Exhibitions, Events and Courses
If you’re looking for workshops or exhibitions in botanical art, we hope you’ll find what you need on this page. Currently, we list workshops in Halifax; Ottawa; Richmond Hill, Ontario; and Toronto. Some are hosted by BAC, others by our members or organizations similar to ours.
All BAC members are welcome to list their botanical art exhibitions, courses and workshops here. If you’re not already a member, please join us. Your announcements will reach a wide audience that shares your passion for botanical art.
From this page, download all but the most recent of BAC’s quarterly newsletters.
Annual General Meeting
The BAC Coordinating Group looks forward to welcoming you at the 2009 Annual General Meeting, on Thursday, June 11, 7:00 pm, at the Toronto Botanical Gardens, 777 Lawrence Avenue East (at Leslie), Studio 3.
Speaker and slide presentation: Jean Johnson - History of Botanical Art.
Workshops and courses
Summer 2009 - Two-day coloured-pencil workshop with Raquel Baranyai, Saturday June 6 and Saturday June 13, 10 am to 3:30 pm
Location: 2727 Yonge Street, in the recreation room; Cost: $135
In the same way that working with several degrees of graphite hardness results in wide range of values, this new CP method allows us to go from soft colours to sharp details, ending with intense colour saturation. Students will work from photo references in order to focus directly on technique. They will aquire a solid base to be applied in the future when working from any kind of source. Students may bring their own photos or work from Raquel's.
Previous CP experience useful, not not essential. If you have any questions, call Raquel at (416) 498-9279.
To register, send your cheque to Raquel Baranyai, 203 Shaughnessy Blvd., #403, Toronto ON M2J 1J9.
SPRING AND SUMMER CLASSES with Nellie Sue Potter in Toronto
Nellie Sue teaches at the Royal Ontario Museum in downtown Toronto, and at the Swansea Town Hall in west Toronto. For clear maps and directions to Swansea Town Hall, visit www.swanseatownhall.ca
To register for ROM courses, please contact the The Royal Ontario Museum
ROMlife Programs (416) 586-5797 or http://www.rom.on.ca/programs/index.php
To register for Swansea Town Hall courses, and for more information, call her at (416) 797-5968 or email Nellie Sue Potter. Her website is Nature Art Studio
Botanical Art 101 at Swansea Town Hall
Tuesdays, 10-12:30, April 21-June 16, 9 weeks, $299.05
Focus on the beauty of natural botanical forms as you refine your drawing skills. Develop your ability to see shapes, judge angles, draw in proportion and represent form through tonal value.
Botanical Art with Coloured Pencils at Swansea Town Hall
Tuesdays 1-3:30 pm, April 21-June 16, 9 weeks, $299.05
Botanical Art with Coloured Pencils at the Royal Ontario Museum
Saturdays, 1-4, April 25- June 6, 6 weeks, $245 members, $265 non-members.
Beginning students will study drawing and shading in graphite and then move on to study colour and coloured pencil technique. Returning students will tackle progressively more challenging subjects. Each student will work at his or her own level. All levels are welcomed.
Summer intensive botanical art courses at Swansea Town Hall
Complete an entire course in one week of intensive study. Classes will meet from 10 until 4, with a one-hour lunch break, Monday through Thursday, and from 10 until 12: 30 on Friday.
July 6-10, $299.05, Botanical Art with Coloured Pencils
July 13-17, $299.05, Botanical Watercolour
PAINTING IN A SUMMER GARDEN 2009 with Celia Godkin & Friends
An opportunity to immerse yourself in painting a lovely garden for a week in June. You can work in any watercolour style you are comfortable with, including the looser floral styles that are well suited to the outdoors.
Topics covered will include:
- adapting greens for the outdoors
- using negative shapes to define foliage
- using thumbnail sketches to develop your eye for composition.
COURSE DETAILS:
When: June 22 – 26 from 10 am – 5 pm
Where: Toronto (nr. Avenue Rd. & Eglinton)
Cost: $360
To register: Send a cheque to Celia Godkin
10 James St. Frankville ON K0E 1H0
Please include your email address and phone number. Location details and a list of supplies will be sent on receipt of cheque.
For more information,
call Celia at (613) 275-7204 or
email celiagodkin@ripnet.com
BOTANICAL WATERCOLOUR CLASSES with Leslie Staple in Toronto, Summer and Fall
At the Toronto Botanical Gardens, 777 Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto
Botanical Watercolour
Tuesdays, June 30 to August 4 (6 sessions), 6:30 to 9:30 pm
To register, phone Rebecca Golding at (416) 397-1362
Summer Painting Studio
Thursdays, July 2 to August 6 (6 sessions), 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Register online at TorontoBotanicalGarden.ca or phone (416) 397-1341
Botanical Watercolour: Beginners
Thursdays, September 17 to Octoer 29 (7 sessions), 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Register online at TorontoBotanicalGarden.ca or phone (416) 397-1341
At Northern Secondary School, 851 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto
Painting: Botanical Watercolour
Tuesdays, 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Fall classes start late September 2009
Registration begins mid-August 2009
Register online at Learn4Life.ca or phone (416) 338-4111
Summer 2009 - 5-day workshop at Filoli Gardens, California, with BAC member Margaret Best
Margaret Best from Calgary will be teaching a 5-day watercolour class at the magnificent Filoli Gardens near San Fransisco from 13th - 17th of July 2009. This course will coincide with the renowned botanical art exhibition held there every year. To register online or find out more information about this exciting learning opportunity, consult Filoli's website: www.filoli.org/education/adult-programs/botanical-art.html.
Classes with Karen Taylor in Richmond Hill, ON
Botanical artist and BAC member Karen Taylor is holding botanical watercolour classes for all levels of ability at her in-home studio in Richmond Hill, north of Toronto. Private instruction is also available. The studio is equipped with colour-corrected lighting and can accommodate small groups of up to five students. Please contact her by phone at (905) 773-1506 or by email, Karen Taylor, for more information.
< TopFLORAL MORPHOLOGY COURSE, FALL 2009, with Dick Rauh
November 3 to 6 (Tuesday through Friday), 10 am to 4 pm, Earth Sciences Centre, U of T campus. Early-bird sign-up for BAC members: $315.
As botanical artists, we have all been touched by the beauty of the natural forms and structures we see in plants. Most of us soon realize that we could improve our drawing and painting of them if we understood these forms and structures a little better.
Dick Rauh, president of the American Association of Botanical Artists, teaches this course at the New York Botanical Garden, where it is a required course in the Botanical Art Certificate Program. BAC members who experienced Dick's workshop on tree drawing last year all agreed that he is truly a gifted teacher.
Download more details of Dick Rauh's plant morphology course, including how to register.
Exhibition Opportunities
KALEIDOSCOPE
Birds, Butterflies and Blossoms: A Visual Exploration of King Township
Art Show Opens Thursday, April 23, 7 to 9 p.m. at the King Township Museum
Celebrate the color and grace of the flora and fauna of King Township. Kaleidoscope, a group of regional artists, presents a new collection of paintings that feature birds, butterflies and blossoms at the King Township Museum from late April through June 2009.
You are invited to Kaleidoscope’s opening on Thursday, April 23rd, 7 to 9 p.m., at the King Township Museum, 2920 King Road, King City, Ontario. Refreshments provided.
The show will continue at the Museum as part of the Arts Society of King Studio Tour on the weekend of April 25th and 26th, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and then during Museum hours, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Tuesdays to Fridays, through May and June.
"Trees: From Roots to Crown," BAC's 2009 Juried Exhbition at the Todmorden Mills Papermill Gallery
November 4 to 15, 2009.
Scope of eligible subjects:
- Any tree worldwide: trees need not be native to Canada.
- A "tree" is an erect, perennial woody plant with a definite crown usually reaching over 4 m in height, having a dominant stem or trunk (or trunks) reaching at least 7.5 cm in diameter.
- The whole tree may be depicted, or any of its individual components (bark, crown, leaves, branches, flowers, fruit, shoots and buds, seeds).
Call for entries has been sent to all members; you can download the Call for Entries from our website using Adobe Acrobat.
