Botanical Illustration Workshop on Kaua'i (Hawaii)
Instructor: Wendy Hollender
Dates: August 10 - August 24, 2009
Contact Wendy Hollender for more Information:
Phone: 212-580-4855
Email: wendy@whartdesign.com
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Non-resident price for two weeks includes accommodations and three meals per day on Workshop days, Monday - Thursday. Optional weekend excursions will be additional.
Local residents welcomed and encouraged!
Date: August 10 - 24, 2009 Monday - Thursday each week (all day)
Last day of Botanical Workshop is August 20, but accommodations included through August 24 to allow for weekend excursions.
Location:
The National Tropical Botanical Garden on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i.
Workshop Description: Study the fundamentals of botanical drawing using the medium of colored pencils. No previous drawing experience required.
Drawing plants and flowers starts with observation. Under the supervision of botanical instructor Wendy Hollender as well as Dr. David Burney and other NTBG botanists, students will learn plant parts and their purposes through dissection and comparison. Students will work in graphite and colored pencil to create detailed botanical drawings and sketchbook pages of flowering plants, fruits and seedpods, working directly from the wide variety of tropical plants growing at NTBG. We will also study botanical illustrations spanning four centuries of the extensive library collection as a way of understanding the tradition and techniques still in use today.
Accommodations: Stay on the beautiful premises of the National Tropical Botanical Garden. NTBG Field School programs offer a range of shared housing options, including the spacious Theobald House which sleeps 8, with wireless internet and cable television. For the more adventurous, there is the Weatherport, a vinyl yurt-like structure with wooden floor and electricity. Some people may prefer to camp in their own tent in the yard. Bathrooms and shower will be available for those who choose to camp. Accommodations on a first come, first served basis.
Alternatively, participants are welcome to stay elsewhere on the island of Kaua'i.
Facilities at NTBG include a Conservation and Horticulture Center featuring a nursery containing over 20,000 plants, a new Botanical Research Center featuring the most extensive botanical library in the state, including books and prints dating back more than four centuries and a herbarium with over 60,000 pressed specimens. The living collections of NTBG nearby include the spectacularly diverse McBryde Gardens, featuring the largest collection of native Hawaiian plants in existence, and the world-class historical gardens of the adjacent Allerton Gardens.
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Food: Three meals a day will be provided, Monday - Thursday. They will be buffet style, prepared on premises by our chef with local fresh ingredients whenever possible. From Friday - Sunday there will be food for breakfast but everyone is on their own with cooking. We will organize group cooking for those staying on the premises for the weekend.
Examples of meals are: Breakfast - tropical fruit plate, eggs, bacon, oatmeal, toast;
Lunch - vegetables, salads, fish, sandwiches, chicken;
Snacks - dried fruits, nuts, lemonade, teas, coconut milk, chocolate;
Dinner - fish, rice, beans, vegetables, pastas, meat, etc.
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Local enrollments are of course welcome, too.
Transportation: on Kaua'i provided by the National Tropical Botanical Garden vans. Field trips to Makauwahi Cave Reserve nearby, the richest botanical fossil site in the Hawaiian Islands, and NTBG's Limahuli Garden and Preserve on the spectacular north shore of the island, will offer additional opportunities to see the sights of the "Garden Island." Optional weekend trips will be offered to the Napali Coast, Kokee, and Waimea Canyon State Parks and other Kauai attractions.
Travel to Kaua'i is not included in the workshop.
Accommodation and Workshop fee package: $1950
Workshop Fee alone (no accommodations or transportation provided): $860 plus lunch and snacks.
One week workshop only (Monday - Thursday) $430
Want college credit? Up to 2 transferable credits available through Kaua'i Community College: For more information on college credit for this course, contact btyamamoto@hawaii.edu.
Non workshop activities: swimming, snorkeling, surfing, kayaking, boat trips, hiking, caving, assisting an archaeological dig and plant restoration projects, Hawaiian cultural experiences, group cooking, dining, and touring Kaua'i. Weekend expeditions will be organized for those interested.
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Want to learn about Hawaiian Natural History and earn additional college credit while taking the Botanical Illustration course? Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands (Dr. David Burney) - Bot/Zool 450: 3 credits
This fully accredited survey course of Hawaiian natural history, offered through the University of Hawaii, is suitable for advanced undergraduates, entering graduate students, and amateur naturalists. Lectures will be enhanced with examples from the instructor's research, guest speakers, multimedia audiovisuals, and Saturday field trips.
For more information, and registration form, go to: http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/Field%20Schools/Kauai/index.htm
Inquiries about the workshop to: Wendy at: wendy@whartdesign.com
Inquiries about the NTBG and accommodation questions to: Dave Burney at: dburney@ntbg.org
Click here for more information on Wendy, David, and the National Tropical Botanical Garden