American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA)
ASBA Chapters:
- Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California (BAGSC).
- Be sure to also check out the BAGSC Blog run by Deb Shaw (who is also a member of NCalSBA!) There’s always something new going on.
Other Organizations Related to Botanical Art
- The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation collects botanical art, including the work of contemporary artists.
- Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
- The Society of Botanical Artists (U.K.)
- The Scottish Society of Botanical Artists
- Botanical Art Society of Australia
- Also in Australia is the Beckler’s Botanical Bounty, a group working to document and illustrate the plants collected by Dr. Hermann Beckler, botanist for the Burke and Wills Victorian Exploration Expedition in 1860!
Other Groups of Interest
- The California Native Plant Society has a number of active Bay Area chapters:
- Napa Valley Chapter
- Marin Chapter
- East Bay Chapter (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)
- Yerba Buena Chapter (San Francisco and northern San Mateo Counties)
- Santa Cruz Chapter
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