Member News

Congratulations to GRC members whose artwork was selected for the juried 2017 Northwoods Mushroom Art Exhibit, held at the Lakewoods Resort on Lake Namakagon near Cable, WI, through September 10. 

Faith Clover, Suz Galloway, Marilyn Garber, Janet Goltz, Howard Goltz, Jane Hancock, Benjamin Lander, Terry McFarland, Kimberly Moss, Kathe Wilcoxon, Denise E. Williams.

The exhibit was sponsored by the Minnesota Mycological Society, in conjunction with the North American Mycological Association Annual Foray.

Congratulations to Linda Powers.  Two of her paintings of Gooseberry, Ribes uva-crispa, Poorman, have been accepted for the Tradescant Exhibition at the Garden Museum in London.  They will be among some 50 paintings on exhibit during this re-opening celebration of the Museum May - September 2017. 

Congratulations to GRC members Jane Fisher, Jane Hancock, Linda Medved Lufkin, and Constance Scanlon for their art works accepted in the ASBA 19th Annual International Exhibition.  Of 260 submissions, jurors selected 48 artworks by artists from the US, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.  The exhibition will open on the evening of November 3 in NYC, and be on exhibit until December 30, 2016.  Presented by the American Society of Botanical Artists and The Horticultural Society of New York at the New York Design Center, 200 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY.

http://www.asba-art.org/exhibitions/19th-annual-international

 

An upcoming exhibit at the Bakken will feature Howard and Janet Goltz.  The opening is Thursday, June 9th, 2016 from 5:30PM to 9:00PM, and the exhibit will run through mid-October.  See the "Get Involved" page for more information.

Work by Janet Goltz, Jane Hancock, and Linda Powers was accepted into the 18th Annual Botanical Art Exhibition in Woodside, California running April 5 to June 12, 2016.  Congratulations!  See more at http://www.filoli.org/art-exhibits/#botanicalart.

Marilyn Garber was presented the 2015 ASBA James White Service Award.

Denise Walser-Kolar was presented the 2015 ASBA Diane Bouchier Excellence in Botanical Art Award. 

Macalester College's Professor Mark Davis has selected twenty two paintings from the Eloise Butler Florilegium Collection to exhibit at the college.  Prints of the paintings will be on exhibit between September 2015 and August 2016.  Marilyn Garber was among the speakers at the reception.

GRC member Anna Rosenthal is one of the featured artists in the exhibit Botanical Art in All Its Array at the University of St Thomas.
Botanical Art in All Its Array

The exhibition is on display January 13-May 24, 2014. in the O'Shaughnessy Educational Center Lobby Gallery, St. Paul campus of the  University of St. Thomas, located at 2115 Summit Ave.,
Featuring the work of Minnesota artists who specialize in the fine detail of botanical painting, drawing, print-making and ffused glass, as well as utilizing the collections of the University of St. Thomas, this exhibition looks at the variety of styles and media that can be exploited to render the fine detail of the natural world of flora.
For further information go to:
 http://www.stthomas.edu/arthistory/exhibitions/exhibits/Botanical%20Art%20in%20All/default.html

Wendy's gorgeous bird nest painting "October Treasure" and an interview with her are featured in a MinnPost article about the yearly Birds in Art exhibit at the Woodson Art Museum. Read the Oct. 29 article at http://www.minnpost.com/earth-journal/2013/10/letter-wausau-100-stunning-images-birds-and-nary-duck-stamp#.Uo-HCUxVBwk.email