The previous Nature Artists’ Guild post incorrectly listed the date for the August meeting as August 1, 2014. The correct date for the Artist Trio presentation at Thornhill is Thursday, August 7, 2014. The post has been corrected, and we apologize for any confusion this may have caused!
Busy, Busy, Busy, But Don’t Forget Your Art!
We understand how busy our members are, especially with the beautiful weather we’ve been enjoying, but don’t forget to set aside a little time for your art! We have a number of exciting events coming up for our Nature Artists’ Guild members, so you may want to mark your calendars. More details about these events will be posted and e-mailed to members as the dates approach.
- On Sunday, July 20, 2014, please join Nature Artists’ Guild members and Morton Arboretum Photographic Society members at the Bloomingdale Park District Museum, 108 S. Bloomingdale Road, Bloomingdale, Il, for an artists’ reception from 2 until 4 pm. Don’t forget, your fellow artists are some of your most loyal supporters, and they need your support, too! Plus, we hear that those MAPS photographers are a lively bunch, and it promises to be a fun gathering. The public is invited to attend, so please feel free to bring some friends or family members.
- On Thursday, August 7, 2014, from 7 until 9 pm at Thornhill, three Nature Artists’ Guild artists, Peggy McGahan, Charlotte Doyle Leavitt and Mary Ann Jiminez, will share some of their techniques and tips. This is a great chance to see fellow artists at work and pick up some new techniques. As always, guests and visitors are welcome!
- On Tuesday, August 12, 2014, Nature Artists’ Guild members will meet about 9 am at the gorgeous garden of Catherine Donovan in LaGrange, Il. Please let Carol Jean Rogalski know if you’d like to attend.
- On Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at 9 am, Tanner Musso of Hinsdale, IL, will host Nature Artists’ Guild members in her garden for the first time. Please contact Carol Jean Rogalski if you’d like to attend this wonderful new paint-out.
Bloomingdale Park District Museum Presents the Nature Artists Guild of The Morton Arboretum and The Morton Arboretum Photographic Society
More than 50 artists of the Nature Artists’ Guild will be exhibiting over 100 pieces of art in this joint exhibit with the Morton Arboretum Photographic Society at the Bloomingdale Park District Museum. This promises to be one of the largest exhibits of fine nature art and photography in the area this summer!
Please join the artists and photographers at a reception on July 20, 2014 from 2 to 4 pm. For details, dates, times and the address, please click on the postcard below to enlarge.
Reserve Your Spot for the Beard Garden Paint-Out
The Nature Artists’ Guild Paint-Out at the garden of Susan and Kenneth Beard in Oak Brook, Illinois, has become an annual favorite. Space is limited at this nationally renowned private garden, so members are encouraged to contact Carol Jean Rogalski (you can find her contact information in your Yearbook) as soon as possible to reserve their spot! The paint-out is scheduled for Tuesday, July 8, 2014 from 9 am until noon.
Please click here to read more about the Beard Garden and click here to view some more photos from the 2013 paint-out.
Botanical Artist Heeyoung Kim Interviewed by Chicago Tonight
Nature Artists’ Guild members may remember Heeyoung Kim from the wonderful presentation she gave to our group last year. A few days ago, Heeyoung was interviewed by WTTW’s Chicago Tonight.
You can view the interview with Heeyoung, as well as read about her personal crusade to paint and preserve 200 native plants, and be treated to a slide show of her work, by clicking on this link to the WTTW website.
Some Paint-Out Photos from Mayslake Peabody Estate
We have already received some photos from Carol Jean Rogalski from yesterday’s Nature Artists’ Guild paint-out at Mayslake Peabody Estate. Just click on any photo to enlarge. Enjoy!
Karen Johnson shares her thoughts and photos from the paint-out on her blog. Please click on this link to Karen’s Nature Art to read more.
Nature Artists’ Guild to be Featured at The Growing Place on June 21, 2014
Our Nature Artists’ Guild President, Susan Bartlett, has a request for our members –
Hello Members! We have a great opportunity to participate in the Gardener’s Art Festival at The Growing Place garden center in Naperville, Illinois, on Saturday, June 21, 2014. There will be approximately 40 artists there throughout the day, but the Nature Artists’ Guild is their main feature. We have a great relationship with The Growing Place and we really want to support this event for them.We need five to six artists to paint or draw in their gardens. There are two shifts to pick from, 12 to 2 pm or 2 to 4 pm. This event lets you draw and paint some wonderful specimens and have fun meeting fellow artists and gardeners. If you are interested, please contact Susan Bartlett as soon as possible. You will find the contact information in your Yearbook.
Please click on the following link to read more about this and other festivals at The Growing Place.
Plenty of Opportunities For Summer Painting!
Many of our Nature Artists’ Guild members are also members of other artists’ organizations in the area. One of these organizations, the Dupage Art League, has members who meet once per week to paint outdoors. These “Friday Morning Plein Air Painters” have issued their summer schedule, so if you are interested, please click on this link to the Dupage Art League for more information. Thank you to Nature Artists’ Guild members Barb Denny and Linn Eldred for this tip!
Also, “Friends of the Field”, an informal group of artists who meet at the Field Museum to paint from the exhibits, led by Artist in Residence Peggy Macnamara, will be meeting on June 14, 2014. Museum addition fees will apply. Unfortunately, we do not have any more information about this event, so if any of our members have the details about the meeting time or place, please respond in the comment section below.
Update – Nature Artists’ Guild member Irena Gintilas has kindly provided us with details on the event. Please click on her comment below. Thanks Irena!
The Nature Artists’ Guild Returns to Mayslake Peabody Estate on June 10, 2014
As you can see from the photos below, Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st Street, Oak Brook, Illinois, was the location for one of the loveliest paint-outs of last year for the Nature Artists’ Guild. The weather was gorgeous, the historical home provided a stately background, the lake was picturesque, the flowers were in full bloom, and our Nature Artists’ Guild artists completed the scene that could have been taken right out of an Impressionist painting.
All Nature Artists’ Guild members are invited to attend this year’s wonderful gathering on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, from 9 am until noon. We especially encourage our newer members or members who have not previously attended paint-outs to attend. This would be a great no-pressure opportunity to try your hand at plein-air painting, sketching, or even photographing, and we think you’ll find your fellow Nature Artists’ Guild members to be friendly, helpful and encouraging.
There is plenty of room for all, so there is no need to RSVP, but if you have any questions, please contact Carol Jean Rogalski, whose contact information you can find in your Yearbook.
Thank you to our event photographer, Kathy Wagner-Selbach for these beautiful photos from last year’s event.
Presenting Sterling Morton Library Treasures on June 5, 2014
Nature Artists’ Guild members will have a wonderful and rare opportunity to view some of the treasures of the Sterling Morton Library’s Botanical Art Collection at our meeting on Thursday, June 5, 2014 from 7 until 9 pm. The presentation, by Library Collections Manager Rita Hassert and Art Collection Assistant and Nature Artists’ Guild member Arlene Widrevitz, will take place in the Sterling Morton Library.
According to Arlene, we can look forward to a glimpse of contemporary as well as seventeenth century artwork. “The new acquisition by the French artist Pancrace Bessa will be featured, as well as work by artists Barbara Regina Dietzsch, Pierre Joseph Redoute, Nancy S. Hart, Julie Sutter-Blair and many others.”
Please follow the links below for more information about each artist and to preview examples of their work (not necessarily those in the Sterling Morton Library collection).
As always, guests and visitors are welcome to join us at this program. Please enter The Morton Arboretum at the main entrance and let the gatehouse attendant know you are there for the Nature Artists’ Guild presentation. There is no fee for attendance or parking.
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