Details of current and future art exhibitions of botanical art in the USA and Canada
PLUS links to the Hunt International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
and an Archive of the more important exhibitions held in recent years
PLUS links to the Hunt International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration
and an Archive of the more important exhibitions held in recent years
Botanical Art Exhibitions in 2018-19Below you can find listings for
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Calls for Entries 2018-19Current Calls for Entries for Botanical Art Exhibitions exhibitions in North America are on a separate page Exhibition ListingGet an exhibition included in the listing! Please use the form at bottom of this page. |
Archives: Past Botanical Art Exhibitions in USA & CanadaThere are three pages that archive records of past exhibitions in North America
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Botanical Art Exhibitions in CANADA in 2018
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ART of the Plant - Native Plants of Canada (2018)
Venue: Canadian Museum of Nature – Stone Wall Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario Dates: Opening: 18 May - 14 October 2018 Website: https://artoftheplant.com This is Canada's contribution to the Worldwide Exhibition of Botanical Art in May 2018 Events continue throughout the period of the exhibition See: |
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Botanical Art Exhibitions in the USA 2018-2020
Major Botanical Art Exhibitions in the USA
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There are four regular exhibitions of top quality botanical art in the USA.
TRIENNIAL EXHIBITIONS These are
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Periodically there are special exhibitions to mark anniversaries or special events.
IN 2018, there is the Botanical Art Worldwide - America's Flora (See below for tour venues) In addition there are periodic exhibitions by
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TRIENNIAL and Special (Long) Exhibitions 2018 - 2019
These are exhibitions that tour across the USA - and venues and future (or past) dates are listed below alongside their current venue
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Botanical Art Worldwide - America's Flora
(Part of the Worldwide Exhibition of Botanical Art) Venue: United States Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC Dates: May 4 - October 15, 2018 Website: https://www.asba-art.org/exhibitions/botanical-art-worldwide Future Venues and Dates: Missouri Botanical Garden: Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110 February 1 - May 5, 2019 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum 700 North 12th Street, Wausau, WI 54403 June 8 - August 25, 2019 Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1700 University Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76107 September 26 - November 27, 2019 |
United States Botanic Garden, Washington D.C.
From saguaro cactus of the Southwest, big-leaf maple of the West Coast, and bloodroot spanning the Midwest to bottlebrush buckeye of the Eastern Seaboard, this exhibition curated by the American Society of Botanical Artists features artworks of America’s native plants |
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Out of the Woods: Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens
The Third New York Botanical Garden Triennial Venue: Flora-Legium Gallery in the Brody Botanical Center, The Huntington San Marino, CA Dates: May 19 – August 27, 2018 Selected Artists - list of artists with works in the exhibition ASBA Goals for the exhibition include:
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©Ingrid Finnan, Snake Branch Spruce, oil on paper, 13-1/2" x 10-1/2", New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY
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Other venues for the "Out of the Woods" Exhibition in the USA in 2018 and 2019 are:
PAST Venues:
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©Olga Ryabtsova, Roxburgh Fig, watercolor on paper, 18" x 26", San Diego Botanical Garden, CA
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Deborah Friedman documented the California Sycamore as part of her botanical illustration studies with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The resulting art work was accepted as part of the traveling exhibition Out of the Woods: Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens.
2018 ANNUAL Exhibitions
by leading Botanical Art Organisations in the USA
American Society of Botanical Artists
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American Society of Botanical Artists: 21st Annual International
Organisers: American Society of Botanical Artists & Wave Hill Venue: Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, 675 West 252nd Street, Bronx, NY Dates: September 8 – December 2, 2018 Jurors: Ken Druse, Karen Kluglein and Eileen Jeng Lynch
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Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill
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ASBA Conference | St. Louis - Small Works 2018
Venue: Hilton St. Louis Frontenac, 1335 South Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63131 USA Dates: October 11 – October 13, 2018 |
This non-juried exhibition features artwork of ASBA members attending the 2018 ASBA Annual Meeting & Conference in St. Louis, Missouri
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Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
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Title: Alphabetum Botanicum
Venue: Hunt Institute Dates: 13th September - 14th December 2018 This will feature the illuminated letters of Kandis Vermeer Phillips alongside artwork of plants from A to Z. |
This exhibition features Kandis Vermeer Phillips' illuminated letters, which are intertwined with plants, mammals and insects. Each letter is paired with a botanical artwork from the Institute's collection to create a literal or amusing relationship between the two, such as the connection of ants with an aardvark and a peony bud, the sunflower as a food source for a cardinal or the similar shapes of a fox's tail and foxtail grass. |
Future ANNUAL Exhibitions in 2019
by leading Botanical Art Organisations in the USA
American Society of Botanical Artists
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American Society of Botanical Artists: 22nd Annual International
Organised by: American Society of Botanical Artists and Marin Art & Garden Center Venue: The Studio, Marin Art & Garden Center 30 Sir Frances Drake Blvd, Ross, CA 94957 Dates: September 22 - November 17, 2019 Jurors: to be announced Having moved on from its normal New York City venue in 2018, this annual international exhibition of the American Society of Botanical Artists is moving to just north of San Francisco in California in 2019. The Studio was used for the exhibition “The Alcatraz Florilegium: Botanical Art from Life on the Rock”. |
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Botanical Art Exhibitions in the USA 2018-20
organised by State
in Botanical Gardens, Arboreta, Universities & major gardens;
by Florilegium groups & state/local botanical art societies
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The States listed below are as follows:
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At the bottom of the page is a form to notify me of any current or upcoming exhibition that is not listed
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California
Filoli
Filoli Historic House & Garden, 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, CA 94062 (about 30 miles south of San Francisco) |
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21st Annual Botanical Art Exhibition
Dates: 2019 |
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, California 91108
see entry relating to 'Out of the Woods' above.
see entry relating to 'Out of the Woods' above.
Exhibitions by The Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California (BAGSC)
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California Natives
Venue: Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive La Cañada Flintridge, 91011 Dates: May 2017 - May 2018 Hours - open daily except for December 25 (9am to 5pm) An exhibition by The Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California (BAGSC) (Note: The California Natives Garden at Descanso was designed by legendary nurseryman and native plant advocate Theodore Payne) |
Colorado
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Invisible Links: Botanical Art & Illustration
Venue: York Street – Gates Court Gallery Dates: 15 August - 12 October 2018 Reception: 19 August 2018 (1–3 p.m.) The annual juried exhibition by the students of the Denver Botanic Gardens’ School of Botanical Art & Illustration. The aim is to highlight students’ best achievements in a variety of media. Invisible Links explores the complex and often hidden symbiotic relationships between plants and other organisms. Experience the surprising diversity of creatures—including predators, pollinators, parasites and many others—whose lives are intimately connected with plants. |
Detail of Bee Line by Randy Raak, ink and watercolour on scratchboard
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Florida
Exhibitions by Tropical Botanical Artists
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Encounters: Friend or Foe?
Venue: Anne Kolb Nature Centre , Hollywood, FL 33019 Dates: 1st - 31st July 2018 |
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Massachusetts
Exhibitions at the Arnold Arboretum
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Impressions of Woody Plants: Disjunction, Two Artists and the Arnold Arboretum
Copper Etchings by Bobbi Angell and Watercolor Paintings by Beverly Duncan Venue: Hunnewell Building, Arbold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, MA (directions) Dates: May 11–July 22, 2018 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 19, 1:00–3:00pm Artists' workshop: Saturday, June 9, 1:00–3:00pm ‘Disjunction’ describes related species that are widely separated from one another geographically. The 'disjunct' approaches of the artists in this combined exhibition unite through the wonder of woody plants.
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Exhibitions by the New England Society of Botanical Artists
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Seasons of the Leaf
Venue: The South Shore Natural Science Centre, 48 Jacobs Ln, Norwell, MA 02061 Dates: October 9th - November 19th 2018 An exhibition of leaves of various genera and habitats by members of NESBA |
Members Show - Shaker Plants
Venue: Fruitlands Museum Dates: 2020 A New England Society of Botanical Artists members’ exhibit of artwork about plants used by and associated with the Shakers. This is a listing of Shaker Medicinal Herbs |
National Capital Region
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Botanical Art Worldwide: America’s Flora
ASBA-sponsored juried exhibit of American plants at the U.S. Botanic Garden. Also features digital views of simultaneous exhibits from around the globe. May 4 - October 15, 2018 (see above) |
Botanica 2018: The Art & Science of Plants
Venue: Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, Maryland Dates: June 23 - July 20, 2018 Juried show presented by the Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art & Illustration and the Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region |
Oregon
Exhibitions by the Oregon Botanical Artists
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Native Plants Exhibit: Oregon Botanical Artists
Venue: Eco Hub at the Willamette Heritage Center, 1313 Mill Street, Southeast Salem, OR, 97301 United States (map) Dates: 12 April - 31 July 2018 (show now extended to mid August) Hours: Tuesdays-Thursdays, Noon-5:00 pm. Admission: Free and open to the public This exhibit is a partnership with the David Douglas Society, Oregon Botanical Artists (guild) and the Willamette Valley Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Oregon. This exhibit was organized in conjunction with the Worldwide Day of Botanical Art, which took place on May 18, 2018. |
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Mums and More
Venue: Lan Su Chinese Garden Dates: October 1 - November 30, 2019 The exhibit will be a selection of contemporary botanical art by artists living or working in the Pacific Northwest, with a focus on chrysanthemums and other autumnal subjects, particularly those with an Asian origin. More information + Note for artists |
Focus on Nature XV Exhibit
Location: Binghamton, NY. Dates: July 21, 2019 to January 12, 2020 A biennial exhibition of natural science artwork by Oregon Botanical Artists Submission deadline: October 1, 2018 For more information click here |
Pennsylvania
Exhibitions by the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators (PSBI)
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PSBI Orchid Illustration Exhibition and Sale
Venue: Southeastern Pennsylvania Orchid Society’s 2018 Orchid Show, Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, 100 Station Avenue • Oaks, PA Dates: April 6–8, 2018 |
Texas
Exhibitions by ASBA Circle in North Texas
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Botanical Art: Flowers, Fruit and Fungi
Venue: Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) in Fort Worth. Dates: June 14 – August 9, 2018 This is the first exhibition of the newly formed Botanical Art Collective of North Central Texas. This exhibit features depictions of flowers, fruits, seeds, vegetables, fungi, and grasses executed in a variety of mediums by a variety of local artists. |
Washington DC
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Beautiful Blooms: Flowering Plants on Stamps
Venue: the National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution Dates: October 20, 2017 — July 14, 2019 a partnership between the National Postal Museum and Smithsonian Gardens. This exhibition focuses on those sets of stamps published by the US Postal Service which highlight plants and flowers which educate about the nation's botanical heritage. Not all the set are 'strictly botanical' but some are. Image: Yellow Poplar approved stamp art Illustrator: John Dawson This flowering tree, commonly called the tulip tree, is native to North America and is found in the eastern half of the United States. The tree is used as a shade tree. In June and July, it bears large greenish-white flowers displaying an orange band near the base. Courtesy United States Postal Service, Postmaster General's Collection |
Yellow Poplar approved stamp art
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A Walk in the Park
(Pacific Northwest chapter of the ASBA) Venue: The Bloedel Residence, Dining Room, Bloedel Reserve, 7571 NE Dolphin Drive, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Dates: 3 July - 26 August 2018 Admission: Free with admission to the Reserve An art exhibit by sixteen members of the Pacific North west chapter of the American Society of Botanical Artists. It depicts the wonders of parks. woodlands and forests and includes paintings of local plants and their related wildlife/pollinators. |
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