpture. Cost: $165. Location: Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory Cleveland, OH. View Details/Register


    The Pop-Up Vegetable Garden     – October 25 – November 2, 2012. Fundamental techniques of pop-up engineering will be demonstrated and practiced while building these vegetable plants, using little more than a knife, glue and card stock. At the end of the day you will have a collection of 4-5 cards that you might either keep for further study or gift to family and friends. No experience is necessary, but binding and/or sewing skills will speed your progress. Location: Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago, IL. Details and registration information will be posted here.

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Art & Friendship Focus of ‘Common Roots’

Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, natural science illustration, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged , , on February 8, 2012 |

Artists and friends, Susan Waughtal and Vera Ming Wong celebrate art and more than 30 years of friendship in the exhibition, Common Roots, now on view at the Crossings Gallery in Zumbrota, Minnesota.

These two friends share many passions, art being one of them. Each takes a different approach to their art. Waughtal takes an “exuberant and sometimes even whimsical” approach to painting animals, gardens and life on her farm, while Wong takes a more meditative approach as she captures the moods and the mystery of the natural landscape.

Celebrate the artists’ Common Roots now through February 29, 2012.

Exhibit Hours: MTWF 10-5; Thursday 10-8; Saturday 10-4

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Exhibition Celebrates the Art of Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, botanical illustration, Education, gardening, general botany, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged , , , , , on January 9, 2012 |

Wild Green Things: The Art of Anne Ophelia Dowden
Andersen Horticultural Library
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
January 18 – May 2, 2012

Anne Ophelia Todd was born in Denver and grew up in Boulder, Colorado spending her early years roaming the foothills of the Rockies. Dowden says, “I collected and drew any living thing that came my way, especially insects and flowers, and the study of nature was my absorbing hobby.”

© 2008 Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. All Rights Reserved.

After graduated with an art degree from Carnegie Institute of Technology, the artist moved to New York City in 1930, and taught drawing for more than 15 years. During that time, she married fellow artist Ray Dowden. Dowden began her botanical illustration work in the early 1950s, when magazines began to use her artwork on their covers and in their articles. She was in her 50s when she wrote, designed and illustrated her first book, Look at a Flower.

After 60 years in New York City, Dowden moved back to Boulder in the early 1990s to be near family and her beloved mountains. She set up her studio and published her last book, Poisons in Our Path: Plants That Harm and Heal, in 1994, when she was 87 years old. Dowden died in 2007 at the age of 99.

Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden’s artwork will be on view in the Andersen library, the Snyder Building lobby and the skyway ramp between the Visitor Center and Snyder Building. There also will be works in an Oswald Visitor Center display case.

A special insiders look at the art of Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden by exhibit curator, Lucie Taylor, will occur when Wild Green Things opens next week. Visitors will have the opportunity to view Dowden’s books, original sketches and original paintings during a one-hour presentation scheduled for Wednesday January 18 from Noon – 1 PM in the Snyder Building. Limit: 30. Cost: $7.50 members, $10 non-members. Register Online

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is located in Chanhassen, Minnesota on State Hwy 5, nine miles west of the intersection with I-494. The largest public garden in the Upper Midwest, the Arboretum is part of the University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences. Open 363 days a year, admission is $9 adults; free for members and ages 15 & under.

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Living Wonders at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design

Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, Learning Opportunities, tagged , , , , on January 2, 2012 |

Registration Opens Tomorrow
January 3, 2012


Minneapolis College of Art & Design Continuing Eduction
www.mcad.edu
The Minneapolis College of Art and Design offers continuing education classes for adults, children and teens. Adults can learn about new media and techniques. Children 5-18 have the opportunity to participate in fun and creative studio experiences at a top art and design school.

    Living Wonders: Botanical Illustration
    Saturdays, February 11-25, 2012; 10 AM – 4 PM. Instructor Carey Dean will introduce you to the history and splendor of botanical illustration. Learn how to illustrate plants using graphite, ink, colored pencils and watercolor. Learn about plants and draw on-location at the Como Conservatory in Saint Paul. Basic drawing skills recommended, but not required. Non-Credit Tuition: $179. View Details/Register

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Project Art for Nature: On The Edge

Posted in Education, natural science illustration, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged , , , , on January 3, 2011 |

ON THE EDGE
Bell Museum of Natural History Minneapolis
January 9 – March 12, 2011


Project Art for Nature is comprised of artists and illustrators from Minnesota and Wisconsin who create art promoting awareness of threatened natural areas in their respective regions. Meet the artists and learn about their preservation efforts at the exhibition’s opening reception on Sunday January 9, 2011 (1 – 4 PM). Artists participating in On The Edge are: Carla Benjamin, Mary Coughlan, Marj Davis, Denise Friesen, Estela De Paola De Lerma, Barbara Harman, Ellen MacLeod, Andrea Martin, David Morrison, Alis Olsen, Bonnie Ploger, Robyn Beth Priestley, Teri Power, Diane Wesman, and Vera Ming Wong.

If you are unable to attend the reception, you can view the exhibition during regular museum hours or participate in any of the fantastic special events planned during the exhibition.

Sketch Nights
First Thursday of Each Month (6:30 – 8:30 PM)

  • January 6 – Birds (show will be hung while you draw)
  • February 3 – Plants & Fungi
  • March 3 – Aquatic Life


Sketch Sunday: Prairies with Denise Friesen
March 6, 2011 (1 – 4 PM)


Exhibit Tour of On The Edge with PAN Artists
Concurrent with Sketch Nights (7:00 PM)
February 3 and March 3


Demonstrations at the Gallery

  • Stamp Carving with Carla Benjamin – Sunday, January 16; 2 – 4 PM
  • Stamp Carving with Carla Benjamin – Sunday, February 13; 2 – 4 PM
  • Cut Paper Art with Andrea Martin and Vera Ming Wong
    Saturday, February 19; 1 – 4 PM


Drop-by Workshop:
Create the Tree of Nature with Estela de Paola de Lerma
You are invited to create a new sculpture with PAN artist de Paola de Lerma! Drop by the museum any time on the days listed below. See you there!

  • Sunday, January 30
  • Sunday, February 6
  • Sunday, Feburary 13


Regular Museum Hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday (9 AM – 5 PM)
Thursday (9 AM – 5 PM)
Saturday (10 AM – 5 PM)
Sunday (12 PM – 5 PM)

Click to download flyer

CALL FOR ARTISTS
Project Art for Nature’s third cycle concludes with this show. Applications are being accepted for Project Art for Nature’s fourth cycle. Application deadline is January 31, 2011. For more information, click on image to download flyer.

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Nature Drawing for Beginners

Posted in Learning Opportunities, natural science illustration, tagged , , on July 21, 2010 |

This weekend!

Now at Classes Near You > Minnesota:


Vera Ming Wong
Project Art for Nature
Vera Ming Wong helps the public understand relationships between organisms and their environment through her artwork. Vera owns Arakunem Arts LLC and leads Project Art for Nature, a collaboration of artists and illustrators from Minnesota and Wisconsin who bring attention to fragile natural areas. Learn more about Vera at Project Art for Nature.

    Nature Drawing for Beginners – Saturday July 24 & Sunday July 25, 2010; 9 AM – 12 PM. Capture the shapes, shades, and patterns of nature in this hands-on workshop. Ages 15 and older. Schaar’s Bluff Gathering Center, Spring Lake Park Reserve, 1800 127 Street East, Hastings, MN. Cost: $20. Register Online.

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Classes Near You – Oregon, Minnesota

Posted in Learning Opportunities, tagged , , on January 19, 2009 |

Mount Pisgah Arboretum, Eugene, OR
www.mountpisgaharboretum.org

  • Slowpoke Sketch Walk – February 7
  • One Small Square – February 22 (create an artistic record of one small square of nature)


Bell Museum of Natural History, Minneapolis, MN
EXHIBIT: Richard Crammer: Into the Forest of Flowers
January 10 – February 22, 2009
Exquisite drawings and pastel paintings delicately highlight the intricacies of plants and birds.


Como Conservatory, St. Paul, MN
www.comozooconservatory.org

  • Plants In Pen-and-Ink: Mondays, January 19 – March 9, 2009
  • Drawing Basics – Wednesdays, Jan 21 – Mar 11 (two sections)
  • Watercolor Basics – Tuesdsays, Jan 20 – Mar 10 (two sections)
  • Beyond Watercolor Basics – Mondays, Jan 19 – Mar 9
  • Botanical Drawing I – Tuesdays, Jan 20 – Mar 10
  • Color Theory -Mondays, Jan 19 – Mar 9
  • Botanicals in Oil – Thursdays, Jan 22 – Mar 12
  • Painting with Pastels – January 20 – March 10
  • Sumi-e and Chinese Brush Painting – January 21 – March 11
  • Macro Photography – January 31 – February 28
  • Marketing and Professional Presentation – February 5
  • Legal Considerations for Artists – February 12
  • Pricing Your Work – February 19

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