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2017 Annual Activity Report
© 2017 American Society of Botanical Artists. Artwork copyright the artists.
Continued Record Growth!
Planning for the Future
Engaging our Members
© 2017 American Society of Botanical Artists. Artwork copyright the artists.
2017
2017 Record Growth!
– Membership
– Conference registration
– Exhibition entries
– Social media
2017 Planning for the Future
Full Slate of Upcoming Exhibitions!
• 20th & 21st Annual Internationals
• New York Botanical Garden Triennial: Out of the Woods
• Botanical Art Worldwide
2017 Planning for the Future
Board & Officer Succession
• New President & VP in 2018
• 17 Board Members serving 1st term
Financial sustainability • Continued membership growth
• New revenue sources
2017 Engaging our Members
Recruitment
Retention
Recognition
Interaction
To provide a thriving, interactive
community dedicated to perpetuating
the tradition and contemporary
practice of botanical art.
MISSION
VISION
Botanical art will be considered a
significant, relevant, and respected
contributor to 21st century art,
recognized for its unique power to
educate, promote ecological
awareness and enrich our lives.
VALUES
We Belong
We Connect
VALUES
Art Science History
Conservation Health
Economy Education
People & Plants
We Create
VALUES D
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VALUES
We Learn & Teach
VALUES
We Recognize Achievement
VALUES
We Show & Share
We Lead
VALUES
Botanical Art Worldwide Steering Committee
VALUES
We Contribute
We Have an Impact
VALUES
The rich tradition and
history of botanical art will
be honored.
Courtesy of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., on indefinite loan from the Smithsonian Institution.
THE
FUTURE
The highest standards of botanical art
will be recognized and encouraged.
Fiona Strickland
THE
FUTURE
The art form and its techniques will
be passed on to future generations.
THE
FUTURE
The contemporary practice
of botanical art will continue
to develop and evolve.
THE
FUTURE
Lizzie Sanders
Museums around the
globe will host botanical
art exhibitions
THE
FUTURE
and establish permanent collections and
galleries devoted to botanical art.
THE
FUTURE
The general public
will be aware of and
appreciate botanical
art.
THE
FUTURE
Botanical art will be acknowledged for its power to
communicate the importance of plants in the world.
Dr Phillip Cribb, Honorary Research
Fellow at Kew
THE
FUTURE
Strategic Plan
• Programs • Membership • Governance
• Goals & Tactics • Next 5 years
On the ASBA
website
Adopted – October 2015
PROGRAMS
• Publications
Journal
Member Directory
Website
• Exhibitions
• Annual conference
Publications
Margaret Saylor
Editor and Designer March June September December
Ranked highest in value of all membership benefits!
The Journal
Publications
Strong artwork + Varied, informative content = A successful publication!
36 Pages
The Journal
Publications
Thank You
Our Writers: established authors, non-professional writers, historians, artists and botanists – our MEMBERS!
The Journal
Gillian Rice
Bobbi Angell
Susan Cumins
Susan Mintun
Susan T. Fisher
Lugene Bruno
Robin A. Jess
Jean Emmons
Laura Bethmann
Myra Sourkes
Dick Rauh
Carol Woodin
Linda Kneeland
Elaine Jek
Eunike Nugroho
Margaret Best
Judy Thomas
Mark L. Isaac-Williams
Mary L. Harden
Eileen Malone
Beverly Duncan
Judy Simon
Mischa Skorecz
Hillary Parker
Donna Miskend
Lugene Bruno
Kelly Radding
John Pastoriza-Pinol
Jody Williams
Mieko Ishikawa
Marcos Silva Ferraz
Diane Batson-Smith
Jody Williams
Publications Directory of
Members
• Organization Info • Board Listing • Chapters • Members by State • Members by Country • Chapter Affiliation • Contact Information
Cover art: Beverly Allen
Website
Patricia Luppino - Webmaster
www.asba-art.org
Website
More Content
Website
Sessions: 139,436 up 5%
Users: 90,466 up 2%
New users: up 3%
More Visitors
Website
55 Countries
>100 sessions
Continued Global Reach
Website
Added:
60 articles
12 pages
42 member gallery pages
82 class listings
19 exhibition reviews
3 books
4 calls for entries
3 catalogs
5 new teacher listings
Added Content in 2017
13,682 total items!
774 new
Website Website
Myra Sourkes Stories Coordinator for
“Out of the Wood” exhibition
“Stories Behind the Art”
Thank You
Recording today’s stories for tomorrow
Website Website
Claudia Lane Stories Coordinator
20th Annual International
America’s Flora
“Stories Behind the Art”
Thank You
Recording today’s stories for tomorrow
Website
Alice Tangerini
maintains the online
member gallery
Online Member Gallery
Thank You
Over 64,000 page views!
Most Popular Content
Website Website
“History of Botanical Art”
Thank You Jutta Buck
Cynthia Rice
Margaret Saylor
Patricia Luppino
Newly Revised Online!
Exhibitions
Carol Woodin
Exhibitions
Director
Thank You
Pat Jonas
Exhibitions
Chair
2017 Exhibitions
Committee
Sally Petru
Catherine Watters
Carol Hamilton
Marilyn Garber
Susan Fisher
Diane Batson-
Smith
Exhibitions
Recent (Fall 2017)
• Golden Gate to Garden Gate
• 20th Annual International
Ongoing
• Out of the Woods – Nov 2017
Upcoming (2017-2018)
• Botanical Art Worldwide – May 2018
• America’s Flora
• 24 other National exhibitions • 21st Annual International – Fall 2018
Recent, Ongoing & Upcoming
Barbara Oozeerally
Small Works
Recent Exhibitions
October 12-14 San Mateo, CA
Small Works
Recent Exhibitions
Small Works
Recent Exhibitions
Awards
Best in Show Award
Lizzie Sanders,
Peony Seedhead
Watercolor on paper
Small Works
Recent Exhibitions
Awards
Anne Marie Carney Award
for someone who has never been in an
ASBA Juried International Exhibition &
Members’ Choice Award
Mary Dillon
New Zealand Flax
Watercolor on paper
Small Works
Recent Exhibitions
Awards
Holbein Award for Excellence
Betsy Rogers-Knox
Okra Pods
Watercolor on paper
Small Works
Recent Exhibitions
Awards Honorable Mentions
Linda Powers
Radish
Watercolor on vellum
Helen Byers
Bradford Pear Leaf
Colored Pencil on paper
Recent Exhibitions
20th Annual International
With The Horticultural Society of New York
At The New York Design Center
November 8 - December 21, 2017
Postcard
Catalog
© Liz Shippam
© Olga Ryabtsova
20th Annual International
Recent Exhibitions
Artists’ Walk-thru
Recent Exhibitions
20th Annual International
Opening Reception
20th Annual International
Recent Exhibitions
Awards
The Horticultural Society of New
York’s Best in Show Award:
Mariko Ikeda
(Screw Pine)
20th Annual International
Recent Exhibitions
© Mariko Ikeda
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Award
for Print or Drawing:
Helen Gray Garber Award
Monika deVries Gohlke
Awards
20th Annual International
Recent Exhibitions
ASBA Eleanor Wunderlich Award
Annie Patterson
(Cardoon Seedhead)
Awards
20th Annual International
Recent Exhibitions
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Award for Print or Drawing
Martha Kemp
(Ornamental Gourd 2)
Awards
20th Annual International
Recent Exhibitions
Richmond and Lili Bates
Award In recognition of an
Artist by a Fellow Artist
Linda Medved Lufkin
(Sunflower x 2)
Awards
20th Annual International
Recent Exhibitions
Olga Ryabtsova
(Bird of Paradise)
Liz Shippam
(Merryweather Damsons)
Honorable Mentions
20th Annual International
Recent Exhibitions
Mitsuko Schultz
(Pink Peony)
Tammy McEntee
(Shenot Crown of Thorns Gourd)
Workshop
Workshop Painting Fall Leaves Wet-in-Wet Julia Trickey
20th Annual International
Recent Exhibitions
November 18, 2017 – April 22, 2018
Traveling thru 2019
Ongoing Exhibitions
© Ingrid Finnan
Out of the Woods
Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens
The New York Botanical Garden
Third Triennial
Opening Reception
Ongoing Exhibitions
Out of the Woods
Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens
The New York Botanical Garden
Third Triennial
Catalog Cover Artwork by Esmee Winkel
Ongoing Exhibitions
Out of the Woods
Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens
The New York Botanical Garden
Third Triennial
The New York Botanical Garden Gold Medal Asuka Hishiki
Ongoing Exhibitions
Out of the Woods
Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens
The New York Botanical Garden
Third Triennial
The New York Botanical Garden Silver Medal Lucy Martin
Ongoing Exhibitions
Out of the Woods
Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens
The New York Botanical Garden
Third Triennial
The New York Botanical Garden Bronze Medal Ingrid Finnan
Ongoing Exhibitions
Out of the Woods
Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens
The New York Botanical Garden
Third Triennial
Honorable Mention: Beverly Allen
Ongoing Exhibitions
Out of the Woods
Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens
The New York Botanical Garden
Third Triennial
Honorable Mention: Alexandra Negoita Vulcu
Honorable Mention: Barbara Oozeerally
Ongoing Exhibitions
Out of the Woods
Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens
The New York Botanical Garden
Third Triennial
Honorable Mention: Beverly Fink
Linking People with Plants
through Contemporary Botanical Art
Botanical Art Worldwide
© Joan McGann
Upcoming Exhibitions
GOALS:
To educate the global community
about the worldwide renaissance in botanical art
To build partnerships
with artists in other countries
To present a cohesive message
about plant diversity and botanical art
To increase appreciation
of the world’s precious plant diversity
Upcoming Exhibitions
Botanical Art Worldwide
May 18, 2018
“Worldwide Day of Botanical Art”!
Upcoming Exhibitions
Cheonggaecheon Museum. Exhibition of the Korean Society of Botanical Illustrators, The World of Botanical Art, A Collaboration of Art and Science. Courtesy Jee-Yeon Koo.
25 Participating Countries!
Upcoming Exhibitions
Australia
Bermuda
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
France
Germany
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Republic of Korea
Russia
Scotland
Southern Africa
Thailand
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Botanical Art Worldwide
25 Partnering Organizations!
Upcoming Exhibitions
Botanical Art Worldwide
25 World-class Venues!
Upcoming Exhibitions
Botanical Art Worldwide
Website
www.botanicalartworldwide.info
Upcoming Exhibitions
Botanical Art Worldwide
Botanical Art Worldwide - U.S. Exhibition
Upcoming Exhibitions
America’s Flora
©2017 Susan Tomlinson
Botanical Art Worldwide Generous Support from BAEE
Upcoming Exhibitions
America’s Flora
ASBA gratefully acknowledges the generous support granted by Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment (BAEE), an organization dedicated to excellence in botanical art, and native plant conservation and use.
Thank You!
Annual Conference
San Francisco, CA Northern California Society of Botanical Artists
Filoli Gardens
2017
Thank You!
Annual Conference
2017
San Francisco, CA October 12 - 14
Welcome Reception Filoli
Annual Conference
2017
San Francisco, CA October 12 - 14
Registration San Mateo Marriott
Annual Conference
2017
San Francisco, CA October 12 - 14
Portfolio Sharing
Annual Conference
2017
San Francisco, CA October 12 - 14
Techniques Showcase
Annual Conference
2017
San Francisco, CA October 12 - 14
Workshops
Annual Conference
2017
San Francisco, CA October 12 - 14
Grant Project Presentations
Annual Conference
2017
San Francisco, CA October 12 - 14
“Open Studio” Demos
Annual Conference
2017
Panel Discussion Beyond Accuracy –
Creating Art
San Francisco, CA October 12 - 14
Annual Conference
2017
San Francisco, CA October 12 - 14
Late Show with Robert McNeill
Annual Conference
2017
Guest Lecture This is Your Brain on Paper – John Muir Laws
San Francisco, CA October 12 - 14
Annual Conference
2017
San Francisco, CA October 12 - 14
Art Bazaar
Annual Conference
2017
San Francisco, CA
Banquet
October 12 - 14
Current and past ASBA presidents
Annual Conference
Steering Committee 2017
Sally Petru Lee McCaffree Danny Swanson
Annual Conference
Contributors 2017 NCalSBA
Susan & Brendan McEntee Jo-Anne Osberg
M. Danny Swanson
Kaye & Eric Herbranson Eileen Fisher, Inc. Judy & Mark Paris
Annual Conference
Contributors 2017 Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California
Margi Connelly
Catherine Dellor Rosemary Dunbar
Martha Kemp Suzanne Oldfield
Sally Petru Liz Stroh-Coughlin & Dick Coughlin
Annual Conference
Contributors 2017 Lynn Ashby
Ruth Cox Lyn Dahl
Andrea Kirjassoff Bette Smith
Carol & Hal Varian Catherine Watters
Beatrice Bergemont
Sally De Maria Christine Lemor-Drake
Lee McCaffree Linda Valdes Andrea Wolf
Annual Conference
In Kind Donations 2017 California Art Supply Co.
UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Filoli
Google Facebook
Faber-Castell General Pencil Co.
Strathmore Hahnemühle
Golden Colors Clif Bar
Jelly Belly Reflective Images
Annual Conference
October 11-13
St. Louis, MO
2018
Missouri Botanical Garden
Annual Conference
October
Pittsburgh, PA
2019
Annual Conference
October
Mobile, AL
2020
LEVERAGING
PROGRAMMING
• Collaboration
• Member Instruction & Education
• Outreach
Publications Exhibitions Conference
Collaboration
Instruction & Education
Outreach
Support & supported by our publication, exhibition and conference programming
Collaboration
The New York Botanical Garden
Triennial Exhibitions 2017 Out of the Woods
2014 Weird, Wild & Wonderful
2011 Green Currency
Collaboration
The Horticultural Society of New York
Annual International Exhibitions - 20 Years!
Collaboration
Annual International Exhibitions 2015, 2016 & 2017
New York Design Center
Collaboration
Annual International Exhibitions 2018 & 2020
Wave Hill
Wave Hill’s Glyndor Gallery Flora Fantastica! 2017 with works on paper by Nancy Blum Courtesy Wave Hill
Collaboration
The US Botanic Garden Washington, D.C.
America’s Flora
U.S. Installation
Of Worldwide Exhibition
2018
ASBA Annual Meeting & Conference October, 2017
Filoli Gardens Woodside, CA
Collaboration
Special Thanks
Member Education & Instruction
Journal Columns
• No, Really, That’s How I Do It!
• Color Curriculum
• The Personal Palette
• Science of Botanical Art
• Special Features
Member Education & Instruction
Website Resources
• Certificate Programs
• Class Listings
• Reference Books
• Science Education
• Teacher Listing
Member Education & Instruction
Conference Workshops
Half day up to 3 day workshops at annual conferences offer students an
opportunity to study with master artists from around the world.
Member Education & Instruction
Teacher Listings
www.asba-art.org
Member Education & Instruction
Class Listings www.asba-art.org
Outreach
Facebook – Public Page
4507 “Likes” - Up over 1300 since last year! Over 700 Posts in 2017!
• Promoting ASBA, Membership & Botanical Art • Exhibition News • Member Achievements
Pauline Goldsmith Facebook Moderator
Thanks!
Outreach
Grant Supported Projects
Botanical art exhibition of tropical plants to promote educational awareness of the
intricate interdependence of species within tropical ecosystems and our own
dependence on plants.
2016 Anne Ophelia Dowden Grant Vicky Earle
Outreach 2016 Julius I. Brown Grant Lyndsay Murphree
Educating a group of inner city, underserved teens in Chicago about both native and urban plants of the area and about botanical art, after which they mounted an exhibition of their work
Grant Supported Projects
Outreach
Grant Committee
Myra Sourkes Chair
Ku-mie Kim Gillian Rice Ruth Starratt
Thanks!
Outreach
Public Relations
Fine Art Connoisseur
6-page feature article
ASBA Advertisement
• Recruitment & Retention
• Engagement
• Recognition
MEMBERSHIP
Record Membership in 2017!
MEMBERSHIP
Individual Members
in 48 States
+ District of Columbia
United States
MEMBERSHIP
Includes 10
International Institutions
Not Shown
42 Institutional Members
MEMBERSHIP
MEMBERSHIP International
Members in 36 Countries on 6 Continents
Record International Membership!
MEMBERSHIP
Chapters & Artist Circles
Recruitment & Retention
MEMBERSHIP
Thanks! Committee Members • Bonnie Haney – Chair • Laurie Griff – Chapter Liaison • Bonnie Driggers • Derek Norman • Ann Lesciotta
Chapters
MEMBERSHIP
Allegheny Highlands
Chapters
MEMBERSHIP
Florida
Chapters
MEMBERSHIP
Great River
Chapters
MEMBERSHIP
National Capital Region
Chapters
MEMBERSHIP
New England
Chapters
MEMBERSHIP
Northern California
Chapters
MEMBERSHIP
Pacific Northwest
Chapters
MEMBERSHIP
Rocky Mountain
Chapters
MEMBERSHIP
Southern California
Chapters
MEMBERSHIP
Southwest
Circles
MEMBERSHIP
Central Virginia
Circles
MEMBERSHIP
Coastal Alabama
Circles
MEMBERSHIP
North Carolina
Circles
MEMBERSHIP
Oregon
Circles
MEMBERSHIP
Reed Turner
Circles
MEMBERSHIP
St. Louis
Welcome
MEMBERSHIP
New Artists Circles in 2017 • Botanical Art Collective of North Central Texas • Tri-State Botanical Artists of
The New York Botanical Garden • Utah Botanical Artists
Be an Ambassador
MEMBERSHIP
Tell your friends!
Tell your students!
Invite others to join!
Membership materials
online
Engagement
E-Newsletter Editors: Claudia Lane, Sally Petru and Beth Plotnick
Thanks!
Engagement
Members’ Only Group
Nearly 350 members in 2017!
A place to meet, inspire and support one another
Thanks! To Our Moderators: Elaine Searle Lotus McElfish Janene Walkky
Engagement
Journal Columns
Member Happenings
Conversations with our Artists
Cross Pollination
About our Institutional Members
Studio Style
Board Bios
By and About our Members!
ASBA Diane Bouchier Award For
Excellence in Botanical Art - 2017
Mieko Ishikawa
Recognition-Awards
Awards Committee Mary Bauschelt (Chair)
Martha Kemp
Victoria Matthews
Catherine Watters
ASBA James White Service Award for
Dedication to Botanical Art - 2017
Derek Norman
Recognition-Awards
Service to ASBA • President • Vice President • Treasurer • Executive Committee • Board of Directors • Nominating Committee Chair • Finance & Development Committee Chair • Conference Host Committee Chair (Chicago) • Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps Exhibition Catalog • Annual International Exhibition Juror • Conference Instructor
Botanical Art Instructor – Chicago Botanic Garden Reed Turner Artist Circle President Coastal Alabama Botanical Artists Circle Founder
GOVERNANCE
• Board
• Officers
• Staff
• Program Leadership
• Administration
ASBA Board and Staff
Annual Board Meeting – October 2017
ASBA Board of Directors
Class of 2017
Myra Sourkes (Canada)
Class of 2018
Elizabeth Plotnick (IL)
Class of 2019
Gillian Rice (AZ)
Class of 2020
Bonnie Driggers (VA)
Bonnie Haney (NY)
Sally Petru (CA)
Class of 2021
Laurie Griff (OR)
Clarissa Bonde (VA)
Ku-mie Kim (IL)
Ruth Starratt (MA
Suzanne Wegener (IL)
Class of 2022
Claudia Lane (IL)
Susan Mintun (PA)
Jennifer Muto (CO)
Karen Ringstrand (VA)
Carol Jean Rogalski (IL)
Kieko Nibu Tarver (PA)
Class of 2023
Tutta Greer Cone (AL)
Carolyn Courson (AL)
Catherine Dellor (CA)
Linda Warner Constantino (SC)
Celine Lillie (IL)
Gail Goodrich Harwood (VA)
Welcome!
ASBA Board
• Attend Annual Meeting
• Chair/Participate on Committee(s)
• Update Bylaws & Establish Policy
• Long-Term Planning
• Attend Events
• Recruit Members
• Cultivate New Board Candidates & Officers
• Fundraising/Financial Support
Responsibilities
ASBA Nominating Committee
Cynthia Rice Co-Chair
Thanks!
Derek Norman Co-Chair Martha Kemp Ku-mie Kim Keiko Nibu Tarver
2017 ASBA Officers
President
Jody Williams (MO)
Vice President
Sally Petru (CA)
Treasurer
Cynthia Rice (NY/FL)
Secretary
Gillian Rice (AZ)
Program Leadership
Diane Batson-Smith, Executive Director
Carol Woodin, Director of Exhibitions
Denise Walser-Kolar, Annual Conference Coordinator
Margaret Saylor, Editor/Designer The Botanical Artist
Patricia Luppino, Webmaster
Staff/Consultants 2017
Diane Batson-Smith
Ann Hoffenberg, Administrative Assistant
Sandra McNicol, Conference Registrar, Catalog Fulfillment
Birgit Wolfe, Bookkeeper
Deborah Shaw, Technology Advisor
Administration
Staff/Consultants 2017
Development
Fundraising Events
Online Auction
Spring 2017
• Original Art*
• Prints
• Art related items
Open to the public
*Artists retain 50% of
selling price on originals
Development
Fundraising Events
Art Bazaar
Vendor Sales
Annual Conference
Portfolio Sharing Sales
Catalog Sales
Development
Affiliate Programs
You shop and a % goes to ASBA - EASY!
Development
Advertising Sales
Advertise on the ASBA Website or in the Journal Reach a highly targeted market of botanical artists!
Development
Sponsorships
Individual and Company Sponsorship of ASBA Projects & Programs • Exhibitions • Catalogs • Conference events • Grant projects • Website • Staff positions
Development
Grants & Foundations
Help us identify and seek Grants and Foundation Funding!
Development
Individual Giving
Donate online Support our annual appeal!
Development
Bequests
Consider ASBA in your will.
Development
Acorn Fund
Supporting Long Term Growth & Special Projects
“Great oaks from little acorns grow”
Development
Thank You
Rose James
Online Auction
Linda Powers
Art Bazaar
And to the members of the Finance & Development Committee, generous donors, and other contributors
Pauline Goldsmith
Communications &
Accounting
Beth Plotnick
Foundation Funding
Jennifer Muto
Development Chair
Acknowledgment
Special Thank You To The New York Botanical Garden
for office space and related services!