Launch of SCEITSE – Irish Botanical Sketchbooks
Friday 20 November 2020: the Irish Society of Botanical Artists proudly launch our new book: SCEITSE – Irish Botanical Sketchbooks The culmination of a two-year project, SCEITSE – Irish Botanical […]
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Yanny Petters works acquired for national collections
We’re so pleased to say that Irish botanical artist and ISBA member Yanny Petters has recently had two of her pieces acquired for national collections. Yanny’s painting ‘The Plants We […]
SCEITSE – IRISH BOTANICAL SKETCHBOOKS launch 20 November
We are delighted to announce the launch of SCEITSE – IRISH BOTANICAL SKETCHBOOKS on Friday 20 November 2020. This exciting new publication seeks to de-mystify and celebrate the complex journey […]
Sceitse – June Update
We’re now accepting all submissions for our sketchbook project, please see the recent email from Elaine about how to send your sketchbook pages. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, we will need […]
Irish botanical artist awarded Margaret Flockton Award (Sydney, Australia)
We’re delighted to report that Irish botanical artist and ISBA member Deborah Lambkin has won a prestigious international award from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney for excellence in scientific botanical […]
Irish botanical art at the National Gallery of Ireland this Spring
Free exhibition Drawn from Nature opens on 7 March 2020 Drawn from Nature: Irish Botanical Art opens at the National Gallery of Ireland on 7 March 2020 and runs until […]
New year, new decade, lots of news
We’re well into 2020 already – a new year and a new decade. Our Sceitse/Sketchbook project is going well and the hand-in day has been planned to coincide with our […]
Sceitse: November Update
We hope you had a lovely summer and that you’ve all been busy working on your sketches for our latest project! Get-together 23 November 2019 If you’d like to get […]
Sceitse/Sketchbook – updates
All members should have received updated guidelines for our Sceitse project through the post. We’ve also added these guidelines to our Sceitse project page and you can find a link […]
Sceitse/Sketchbook – our new project: Workshop supports
Our new project is underway and all members have been informed through our AGM and in correspondence since. We held one workshop for members in the Spring, given by ISBA […]
Opportunities for ISBA members
Spring is in the air, and along with the lengthening days and warmer temperatures, we’re receiving new opportunities for ISBA members. Firstly, the call is open for entries to Botanical and Floral […]
Éireannach goes west…
Paintings from our Botanical Art Worldwide exhibition, Éireannach, are currently on display at the North Mayo Heritage Centre. You can combine a visit to the exhibition–which runs until 31 October–with […]
Protecting your Art – A Short Guide for Artist
Many thanks to June Wright for this post on something all artists should know more about – protecting our art! After graduating in Classical Animation in the early 90s, June began […]
A busy summer!
Our Éireannach exhibition was scarcely over when the 6th Annual Botanical and Floral Art Exhibition took place. The exhibition was, as always, held in the Visitor Centre in Phoenix Park, […]
Botanical Art Worldwide and Éireannach
Our exhibition ran in the National Botanic Gardens for three weeks, we held a very successful Open Day on the 18th, we published a beautiful and informative book, Éireannach, to […]
Botanical Art Worldwide – Exhibitions, Book, Open Day
At last May has arrived and after a lot of work by our artists, mentors, framers, (and the committee!), our exhibition at the National Botanic Gardens will be officially opened […]
AGM, Orchids, Éireannach, Courses, Bloom… Busy Times!
March and April have been very busy times for the ISBA; our AGM in March saw our chair for the last two years, Jane Stark, step down, passing the baton […]
Éireannach artists and plants announced
Many thanks to our judges who worked hard to choose the paintings for the upcoming Éireannach exhibition, part of Botanical Art Worldwide. The judges have chosen 48 plants, painted by […]
An Evening Celebration of Orchids in Botanical Art
We’ll be hosting An Evening Celebration of Orchids in Botanical Art in association with the Dublin Orchid Fair at 6.30 pm Friday 20 April 2018, in the Visitor Centre of […]
Applications for the 6th Annual Botanical & Floral Art in Bloom Exhibition are now open!
The sixth annual Botanical and Floral Art in Bloom open submission exhibition will take place as part of Bloom 2018 from Thursday 31 May to the end of June 2018 […]