Category: Exhibitions

Help us spread the word! Postcards and Posters can be picked up at the Arboretum’s Education Department at Thornhill Education Center.

Watch Your Mail Box (E-Mail or Snail)!

Guild members will soon receive the prospectus for the 2009 Holiday Exhibition. If you have an e-mail address on file with the Guild, you will receive it electronically. Paper copies are being mailed only to members with no e-mail address on record.

If you do not receive a prospectus within the next few weeks, please contact Nancy Thyfault.

The deadline for registering for the exhibition is September 26, 2009

You can download the prospectus here:
As a PDF: NAG 2009 Fall Prospectus (requires Acrobat Reader)
As a Word Document: NAG 2009 Fall Prospectus

Exhibition Schedule:

September 26, 2009: Deadline for submitting prospectus
November 4, 2009: Referee Night, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Thornhill
November 6, 2009: Artists/Members Reception, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Thornhill
November 7-8: Exhibition open to public, Noon to 5:00 p.m., Thornhill
November 8: Pick up artwork, 5:15 to 5:45 p.m.

Questions?
Contact: Nancy Thyfault, Exhibition Chair; Laverne Bohlin, Co-chair, or Sharon Malec, Co-chair.

The schedule for the 2009 Holiday Exhibition is as follows:

Wednesday, November 4: Referee Night

Friday, November 6: Artists’ Reception

Saturday and Sunday, November 7-8: Exhibition open to the public

The annual spring exhibition will be here before we know it! Here is the schedule:

Registrations due: Monday, March 7
Referee Night: Wednesday, April 15
Artists’ Reception: Friday, April 17, 5-9 pm
Exhibition Open to Public: Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19, Noon to 5:00 pm
Pick Up Artwork: Sunday, April 19, 5:15 pm to 5:45 pm

The prospectus for the Guild’s Spring 2009 exhibition has been e-mailed to members with e-mail addresses on record. Members without an e-mail address will receive a hard copy.

Please read the entire prospectus for changes, including new size requirements and donations by participants.

Forms must be postmarked by Monday, March 7, 2009. To participate you must have paid your 2009 membership dues.

If you did not receive a prospectus, please contact Evelyn Grala so that we can correct our records.

You can also download the documents here:

Prospectus: Spring 2009 Exhibition (PDF)

Spring 2009 Registration Forms (PDF)

Prospectus and Forms: Word Document

The 2008 Holiday Exhibition will run Friday, November 7th through Sunday, November 9.

Friday, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.: Private reception for members of the Nature Artists’ Guild and The Morton Arboretum and their guests

Saturday and Sunday, Noon to 5:00 p.m. Open to the public.

Lynne Railsback is the Featured Artist.

Our artisans’ shop will feature for sale unique items made by Guild members. New this year, will be a limited number of 2009 calendars featuring the artwork of twelve Guild members.

As many of you know, our display panels have been showing a lot of wear and tear – to the point that we’ve had to place additional limits on the size/weight of artwork that is accepted for the exhibitions. Guild members and Arboretum staff worked together this past summer to research new panel systems and to develop a funding plan.

I’m thrilled to announce that The Arboretum has decided to pay 80 percent of the cost of new panels. The Guild will pay the remaining 20 percent from existing funds.

The funding recognizes the increasing use of the panels by several Arboretum departments, including the Education Department. And it is a wondeful show of support for the Guild. The panels will be ordered soon. It’s not known yet whether they will arrive in time for the Holiday exhibition.

Download a copy of the NAG 2008 Holiday Exhibition Prospectus here.

This file is in PDF format. You will need a copy for Adobe Acrobat Reader to open it. If you do not have Reader installed on your computer, download a free copy here.

Registration forms are due September 30, 2008. To enter work in the exhibition, you must be a current 2008 Guild member.

Important Dates:

November 5: Referee Night
November 7: Artists Reception
November 8-9: Exhibition open to the public, Noon to 5:00 p.m.