The NCALSBA’s East Bay Region Invites You:
Tour the Jepson Herbaria at UC Berkeley

What: Tour with Andrew Doran, Administrative Curator, followed by a visit with Linda Ann Vorobik, botanist and illustrator, at her workstation
When: Monday, September 29th
Time: 11am – 1pm
Where: Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Berkeley campus
RSVP: www. ncalsba.org
Cost: A donation of $5 per person is requested to cover the honorarium. Any additional funds will be donated to the Herbaria
Questions: Sally Petru, east bay rep @ (510) 653-7727

Where to meet: The University and Jepson Herbaria are located on the ground floor of the central atrium of the Valley Life Sciences Building. The entrance is prominently marked, flanked by planters, and directly in front of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. The Valley Life Sciences Building is a large building easily identified by its “neo-Babylonian” bas relief, located east of the prominent eucalyptus grove that is near the West Gate entry kiosk at the east end of University Avenue.

Note: We will try to limit this tour to 15 people. If there is substantial interest, a second tour will be scheduled with Andrew Doran and Dr. John Taylor, curator of fungi and Herbaria trustee, at a later date.

For directions, parking options, and to learn more about the Jepson Herbaria follow the links at www.ucjeps.berkeley.edu > home page > About > Visiting

The University and Jepson Herbaria of the University of California at Berkeley are two collections of pressed plants housed together along with research labs, libraries, and archives. Together the Herbaria hold about 2,200,000 specimens, one of the largest collections in North America.

Linda Ann Vorobik, botanist, editor, and illustrator of numerous botanical publications, cherishes all three west coast states as home. She holds a PhD from the University of Oregon, Eugene, and conducts field research and teaches in the Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon. She currently lives on Lopez Island, Washington, and visits Berkeley on a regular basis, where she is a Research Associate at the University Herbarium, UC.

Linda has over 25 years of illustration and college level teaching experience, and is principal illustrator of, for example, The Flora of Santa Cruz Island, The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California, and has contributed many illustrations to the Morphology and Evolution of Vascular Plants. For more information, see her website, www.VorobikBotanicalArt.com

Painting Orchids in Hawaii with Linda Ann Vorobik

Sat October 18- Fri October 24, 2008
Captain Cook, HI

There are one or two spots left in Linda Ann Vorobik’s Hawaii Orchid Painting workshop; anyone interested in attending should get in touch with her ASAP!

For more information, including a printable flyer and registration forms, go to www.VorobikBotanicalArt.com.

American Society of Botanical Artists Presents:
14th ANNUAL MEETING AND CONFERENCE

Below are some excerpts from the conference website:

“Activities will be based at the Hilton Pasadena, in Pasadena and The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino. The members of the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California (BAGSC), one of the ASBA’s largest chapters, look forward to welcoming you!

Wonderful workshop instructors, fascinating lectures and forums, and trips to fabulous museums and botanical gardens! But the best part is meeting so many other people who share your love of botanical art. There are some new aspects to this year’s Annual Meeting:

1. This year, the Annual Meeting is a full three days, allowing some workshops to be repeated so more people can take advantage of them, and there are some two-day workshops to allow in-depth study.

2. As always, a mix of international, national and local artists are involved, and a blend of free and fee-based workshops will accommodate many budgets.

3. For the first time, there is a ‘closed’ date for the registration, making it even more important for you to register in a timely fashion.”

The ‘Exhibitors’ Hall’, instructors’ bios and images, and posting of class materials lists on the conference site will be continually updated until the time of the Annual Meeting, so bookmark the conference site and check back often to keep up with what’s new!

NCALSBA’s San Francisco Region presents:
“Back to Basics” Botanical Watercolor Workshop with Louise Smith

Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 9:00 – 4:00
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, 10:00 – 4:00
Garden Club Room
S.F. County Fair Building at Strybing Botanical Garden
Golden Gate Park
9th Avenue at Lincoln Way, S.F. 94122

***THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL; REGISTRATION IS CLOSED***

Visit the SFBG Strybing Arboretum website for directions at http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/visiting/page2.html.