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Sketchbook Workshop with Claire Ward
As part of our Sceitse project support, members only get a chance to join botanical artist and journal maker Claire Ward for a sketchbook workshop in the National Botanic Gardens on 17 May, from 10 until 4. Cost €35.
Find out more »Sceitse/Sketchbook get-together
A get-together for members: meet up for coffee if you wish, and if you have questions about Sceitse, our Sketchbook Project, come meet Sketchbook Committee members and ISBA Committee members who'll be available for chat, discussion and advice. (Thanks to ISBA member Loredana Geninazza for her sketch which features here).
Find out more »Drawn from Nature: Irish Botanical Art
**Due to the situation regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus), this exhibition is currently closed** Drawn from Nature: Irish Botanical Art opens at the National Gallery of Ireland on 7 March 2020 and runs until 21 June 2020. Admission is free. George Victor Du Noyer (1817-1869)Engl. King. King. Musk. Turnip. Black annat. Winter Rose, 1837Courtesy of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin Pioneering Irish artists are at the heart of the National Gallery of Ireland’s new free exhibition Drawn from Nature: Irish…
Find out more »Talk & Tea: Irish Botanical Art
Join Patricia Butler, author of Irish Botanical Illustrators and Flower Painters and guest curator of Drawn from Nature: Irish Botanical Art, for her talk about the exhibition and botanical art at large. This talk--sponsored by the Irish Society of Botanical Artists--will be followed by a cup of tea/coffee and an opportunity to ask questions and join the discussion. George Victor du Noyer, Fungi collected in the county Derry (detail). Courtesy of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin.
Find out more »Annual General Meeting 2020
We'll be holding our AGM in the Visitor Centre Lecture Theatre at the National Botanic Gardens. We'll be taking membership renewals before the official start of the meeting. As well as the normal business matters during the AGM, it will be the hand-in day for our 2020 Sceitse/Sketchbook project. If you've any questions between now and then about Sceitse, contact Elaine Moore Mackey at 087 688 7064. Following the meeting, we're delighted to say that Yanny Petters will talk to…
Find out more »Curator’s Lecture on Drawn from Nature
Join Patricia Butler, guest curator of Drawn From Nature: Irish Botanical Art, and author of Irish Botanical Illustrators and Flower Painters, for an insightful talk on the works of botanical art featured in the exhibition, and the curatorial process. Part of a series of events organised to support the exhibition Drawn from Nature: Irish Botanical Art. George Victor Du Noyer (1817-1869)Engl. King. King. Musk. Turnip. Black annat. Winter Rose, 1837Courtesy of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
Find out more »Irish contributions to Curtis’s Botanical Magazine
**Due to the current situation regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus), this talk has been cancelled** Join Seamus O'Brien, Head Gardener at the National Botanic Gardens, for this free Sunday lecture at the National Gallery of Ireland, part of a series of events in the gallery to mark their exhibition Drawn from Nature: Irish Botanical Art. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, affectionately known as Bot. Mag., was founded by William Curtis in 1787, combining scientifically accurate portraits of plants with botanical and horticultural descriptions. This much…
Find out more »Pen and Ink Drawing Methods in Botanical Art
**We regret that due to the current situation regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus), we have had to cancel this workshop** We're delighted to have Sarah Morrish provide two one-day workshops for members; they'll be held in the National Botanic Gardens. Sarah is a UK-based botanical and natural history artist who uses a variety of media for her work. Pen and ink has always played a major part in her work and she is currently writing and…
Find out more »Online Launch of SCEITSE – Irish Botancial Sketchbooks
In COVID times, we cannot gather in person to launch our latest publication, but 20 November marks the day we launch it online! This exciting new publication celebrates the complex journey of botanical artists as they collect information and prepare to illustrate a particular plant. This includes ‘visiting’ plants in their habitat or in gardens, to see them in their natural or intended setting. The sketchbook pages in this collection show the breadth of information a botanical artist may collect,…
Find out more »Annual General Meeting (Online)
Due to Covid restrictions, we'll hold our Annual General Meeting online (Zoom) this year and we hope that as many of you as possible can attend. We were unable to meet up last year and while an online meeting is a poor substitute, it is important for us to complete the necessary business of the Society, and crucially, to get together as a group. We're delighted to announce that after the AGM business is done, Yanny Petters will give her…
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