FRIENDS OF WELLESLEY COLLEGE BOTANIC GARDENS www.wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends 781-283-3094 [email protected] INSTRUCTORS – FALL 2017 – WINTER 2018 MAUREEN BOVET DS ’92 is a garden designer with a history degree from Wellesley College. She has studied with the Landscape Institute and the Univ. of Massachusetts’ Green School and has worked for Historic New England in their historic plant propagation program. Maureen’s favorite pastime is exploring parks, gardens, and historic sites. She carries her camera along on these explorations, photographing whatever catches her eye. www.maureenbovet.com LYNDA DAVIS JEHA found herself divided between following her scientific and artistic interests, so she decided to pursue both. For several years, she had simultaneous careers as an environmental scientist, silversmith and jewelry designer. Though primarily self- taught, she has completed studio classes at Massachusetts College of Art, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and Simmons College. "My adventurous spirit has led me to places of immense natural beauty that have provided me with a rich, visual imagery … I rely on my memory, imagination and daily observations of the natural world to provide vision and inspiration for my paintings," she states. Lynda’s paintings have been exhibited in the New England area and California. Her works are held in numerous private collections. Lynda currently works at Wellesley College where she is the Academic Administrative Assistant in the Political Science Department. She has been an art instructor in children’s creative arts programs since 2012. SHEVAUN DOHERTY SBA is a botanical artist living in Dublin. It was while living in Egypt that she first began painting in watercolors. Inspired by the flora of the Middle East, she enrolled in the SBA distance learning diploma course, graduating in 2012 with distinction, and becoming a full member in 2014. Since then she has exhibited regularly in Dublin, London and Frankfurt. Shevaun received a Highly Commended for her painting of Phoenix dactylifera (Ripening dates) at the SBA exhibition in 2012. She won two gold and a silver medal at Bloom Botanical Art in Dublin (2014, 2015). In 2014 her painting of Cyperus prolifer (Dwarf papyrus on papyrus) was selected for the prestigious ‘Fresh Water’ exhibition at the Gaiás Museum, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Her work has been included in a number of publications, most notably the SBA’s ‘Handbook of Plant Forms for Botanical Artists’, and Katherine Tyrrell’s ‘Sketching 365’. Using art to raise awareness about conservation is something that she feels passionate about, and recently designed the cover image and logo for The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan. http://www.botanicalsketches.blogspot.ie 10/10/2017 M. ELLEN DUARTE learned to be creative at a young age. After studying art, education, and art history at the University of Southern Maine, she became a teacher for many years. In her spare time she pursued a variety of creative arts and crafts, including interior decorating, furniture restoration and mural painting. Upon her retirement from teaching, Ellen was inspired by the New England Society of Botanical Artists’ exhibit at Boston’s Spring Flower Show. She dedicated herself to the study of classical botanical art in the program offered by Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, receiving her Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration in 2015. Ellen enjoys making art and gardening at her home on Cape Cod, using many of the plants she grows as inspiration for her work. www.meduartebotanicals.com NANCY GALLIGAN has been a professional freelance calligrapher for 25 years and has been teaching for 4. She is skilled in many different hands including Italic, Copperplate, Romans, Uncial, etc. She taught at the deCordova Museum School in Lincoln, is on the faculty at the Danforth Museum School in Framingham, and has been teaching a group of 12-14 students in a private home studio for the past three years. She is an active member of Masscribes, which is the region's lettering arts guild. She has exhibited in student, faculty and juried shows. Her work can be found in Letter Arts Review and in the book Nice Rendition: Cheryl Wheeler's Lyrics in Calligraphy. Nancy holds a B.A. from Boston College. LARA CALL GASTINGER is a botanical artist and illustrator in Charlottesville, Virginia. She was the chief illustrator for the Flora of Virginia Project after she received her master’s degree from Virginia Tech in Plant Ecology. She was awarded a gold medal at the Royal Horticultural Society garden show in London and her work has been in several ASBA traveling exhibits and catalogs. Her painting was accepted into the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation and she is represented by Susan Frei Nathan’s Fine Works on Paper. Her work can be followed at www.instagram.com/laragastinger. The subjects of her art come from the natural world and reveal detailed evidence of change, decay, and processes that occur in nature. She strives to make a plant portrait in such a way that it reveals its character and uniqueness. Her focus is on the small details in nature, down to the small venations in leaves, which hopefully inspires others to look deeper and pause a bit longer. http://www.laracallgastinger.com/ CAROL GOVAN is a professional artist, teacher, and graduate of New England Wild Flower Society’s Certificate in Native Plant Studies program. She helps students to explore the connection between art and science and develop the observational skills needed for both. Carol leads the docent training program for Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, where her observational skills, knowledge of botany and enthusiasm for the botanic gardens inspire our corps of volunteer tour leaders. 10/10/2017 PAM HARRINGTON is a botanical artist, horticulturist and garden enthusiast. She is enrolled in the Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration program at the Friends of Wellesley College Botanic GardenS. Pam is a 2011 graduate of the Certificate in Landscape Design program at the former Landscape Institute of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and the Boston Architectural College. She came to botanical art through her interest in plants and native flora, and aims to include plant life stages and field identification features in her art. She is a Massachusetts Master Gardener and active member of the New England Society of Botanical Artists (NESBA) Chapter of the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA). WENDY HOLLENDER is a botanical artist, illustrator, author, and instructor. Her illustrations have been published in The New York Times, “O,” The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Sunset Magazine, the Observer (UK) and in a recent large advertising campaign for the National Peanut Board. Her work was included in the 13th International Exhibition at Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, and in exhibitions at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, and the Smithsonian National Museum for Natural History. The US Botanic Garden had a show of Wendy's work on roots called Illustrating Hidden Treasures in the fall of 2015. She is the author of BOTANICAL DRAWING IN COLOR: A Basic Guide To Mastering Realistic Form And Naturalistic Color and BOTANICAL DRAWING, A BEGINNER'S GUIDE. Her newest book is written by Dina Falconi and illustrated by Wendy called Foraging & Feasting: A Field Guide and Wild Food Cookbook which has won two gold medals. Wendy is an instructor of Botanical Art and Illustration at the New York Botanical Garden and leads workshops in exotic locations such as Trinidad, Hawaii and many nature preserves, botanical gardens, arts centers and colleges around the country. She recently started a highly successful online botanical drawing program on her website (see below). She is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society and the National Tropical Botanical Garden Florilegium Project. In 1976 Wendy graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and became a home furnishing textile designer. She began a career in botanical illustration after completing a certificate at the New York Botanical Garden in 1998. In 2009 she moved from Manhattan to a farm in the Hudson Valley so she could live among the plants she documents in her work. www.drawingincolor.com KRISTINA JONES is an ecologist with a dual role at Wellesley College: Director of the Botanic Gardens and faculty member in Biology and Environmental Studies. Kristina has long been interested in plant-animal interactions, particularly pollination and herbivory. She has recently been more and more involved in ecological approaches to growing food, such as edible forest gardens, and partnering with permaculture experts to analyze productivity and sustainability of designed edible ecosystems. Each spring Kristina teaches an introductory course in “Environmental Horticulture” using the greenhouses and outdoor gardens as living laboratories. Occasionally she teaches seminars, such as the first year seminar "The Art and Science of Food in Italy, from the Renaissance to the Slow Food Movement," team-taught with Art History Professor Jacki Musacchio, or a senior seminar on Biodiversity. She is particularly interested in engaging students who aren't already excited about biology or the environment, using the botanic gardens and food as bridges into science. Outside of her work at Wellesley, she enjoys growing things, including kids and dogs as well as food and other plants; and pretty much anything that gets her outside. 10/10/2017 KAY KOPPER is a botanical artist whose detailed watercolor paintings depict the life cycle of local flowers, trees and wildlife. Her passion for botanical art is steeped in a deep respect and admiration for all things natural. Kay received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art and has taken classes at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset and the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens.