This is about the newly published Call for Entries for the Margaret Flockton Award in 2024.
Named after Margaret Flockton who was the Botanic Gardens of Sydneyâs first botanical illustrator, the purpose of the award is to highlight the very best of international scientific botanical illustration. There are with five prizes:
READ MORE about the award and see who has won it in the past on my dedicated to The Margaret Flockton Award for Excellence in Scientific Botanical Illustration on this website. Summary: What you need to know
Last year 37 artists from 18 countries were selected for the 2023 exhibition. Check out the quality of the illustrations selected for the exhibition can be seen in the Margaret Flockton Award 2023 album on Flickr
For full details about the Award and Exhibition, plus updates to entry requirements, please visit Margaret Flockton Award 2024 at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney website. Below is an abbreviated summary of what you need to know and do. âWhat you need to submit All illustrations and paperwork must be submitted digitally via Dropbox.
You also need to complete the Entry Form - which stipulates additional information you MUST also provide. There are no entry fees. Digital Image requirements
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The talks organised by Julia Trickey are now very well know within the botanical art world - and are also accessible to every botanical artist around the world. This is about the talks which will take place in the first half of 2024 - plus details of a very generous offer from Julia. The new schedule of one hour Julia Trickey Talk for the first half of 2024 has been published On the Talks Page on her website you can find out about:
The Talks include:
If you'd like to enjoy a sample, you can watch a FREE ZOOM video of BOTANICAL ART TALKS - Best Bits 2023- Shared screen with speaker view As somebody who has done a couple of talks for Julia, I can confirm they are always extremely well organised with those talking given a prep and practice beforehand so all goes smoothly on the day of the talk. Plus there's lots of opportunities to ask questions of the speaker if you watch LIVE! NOTE: The next subscriber email of one of these blog posts may well look different as I have to move to a platform on Mailerlite before 1 February 2024 - and have to set up the way it looks again from scratch.
As the seasons change, I always change the banner on the Home Page of my Botanical Art and Artists website and on its associated Facebook Page.
However, I ALWAYS struggle to find a suitable image for Winter in terms of Winter Plants which bloom. I've had rather a lot of variations on Hellebore in the past The alternative is to dedicate Winter to Latin America, South African and Australasian blooms - but I'm much less familiar with blooming seasons for such plants and would very much appreciate recommendations of artwork which might be suitable for next year. I started off thinking maybe a Banksia this year - but then got distracted by Christmas Cactus! Or rather this painting of a Christmas Cactus by a 19th century Danish artist called Christian Juel-Frijs Möllback (1853-1921) who appears to be relatively unknown despite selling well on the auction market. Sotheby's valued it at between £15-20k when it had it as a sale lot. I started off searching using Latin names (Schlumbergera truncata and variations on Epiphyllum) , which is normally a good way to track down botanical illustrations - but not this time. The inaugural exhibition of the Young Botanical Artist competition opened on Friday. On Saturday I was back at Kew for the Private View for the exhibition - which was held in the much larger Marianne North Gallery - because this is a space which can accommodate lots and lots of people - including some 40 young botanical artists from all over the world.! Following the presentations of Certificates, people moved to the actual exhibition in Galleries 5 and 6 of The Shirley Sherwood Gallery - which then became full of people with their art - and their significant others! I'll be writing more about the artwork in the exhibition in my next review post. During the presentation, I was able to video selected artists receiving their certificates and then afterwards photograph some of them with their artwork. These are links to where you can see those videos on my Facebook Page
I'll be doing another post which considers this exhibition in more detail - and this will also include a link to my video of the exhibition - minus people. This post is about:
Young Botanical Artist Competition & ExhibitionWe believe there is significant talent among the 16-25 age group with a wealth of exciting work to be uncovered. This is a crucial moment to engage with the ever-growing genre of botanical art – the scientific capacity of botanical paintings and drawings to document plants and fungi is particularly vital in contemporary society as we work to preserve our planet’s biodiversity. The aim of the Young Botanical Artist competition was to encourage young artists to engage with the natural world at a time when preserving our planet’s biodiversity is vital. The Young Botanical Artist Competition was initiated in 2022 by The Shirley Sherwood Collection, in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. (see my blog post Young Botanical Artist Competition 2022: Call for Entries) The YBA competition asked artists from two age groups, 16–18 and 19–25, to submit two-dimensional artworks on the theme of ‘Trees’.
Ten of the world’s most renowned botanical artists and curators donated their time to judge the entries, choosing works that represented their subject creatively, but with scientific accuracy. The nine Judges, alongside Dr Shirley Sherwood, were:
The panel looked for for botanical artworks that represented their subjects creatively, but with scientific accuracy.
Visitors to the exhibition will be able to vote for their favourite artwork and a People’s Choice award will be announced in April. Some statisticsI'm absolutely amazed by just how international this exhibition is. I've covered many international art competitions in the past and I can't ever remember getting so many entries from so many different countries - including ones which are not generally recognised as part of the international art scene. I wonder if we'll see some new national art societies developing as a result of this. From entries to hung artworks
“I couldn’t be more thrilled with the standard of the entries we received for our inaugural Young Botanical Artist competition and I’m grateful to my daughter-in-law Rachel Sherwood for bringing the initiative to life. It’s been fascinating to see such a broad range of responses to the competition and to have received so many entries from across the world. To see first-hand the next generation of talented botanical artists coming to the fore is enormously inspiring.” PrizewinnersYou can see images of all the artworks by the age group prizewinners and the runners up at the bottom of the page about the Young Botanical Art competition/exhibition The winner of the 16-18 Age Group was Prunus serrula (watercolour on paper) by Marianna Zych from Poland. What is particularly noteworthy about this artwork is that
When I saw this Tibetan cherry tree (Prunus serrula) at the Royal Botanic The winner of the 19-25 Age Group was Bauhinia variegata leaf (watercolour on paper) by Khanh Ly Nguyen from Vietnam. Her small watercolour (below) showcases the intricate detail of this stunning tree.
Two new exhibitions open at the end of this week at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art at Kew
The exhibitions open on 20th October 2023 and continue until 7th April 2024. Mat Colishaw - PetrichorMat Colishaw is a 57 year old English artist who works in photography and video. His work includes the creation of digital artworks using NFT and AI. He became well known when his work first surfaced as part of the Young British Artists group in the late 80s. The Petrichor exhibition at Kew will dominate Galleries 1-5 and
“Bringing Mat Collishaw’s innovative work to the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art is hugely exciting, and this exhibition promises to be an evocative and wonderfully unique experience, unlike anything we’ve ever seen in the gallery before. Drawing inspiration from the natural world and the tradition of botanical art, Mat’s use of cutting-edge technology alongside the innovations of the past makes this exhibition a tantalising prospect for visitors to Kew this autumn.” Just a reminder that the deadline for the Distance Learning Diploma in Botanical Art offered by the Society of Botanical Artists is TOMORROW 30th September 2023. Course 21 will commence in January 2024.
You can also read about some of the DLDC assignments that students did in the past to get a sense of what's involved from a student perspective - on my page dedicated to Society of Botanical Art Diploma Course - commentary via blog posts HOW TO DECIDE ON THE BEST COURSE FOR YOU You can also check out alternative options for studying via a Diploma or Certificate on my page about Diploma and Certificate Courses in Botanical Art & Illustration in 2022-23 - which I will be updating in the near future. This also includes a LOT of questions that I recommend every student should ask before making a decision as to which is the best course for them as an individual. [PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH INFORMATION ABOUT ANY NEW DIPLOMAS OR CERTIFICATES - please use the form at the bottom of the page to provide:
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Botanical Art Worldwide - Basic Principles The second Botanical Art Worldwide Project will focus on and celebrate biodiversity in the crops that have been closely associated with the human species over thousands of years. The theme is designed to draw attention to the vast variety of food and useful plants available, in contrast with the relatively few varieties currently used in mass cultivation. Plants eligible for inclusion are those cultivated for food, textiles, building, energy, and medicine BAW Central Guidelines The theme of the Exhibition in 2025 is "Crop Diversity". Eligible subject matter covers:
Every country needs to comply with the central guidelines which will be produced by the Steering Committee for Botanical Art Worldwide. These central guidelines has not yet been fully finalised - and hence not yet formalised and published . However these are coming soon and will be prominent on the Botanical Art Worldwide website when available. BAW International Exhibition The International Exhibition is going to be digital/virtual and will be available online to everybody around the world and remain on view during May 2025. (To be honest, I've always thought that the point of going digital is you can remain online - as indeed all the historical art does in the various collections / major projects relating to past botanical artwork and illustrations. Maybe it's an issue of expense? There again YouTube is forever if you so choose.) Overall Goals Artists around the world are working on this project to: Components of the BAW Project 2025 BASIC PRINCIPLES of how it will work in every country - as agreed by the Steering Committee.
Participating Countries If your botanical art organisation / botanical garden / museum wants to participate - and your country is not already participating (see list below) - you should
The following are all the participating countries - to date. I expect more will join.
You can see everything that happened around the world on one page on my website - see ARCHIVE: World Wide Exhibition of Botanical Art 2018. It includes a number of images and videos. I will be setting up a similar page for Botanical Art Worldwide 2025 on this website very soon. Country Guidelines / Exhibition Each participating country has a Steering Committee who are organising the country contribution to the International Exhibition.
Within their own country, each country can choose to have as many artworks as they like in a physical exhibition in the country - depending on the space available. Each country can organise additional lectures, webinars, workshops, demonstrations, and other public programming - during the dates agreed for the opening and closing of the exhibition in that country. Botanical Art Worldwide in the UK (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)In the UK the contribution to Botanical Art Worldwide is SPLIT - as it was in 2018 - between:
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