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28th Annual Exhibition

Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross, CA

September 26 - November 23, 2025

Opening Reception: September 28, 2025, 3pm-5pm

The Exhibition

The Artists/Backstories

The Art

Events

Awards

Photo Gallery

ASBA is pleased to announce that Marin Art & Garden Center will host the 28th Annual International in The Studio, in the exhibition’s fourth biennial appearance in this inspirational Northern California setting. Founded in 1945, Marin’s vision is to preserve and share its beautiful historic site, while enriching its community through exploration and discovery in the arts and the natural environment. With its gracious gardens, specimen trees, and water features, MAGC is a welcoming environment for visitors to enjoy and a destination for learning. Alongside ASBA’s Annual International exhibition, the Northern California Society of Botanical Artists will mount an exhibition of their sketchbook exchange project.

ASBA and MAGC will present in-person workshops as well as a virtual studio visit with artists in the exhibition.

The selection jury chose 46 artworks from 135 entries. Artists included are from the US, Canada, Ireland, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, and Ukraine. Those with work accepted are: Carol Ashton-Hergenhan, Béatrice Bergemont, Yoona Chea, Hyunjin Cho, Mary Crabtree, Ronda Dick, Mary Dillon, Crystal Driedger, Sharon Duplantis, Christiane Fashek, Gaye Grossman, Jane Hancock, Albina P. Herron, Kumie Kim, Hyojung Kim, Karen Kluglein, Viktoriia Kolesnykova, Eunhae Jenny Lee, M. Joy Lemon, Curly Lieber, Patricia Luppino, Tammy McEntee, Steven Morris, Keiko Nibu-Tarver, Cynthia Rice, Gillian Rice, Daleen Roodt, Olga Ryabtsova, Constance Scanlon, Kathy Schermer-Gramm, Mitsuko Schultz, Diane Shane-Schuldt, Katya Shiova, Rose Torres, Atsuko Ushigome, Faye Van Wert, Donnett Vanek, Jessica Walker, Denise Walser-Kolar, Catherine Watters, Kerri Weller, Carol Woodin, Etsuko Yamane, and Sarah Yu.

A full color catalog will be published. Myra Sourkes and Gillian Rice will compile the popular feature “Artists’ Stories Behind the Art” for ASBA’s website. Awards will be presented during the opening reception, including ASBA’s Eleanor Wunderlich Award, Best in Show, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Award for a Print or Drawing. For more information: exhibitions@asba-art.org.

VENUE

The Studio

Marin Art and Garden Center

30 Sir Frances Drake Blvd

Ross, CA 94957

September 26 - November 23, 2025

JURORS

Kristin Jakob, botanical artist
Deborah B. Shaw, botanical artist and educator
Michael Bogart, Marin Art and Garden Center, Director of Grounds and Facilities

BUY THE CATALOG

Grace in a Day

Hemerocallis ‘Edge Ahead'

Watercolor and colored pencil on paper

Congratulations to the following artists!

Click on an artist's name below to read their Story Behind the Art.

A full slate of workshops is being offered during the 28th Annual International’s appearance at Marin Art and Garden Center. Six in-person workshops in a broad range of techniques are on the schedule.

Observing Nature Through Art

Instructor: Donnett Vanek

September 26, 10 am - 3pm

Botanical Linocut Printmaking

Instructor: Olga Ryabtsova

September 28, 9am - 1 pm

Explore Sketching for Fun

Instructor: Lee McCaffree

October 11, 10am - 12pm

Autumn Leaves in Colored Pencil

Instructor: Nina Antze

October 17, 10am - 2pm

Pen and Ink Workshop

Instructor Kristin Jakob

November 2, 2pm - 4pm

Introduction to Botanical Art

Instructor: Catherine Watters

November 7, 10am - 4pm

For more information about and to register for these in-person workshops go to: https://maringarden.org/28th-annual/

Congratulations to the following artists!

Click on the artists' names below to read the artists' stories behind each piece.

Marin Art and Garden Center Best in Show
Karen Kluglein
©2025 Tazetta - Narcissus papyraceus
Watercolor on illustration board

ASBA Eleanor Wunderlich Award
Carol Ashton-Hergenhan
©2025 Bishop’s Balls - Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Watercolor on tinted paper

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Award for a print or drawing
Olga Ryabtsova
©2025 Artichoke thistle - Cynara cardunculus
Copperplate etching on paper

Honorable Mentions:
Mitsuko Schultz
©2025 Coral Sunset Peony - Paeonia ‘Coral Sunset’
Watercolor pencil and colored pencil on paper

Kathy Schermer-Gramm
©2024 Pine Oak Rust Gall on Virginia Pine - Cronartium quercuum, Pinus virginiana
Watercolor on tinted paper

Christiane Fashek
©2022 Lime and Mint Cordial (x5) - Punctelia graminicola, Parmorema cetratum, Ramallina celastri, Quercus fusiformis Colored pencil and watercolor on paper

Mary Crabtree
©2022 Chanticleer - Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’
Watercolor on vellum

Jane Hancock
©2025 Sidewalk Specimens - Asclepius syriaca, Trametes versicolor, Gymnocladus dioicus, Trmaetes betulina, Acer saccharine, Ulmus americana
Watercolor on paper

Atsuko Ushigome
©2024 Gardenia - Gardenia jasminoides
Watercolor on paper

28th Annual Exhibition

Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross, CA

September 26 - November 23, 2025

Congratulations to the following artists!

Congratulations to the following artists!

The Opening

workshops