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21st Annual International

American Society of Botanical Artists and Wave Hill

September 8 – December 2, 2018

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VENUE


Wave Hill
675 West 252nd Street
Bronx, NY  
 
JURORS


Ken Druse
Garden lecturer, author, and photographer

Karen Kluglein
Botanical artist

Eileen Jeng Lynch
Curator of Visual Arts, Wave Hill
 
 

Saturday, September 8, 2:00 – 4:30 Public Exhibition Opening

Exhibition on view through December 2, 2018

Launching ASBA’s collaboration with Wave Hill, the selection jury of Ken Druse, Karen Kluglein, and Eileen Jeng Lynch met in April to choose artworks to be included in the 21st Annual International. Since its founding in 1965, Wave Hill has evolved as a unique urban oasis and vital community resource. Through innovative programs in horticulture, education and the arts, Wave Hill connects people to nature in meaningful and lasting ways. Jurors selected 48 artworks from an extremely competitive field of about 190 entries. Artists included hail from the US, Australia, Canada, France, Japan, Russia, Slovenia, and the UK, and fourteen of these have never before been included in an ASBA exhibition. Those with work accepted are: milly acharya, Natalia Alatortseva, Pam Kessler, Carrie Di Costanzo, Deborah Dion, Rosemary Donnelly, Jean Emmons, Ingrid Finnan, Jane Fisher, Lara Call Gastinger, Florence Gendre, Olga Gudzera, Asuka Hishiki, Wendy Hollender, Rose Marie James, Jamie Kim, Patricia Luppino, Ksenia Mamanova, Lucy Martin, Tammy McEntee, Tomoko Otomo, Ksenia Panferova, John Pastoriza-Piñol, Dale Pittard, Linda Powers, Ramiro Prudencio, Lynne Railsback, Dick Rauh, Jeanne Reiner, Betsy Rogers-Knox, Olga Ryabtsova, Lizzie Sanders, Connie Scanlon, Mitsuko Schultz, Liz Shippam, Myra Sourkes, Anna Suprunenko, Keiko Nibu-Tarver, Susan Tomlinson, Julia Trickey, Faye Van Wert, Jeannetta vanRaalte, Yuan Yuan Wang, Catherine Watters, Carol Woodin, and Natalia Zueva.

Wave Hill, a spectacular public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades, is planning several events to coincide with the exhibition’s appearance there. A catalog will be published, and Myra Sourkes and Claudia Lane are compiling “Artists’ Stories Behind the Art” for ASBA’s website. Wave Hill's gardens, grounds and spectacular landscape provide a safe and welcoming place to be inspired and learn from the biodiversity and beauty that nature offers, while reminding us that we are an important part of our ecosystem and our earth. Its vibrant visual arts programing features exhibitions in Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill House and on the grounds; art workshops for adults and families; and the Winter Workspace, an artists-in-residency program. It also offers indoor and outdoor concerts through the four seasons.Please watch Wave Hill’s website to learn about events to be held there: https://www.wavehill.org/discover/arts/exhibitions


Congratulations to the following artists!

 

 Click on the artists' names below to read the artists' stories behind each piece.
 
Wave Hill Best in Show Award of $500: Jean Emmons (Double Opium Poppy)

ASBA Eleanor Wunderlich Award of $500: Betsy Rogers-Knox (Woodlands)

Helen Gray Garber Award given by Marilyn Garber of $500: Carrie Di Costanzo (Faded Celosia)

Richmond and Lili Bates Award for Excellence of $300: Susan Tomlinson (Pecan)
In recognition of an Artist by a Fellow Artist

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Award for Print or Drawing of $250: Tomoko Otomo (Helianthus)

Honorable Mentions (3):

Tammy McEntee (Season’s End)

Ksenia Panferova (Oak Leaf)

Catherine Watters (Sacred Lotus Seed Pods)


Wave Hill kindly invited ASBA member artists for a special tour and sketching/painting day at the garden that was held on September 19, 2017.

Wave Hill
West 249th Street and Independence Avenue (main entrance) Bronx, NY 10471
 
10:00 - Meet at Glyndor Gallery, welcome by Gabriel de Guzman, Curator of Visual Arts
10:15 - Introduction to Gardens by Charles Day, Senior Interpretive Gardener 
11:15 - Sketch, photograph and explore on your own.
 
For more information on Wave Hill and directions, see https://www.wavehill.org/visit/getting-here
 
Wave Hill has made available a list of plants in its collection as a reference for artists. 




Charles Day, Wave Hill’s Senior Interpretive Gardener, leads an informative introduction to the gardens for ASBA members.


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