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Margaret Flockton Award 2013
Illustrators are invited to submit one or two original scientific botanical illustrations in black and white by close of business Monday 11 Feb 2013.
Prize money - 1st prize - $AUD5000, 2nd prize - $AUD2500, plus $500 each for up to three Highly Commended awards, will be presented at the joint opening of the exhibition with Botanica 2013 ‘Masters and Moore’ on Friday 12 April 2013.
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2012 News see below
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Capturing Flora - 300 years of Australian botanical art
Tuesday, 25 September 2012 - Sunday, 2 December 2012
This remarkable exhibition celebrates our continent's amazing and diverse flora and the ways Australian plants have been recorded, interpreted and popularised by botanical artists from William Dampier and the early explorers to the present day. It aims to be the most comprehensive exhibition of Australia botanical art ever held in this country.
Curated by Gallery Director Gordon Morrison, it brings together over 300 images, the vast majority of which have been collected by the Art Gallery of Ballarat in recent years. It will be accompanied by a major publication, the first comprehensive monograph to cover this 'territory' for over 10 years. more information
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Hillary Parker - Finding Your Artistic Voice Through Composition
Hillary Parker will be in Australia in November - teaching a Botanical Master class called "Finding Your Artistic Voice Through Composition" to the RBG Melbourne Friends. Hillary is also available to teach to other groups during the week of November 10th to 17th 2012. Small 1 and 2 day lectures, demonstrations, drawing and watercolor use are available. Classes are challenging, energetic, very effective, adaptable to support and compliment all botanical art programs.
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The winners - Margaret Flockton Award for Excellence in Botanical Illustration 2012
Officially announced on Friday 30th March at the joint opening of the Margaret Flockton Award Exhibition and Botanica – The Masters and Moore, by the Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC.
1st prize of $5000 goes to Klei Sousa from Brazil for Mimosa acutistipula (ink)
2nd prize of $2000 goes to Anita Walsmit Sachs from The Netherlands for Lepisanthes senegalensis (ink)
Highly Commended – Pauline Dewar from Victoria, Australia for Asphodelus fistulosus (ink)
Highly Commended – Susana Ferreira de Souza from Brazil for Dorstenia arifolia (graphite)
Highly Commended – Lucy Smith from the United Kingdom for Elaeocarpus macrocerus (ink)
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Two Premier Art Events - Sydney
The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust invite you to view two premier art events sponsored by the Friends of the Botanic Gardens
This year we are pleased to offer the unique opportunity to observe the qualities of scientific botanical illustration right alongside its colourful cousin, botanical art. Botanica 2012 - the Masters and Moore, is the Friends of the Botanic Gardens’ bi-annual botanical art exhibition and is being held in the Maiden Theatre at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney from 31 March – 22 April
The Margaret Flockton Award Exhibition will be open for public viewing from Monday 2 April – Friday 29 June 2012 There will also be two special weekend viewings in conjunction with Botanica 2012 on 31 March & 1 April, 21 & 22 April, 10am-4pm
The Margaret Flockton Award Exhibition 2012 more information
Botanica 2012 The Masters and Moore more information
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Lewin: Wild Art - State Library Sydney
3 Mar 2012 – 27 May 2012 Admission: Free
Lewin: Wild Art is about the life and times of John William Lewin (1770-1819), the first free professional artist to settle in Australia. Arriving in NSW in 1800 from London, Lewin's mission was to collect, draw and publish Australia's natural history for European audiences. more information
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The FON XII exhibition
will be open from April 28 - December 31, 2012.
This is a juried, biennial exhibit entitled Focus on Nature (FON) more information
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The 11th Art of Botanical Illustration Exhibition
Exhibition will be held from 10 to 25 November 2012
Artists interested in exhibiting can now contact us more information
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Celia Rosser Medal
Awarded every 2 years more information
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 5 years on line and still growing
Thank you to all members, supporters and visitors
We now have hundreds of listed and un-listed members
So if you are not listed you may well be missing out
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Collaborative exhibition between the Hunt Institute and the Botany department at Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Native Pennsylvania - A Wildflower Walk 2 March - 29 June 2012
Native wildflowers of Pennsylvania will be featured in a collaborative exhibition between the Hunt Institute and the Botany department at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Watercolors by Richard Crist (1909-1985) from the Institute and herbarium specimens from the Carnegie will create a visual wildflower walk through Pennsylvania's blooming seasons with a focus on endangered, rare and threatened species within our state. In conjunction with "Native Pennsylvania, A Wildflower Walk," we will offer several talks and tours that will expand upon different aspects of the exhibition, culminating with Open House 2012 on 24 and 25 June more information
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Wanted
Botanicart web site is looking for a site administrator and marketing person to assist with both Australian and international expansion project.
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Margaret Flockton Award - Botanic Gardens Sydney
Illustrators are invited to submit one or two original scientific botanical illustrations in black and white
by close of business Monday 6th Feb 2012
Prize money - 1st prize - $AUD5000 - 2nd prize - $AUD2000 plus three Highly Commended awards will be presented upon the opening of the exhibition on Friday 30th March 2012 more information
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BOTANICA 2012 – THE MASTERS and MOORE
31 March - 22 April 2012
An extraordinary exhibition of works by Australia’s finest botanical artists. Never before has the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, hosted an exhibition of botanical art of the calibre that will be seen in Botanica 2012 – The Masters & Moore exhibition, to be held in the Maiden Theatre & Moore Room.
Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney - OPEN DAILY 10am- 4pm. Free Entry more information
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Mt Buller Summer School
Wednesday, 25 to Sunday, 29 January 2012
Exploring Botanical Illustration in the Alps - We provide special interest and lifestyle courses and retreats at Mt Buller during the beatuiful alpine summer time more information |
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2011 News see below
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Botany and History Entwined - Rachel Hunt's Legacy
16 September - 15 December 2011
To celebrate our 50th anniversary, Hunt Institute presents rare gems from the original collection of our founder Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt (1882-1963). Her early love of nature and books grew into a lifelong pursuit of rare or historical works about plants, gardens and botany. more information
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Canberra Botanical - Australia
Artists Deadline for entries 5 August
Exhibition starts 24th September until 2nd October 2011
Opening night is Friday 23rd with Dr Philip, Director and Chief Executive, Royal Botanic Gardens. Canberra Botanical attracts many visitors and is a highlight of the Canberra spring events during Floriade. All artists are welcome to submit paintings for judging. more information
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Botannica 2011 - The Botannical Art Society of New Zealand
New Zealand 15th February–13th March 2011
This annual exhibition showcases recent works by members of The Botanical Art Society of New Zealand, established in 2004. The Society’s aim is to ‘foster and promote botanical art and to stimulate interest in plants, conservation, horticulture and the natural environment. more information
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The Eternal Order in Nature
Australia from 18 July to 7 August 2011
The Science of Botanical Illustration presented by the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne will be held at Domain House, Dallas Brooks Drive, Melbourne. more information
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XVIII International Botanical Congress
Australia’s botanical community is eager to welcome our colleagues from around the world to the 2011 IBC for an intellectually stimulating and socially memorable occasion more information
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Project Art for Nature
Minnesota and Wisconsin - Applications are due by 31 January 2011
A collaboration of artists and illustrators in Minnesota and Wisconsin, is looking for artists with a strong interest in natural areas and native species, and a passion for both art and nature conservation. We welcome applications for our 4th three-year cycle, starting March 2011. more information
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Final call for entries
close of business Friday 4th Feb 2011
Margaret Flockton Award and Exhibition 2011 - Illustrators are invited to submit one or two original scientific botanical illustrations in black and white by close of business Friday 4th Feb 2011.
Prize money - 1st prize - $AUD5000, 2nd prize - $AUD2000, plus three Highly Commended awards will be presented upon the opening of the exhibition on Exhibition on Friday 1 April to Friday 29 July 2011 more information
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2010 News see below
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13th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration
The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation presents its - 13th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
This exhibition will include 110 watercolors, drawings and prints representing the work of 72 artists from 15 countries. The Institute established the International series in 1964 with the hope of supporting and encouraging contemporary botanical artists. Every three years, the International series features the works of talented botanical artists from around the world. Dates - 24 September to 17 December 2010 more information
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Glass on flame (not all botanical but may warm you up)
This will be Kirra's 8th Annual Overview of Contemporary Flameformed Glass - there will be demonstrations by a number of artists during the weekend, 9 September 2010 to 12 September 2010. The demonstrations will be held in the immediate vicinity of our gallery in the Atrium of Federation Square. Participating artists will include Christian Arnold, Laurie Young, Mark Elliot, Peter Minson, Alan Ussher, Cas Davey, Pauline Delaney - and many more! more information
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Royal Horticultural Society London
Gold medal plus Best Botanical Painting in the RHS Botanical Art Show 2010
Isik Guner – Araucaria araucana more information (pdf file please wait for it to down load)
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Rare and endangered endemic plants from South Africa
Plants will be made available to botanical artists who wish to make scientifically accurate recordings of the plants. This process involves the national botanical gardens of South Africa and is co-ordinated by Anthony Hitchcock of Kirstenbosch botanical gardens, Cape Town. Plants may be BORROWED only from the national collection and artists wishing to acquire these plants must be members of BAASA or have exhibited at one of the Kirstenbosch Biennale. more information
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Kirstenbosch Botanical Art Biennale 2010
The exhibition will focus on rare, endangered and narrow endemic species indigenous to southern Africa. Call for entries - All artists who make botanically accurate, original renditions of the flora of southern Africa are invited to enter the show. Registration Deadline: 5 July 2010 more information
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In Detail - Plants and Flowers Close Up
Dawyck Botanic Garden Sun 2 May - Sun 1 Aug 2010
Kenneth Gray is a freelance graphic designer living and working in Edinburgh. He looks at plants in close-up detail, aiming to transform the way the viewer sees them. more information
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South American Botanical Art comes to Kew Gardens
The Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art 8 May – 8 August 2010
Curated by Dr. Shirley Sherwood and Pilar de San Pío Aladren (Real Jardín Botánico of Madrid)
‘Old and New South American Botanical Art’ is a vibrant exhibition, bringing the Latin continent’s exotic and lush plants to life at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It comprises 62 paintings from the Real Jardín Botánico:, Madrid’sMutis Collection (1783 – 1816) – none of which has ever been on display before – and 68 contemporary works from the Shirley Sherwood Collection. This is the first of two new exhibitions in the Gallery as part of RBG Kew’s Biodiversity Year celebrations. More information
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Funding and Research More information
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Botanica 2010
Treasuring Plants - Treasuring Our Planet exhibition Location - NSW More information
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The 10th Art of Botanical Illustration Exhibition
will be held in November 2010 Artists interested in exhibiting can download information from the Botanic Art and Classes page on the Friends' Website More information
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FON X offered $20,000.00 (USD) in Purchase Awards and a full color catalog.
International exhibition of natural history illustration at the New York State Museum, Albany, New York.
This is a juried, biennial exhibit entitled Focus on Nature (FON).
The next FON (XI) one will open April 12, 2010 and includes artists from 15 countries.
The deadline for entries to FON is always October 1 of the year preceding the opening.
Therefore, FON XII will be in 2012 with a deadline of October 1, 2011.
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2010 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize
Matilda Michell from Sydney has won the overall prize of $50,000 in the 2009 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize. Matilda's painting Fish was selected by judges as the best natural history artwork among the 101 finalists on display.
Entries in the 2010 Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize will open in early 2010. More information
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