Award-winning artist (and Nature Artist Guild member), Dan Danielson, will be demonstrating his fun and fluid style of watercolor painting at the reception for the Guild’s exhibit, open to all on August 16, 2026, from 2 to 4, at the Bloomingdale Park District Museum.

The free reception for Rooted in Observation: Art Inspired by the Living World, at the museum on Sunday, August 16, will be open to the public from 2 to 4 pm. Refreshments and music provided by the museum, a demonstration by Dan Danielson, and the opportunity to view more than 75 works of art by members of the Nature Artists’ Guild of The Morton Arboretum, will all contribute to a wonderful afternoon!

The exhibit will continue until September 12, and visitors can visit the museum’s website for hours and directions.

Also —

• Guild artists will also be demonstrating inside the Visitor Center of The Morton Arboretum during the Arboretum’s 2026 Wine and Art Walk. Everyone is invited to stop by and learn more about the Guild or simply chat with an artist and watch them create between 10 and 4 on Saturday and Sunday, August 15 and 16. (Arboretum membership or a gate fee will be required for entrance to the Arboretum.)

• The next Nature Artists’ Guild paint-out will be on the morning of September 3 at the Grand Garden at The Morton Arboretum. Visiting artists are welcome to join Guild artists for this end-of-summer, soon-to-be-autumn event. More details will be coming soon, and registration is recommended.

• Registration has begun for the free fundraiser workshop with Lindsay Sandbothe at the Arboretum on October 10, 2026. Space will be limited for this popular and fun event, and the workshop is open to Nature Artists’ Guild members only.

• A new Nature Artists’ Guild Facebook Group is now available for members to engage with their fellow artists! Guild members can find the group at Nature Artists’ Guild Facebook Group.