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 2019-20Below you can find listings for
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Calls for Entries 2020-21Current 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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EXHIBITIONS INDICATED ON THE PAGES BELOW MAY BE SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION DUE TO THE PANDEMIC
Please contact the organiser for the latest situation.
Exhibitions may be rescheduled for a later date and/or postponed for a year.
Please contact the organiser for the latest situation.
Exhibitions may be rescheduled for a later date and/or postponed for a year.
Botanical Art Exhibitions in CANADA in 2020
Botanical Art Exhibitions in the USA 2020-21
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 addition there are periodic exhibitions by
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TRIENNIAL and Special (Long) Exhibitions 2020-21
These are exhibitions that tour across the USA - and venues and future (or past) dates are listed below alongside their current venue
The Fourth New York Botanical Garden Triennial
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The Fourth New York Botanical Garden Triennial:
Abundant Future: Cultivating Diversity in Garden, Farm, and Field Venue: The New York Botanical Garden 2900 Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10458-5126 USA Dates: November 25, 2020 – April 18, 2021
The theme of this botanical art exhibition is heirloom plants and crop diversity. It will include
Heirloom varieties play a role in increasing genetic diversity, as do wild relatives of these useful plants. The genetic material contained in a broader range of cultivated plants, as well as their wild relatives, can serve as building blocks for updating useful crops. This exhibition seeks to highlight this biological wealth in our cultivated plants and wild relatives. |
(left, twining) Catesby: Convolvulus foliis variis. Accepted: Ipomoea microdactyla. Common: Calcareous morning glory, wild potato (right) Catesby: Anona foliis laurinis in summitate incisis (Sappadillo Tree). Accepted: Manilkara jaimiqui emarginata. Common: Wild dilly
from "The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands" by Mark Catesby
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Exhibitions in 2020
by leading Botanical Art Organisations in the USA
American Society of Botanical Artists
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American Society of Botanical Artists: 23rd Annual International
Organised by: American Society of Botanical Artists and Wave Hill
This juried exhibition comprises 46 two-dimensional, original, botanical art, some of which includes some specimens found at Wave Hill. See also my blog posts
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Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill
The Wave Hill Video (below) shows two of the Jurors announcing the Awards and Honourable Mentions - plus you get to see the artwork which won awards in the Gallery
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Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation
The Hunt Institute is currently closed and there are no exhibitions due to the Pandemic.
Future Exhibitions in 2020
by leading Botanical Art Organisations in the USA
Botanical Art Exhibitions in the USA 2019-20
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) |
Map Online Map (gif)
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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
Exhibitions by The Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California (BAGSC)
Colorado
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Cannabis: A Visual Perspective
Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis College Durango, CO, USA February 20, 2019 - December 2019 The focus will be on
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Connecticut
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Seeing Green: An Exhibition of Botanical Art
Venue: The Gallery at the Connecticut Cancer Foundation 15 North Main Street, Old Saybrook, CT 06475 Dates: 12 September to 25 October 2019 Curated by Marsha Malinowski of Malinowski & Associates, Fine Art Advisory The artists featured in this exhibition are:
An opening Reception and Gallery Discussion, open to the public, will be held on 12 September from 5-7pm. A portion of all sales will be donated to the Connecticut Cancer Foundation. |
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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
Exhibitions organised by the Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region
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"All in a Garden Green"
BASNCR-sponsored juried exhibition featuring members artwork about native plants of the Eastern United States Venue: Green Spring Gardens, 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria, Virginia Dates: 27th August - 27th October 2019 Hours: Monday-Saturday 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Sunday noon - 4:30 p.m. Opening Reception: Sunday, September 8, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Jurors: Denise Walser-Kolar and Karen Kluglein |
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Ancarrow’s List: Native Plants by the River’s Edge
The Plants of the James River Project (PJRP) was recently awarded a grant to fund educational events and a two-venue juried exhibition of regional, native plants of the James River, based on the list by Newton Ancarrow, one of Virginia’s earliest environmentalists. Juried by PJRP and Lara Gastinger.
The Plants of the James River Project (PJRP) was recently awarded a grant to fund educational events and a two-venue juried exhibition of regional, native plants of the James River, based on the list by Newton Ancarrow, one of Virginia’s earliest environmentalists. Juried by PJRP and Lara Gastinger.
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Venue 1: Lora M. Robins Library at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, 1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, Virginia
Dates: October 1-31, 2019 Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. daily Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Kelly Education Center. Presentation on Ancarrow and the artwork. |
Venue 2: James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, 901 Park Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23284
Dates: November 3 - December 22, 2019 Reception: November 10, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Sponsored by the VCU Library Foundation. Additional presentation on Newton Ancarrow and the artwork. |
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The Trees of Cylburn Arboretum
Venue: Cylburn Arboretum 4915 Greenspring Ave. Baltimore, MD 21209 Dates: February 6-26, 2020 |
Beautiful But Deadly - Toxic plants
Venue: The Athenaeum 201 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 Dates: July 30 - September 6, 2020 |
Oregon
Exhibitions by the Oregon Botanical Artists
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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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