Small Works
2008 ASBA Conference Exhibition
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA
Each registered attendee at the Conference may enter one “Small Work” for exhibition during the conference. The exhibition will be open to the public. Artist will take artwork home after banquet.
Eligibility: Any registered attendee at the 2008 ASBA conference Jurors: This exhibition is non-juried.
Subject: Any botanical subject.
Medium: Any two-dimensional original medium.
Image size limitation: The maximum – no exceptions – outside perimeter of the frame must be 47 inches (119 cm) or less.
Number of submissions: One
Registrations: Include: Botanical name, common name (if you wish), medium and artist’s name and contact information. This same information must be on the back of the “Small Work,” lower left hand corner. Send registrations to: e-mail: lesatelier@mac.com or to: Leslie Walker, 520 North Juanita Avenue, Redondo Beach, CA 90277-2926.
Deadline: September 15, 2008.
Presentation: Frame: narrow wood in brown or gold (per ASBA standards) or narrow metal, neutral mat, Plexiglas glazing, wired for hanging. Works not meeting these standards will not be hung.
Artwork Delivery: Shipped to Leslie Walker, 520 North Juanita Avenue, Redondo Beach, CA 90277-2926 to arrive by October 15, 2008. Works bubble wrapped only, no Styrofoam peanuts. Works packed in peanuts will not be opened or hung. Shipping materials will not be retained. Awards: A panel of jurors will give awards to selected artwork, and members will vote for a Members’ Choice Award.
Contact: Leslie Walker at lesatelier@mac.com
ASBA
June 2009, traveling through 2010
Losing Paradise? Endangered Plant Species Here and Around the World
To increase public awareness of plants that are threatened with extinction here and around the world, the ASBA will be collaborating with the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Center for Plant Conservation to produce an exhibition of endangered plants. This juried exhibition will include approximately 45 original artworks created by our membership internationally. “Losing Paradise?” promises to be an exciting project that will build relationships between artists, institutions, conservation organizations, scientists, and horticulturists.
Curatorial Information: The exhibition will be curated according to several criteria, including our usual three criteria (scientific accuracy, aesthetics, and technical mastery), as well as the need to fill a particular botanical niche. We would like to have plants depicted at all levels of protection, including state, national, and international, as well as representing a wide variety of genera and habitats and having an interesting story to tell. In addition, we will be seeking digital photos and text documenting your process for a virtual exhibit.
Eligibility: All ASBA members, internationally.
Subject: The subject matter for this exhibition will include:
Plants listed by states as threatened or endangered. The Center for Plant Conservation (centerforplantconservation.org) has a great website with links to lists by state, as well as contact people in each state.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife List of Endangered and Threatened Plants at:
http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/TESSSpeciesReport
You can find the plants listed by state by going to:
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/wildlife.html
CITES Appendices I and II: A pdf file is available for download at: http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.pdf This document contains all listed fauna as well, and the plants are near the end of the document.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species at:
www.redlist.org.
The best way to use this website is to go to the home page above, click on Search, and type in the Genus or species you're interested in. You can also browse through the list to find something that interests you.
Plants listed as threatened or endangered by national governments outside of the U.S.
If you have no access to the internet, please contact Carol Woodin.
Media: Any two-dimensional original artwork.
Sizes: Artwork must be appropriate for framing at 24 X18”, 30X24”, and 40X34”, vertically or horizontally. ASBA will provide mats cut specifically for each artwork. Please subtract about 8 –10” from each frame dimension to allow for space around the artwork and a 3”– 4” mat.
Submissions: Up to three entries, submitted digitally, file size 360 dpi, 8” high, jpeg. CD labeled with artist's name and title(s) of artwork(s). Individual files on disk labeled with artwork title, size, and medium. No stick-on labels.
Submission Deadline: August 29, 2008. Entry form will be available on ASBA website in July.
Presentation: ASBA will be responsible for framing and shipping artworks between venues.
Availability: The work need not be for sale, however, it must be available to travel for up to 2 years.
Catalog: A full-color catalog will be published.
On-line Archive: All entries, whether accepted for exhibition or not, will be part of a virtual on-line archive.
Further Subject Information: Although it is not required, you may notify ASBA of the plants you intend to portray. (See updated listing in box) We are keeping an informal list and will let you know if that plant has been mentioned by another artist. It may be necessary to choose plants that occur outside your geographical area. Some internationally protected plants can be found in botanical gardens and greenhouses. We can't stress enough the ethics of proper procedures if painting these plants in the wild. They must be studied in the wild and they and their habitats must be left exactly as they are found. It is strongly suggested that you become affiliated with scientists, conservation organizations, botanical gardens, etc. that can provide guidance in locating and studying the plants whether they be in public collections or in the wild.
Contact: Carol Woodin, PH: 212.691.9080, or e-mail: cjwoodin@verizon.net
Losing Paradise? Entry Form 
ASBA
Tracking Treasures: List of Endangered Plants
Below is a list of plants ASBA artists have mentioned as subjects they would like to portray. Remember, more than one artist may choose a plant, and there is no guarantee that one will be chosen for the exhibition. This is only an informal listing for artists’ knowledge about what plants other artists are intending to portray. Artworks will be curated according to our normal criteria, as well as botanical criteria mentioned in the Call for Entries. If you would like to add your preferences to the listing, please e-mail the Latin names to: cjwoodin@verizon.net
Abutilon menziesiis
Aconitum noveboracense
Adiantum viridimontanum
Adlumia rungosa
Agalinis acuta
Amaranthus pumilis
Asclepias purpurascens
Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum
Begonia samhaensis
Boswellia sacra
Brighamia insignis
Caesalpinia echinata
Carex castanea
Carex pseudocyperus
Castilleja levisecta
Commiphora myrrha
Cypripedium acaule
Dionaea muscisula
Echinocactus grusoni
Fothergilla major
Gardenia brighamii
Gentianopsis crinata
Hackelia venusta
Hibiscus arnottianus
Hibiscus clayi
Hibiscus moscheutos
Hymenoxys herbaceae
Iris Lacustris
Isotria meidoloides
Lignum vitae
Guaiacum officinale
Lilium canadense
Lilium occidentale
Lilium philadelphicum var. philadelphicum
Lobelia bridgesii
Lupiues sulphureus var. kincaidii
Lycaste macrophylla
Macbridea caroliniana
Mirabilis macfarlanei
Munroidendron racemosum
Meglodonta beckii
Nepenthes lowii
Panax quinquefolius
Paphiopedilum victoria-reginae
Paphiopedilum vietnamense
Peucedanum sandwicense
Phragmipedium kovachii
Platanthera leucopea
Platanthera praeclara (2 artists)
Platanthera psycodes
Polyrrhiza lindenii
Potentilla robinsiana
Pritchardia schattaueri
Purshia subintegra
Rhododendron flammeum
Sarracenia flava
Sedum integrifolium
Sesbania tomentosa
Solidago sempervirens
Spiranthes diluvialis
Stewartia malacodendron
Styrax texana
Trillium pusilium
Trillium undulatum
Trollius laxus var. laxus
Zephyranthes atamasca
Zizania texana
Non-ASBA
September 27–November 7, 2008
Nature in New York
The Open Center, 83 Spring Street, New York, NY
Even in an urban environment there is breathtaking beauty in nature. Join students and instructors from The New York Botanical Garden in an exhibit that celebrates and highlights works of art created in and around New York.
Jurors to be announced
Eligibility: Students, alumni and faculty of the Botanical Art and Illustration Program at the NYBG
Subject: 2 dimensional works of botanical and natural science themes
Submission deadline: July 30th, 2008.
Submissions: High resolution (300dpi) jpeg images up to three images on a CD. Include your name, e-mail address, size of art, medium, and title. Send check for $25.00 payable to New York Botanical Garden for entry fee.
Submit via US mail to: Sabine Stezenbach, NYBG Continuing Education Department, Bronx, NY 10458-5126
Att:Nature in New York
Notification: Acceptance notification by e-mail by September 1, 2008.
Contacts: Wendy Hollender at e-mail: wendyhol@vzavenue.net
