FREE ADMISSION! Runs all day at the Visitor Centre in the NBG: a chance to find out more about who we are and what we do. Activities on the day include: Painting demonstrations Botanical cards, prints, catalogues, and more, for sale Information on ISBA membership and botanical art tuition Children’s arts & crafts corner At […]
We were honoured and delighted to have Dr Charles Nelson FLS VMM write the foreword to Heritage Irish Plants - Plandaí Oidhreachta last year. Dr Nelson's article provided an insightful and comprehensive overview of the history of botanical illustration and of uniquely Irish garden plant cultivars on this small island. We're equally delighted to say that […]
Running from 06 to 27 May, this exhibition will provide a chance to see beautiful depictions of Ireland's native plants by Ireland's botanical artists. Running in tandem with exhibitions all over the world, it will provide a chance to see, on 18 May (Worldwide Day of Botanical Art), digital displays of native plants painted by artists […]
ISBA member and artist Margareta Pertl is a founding member of the Wiener Schule der botanischen Illustration (Vienna School of botanical Illustration) and she has asked us to let all our members and friends know about the Vienna School's upcoming Get Together: The newly founded Wiener Schule der botanischen Illustration (Vienna School of botanical Illustration) invites you for […]
**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 […]
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 […]
**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, […]
**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 […]
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, […]
