Botanica
all things plant life
J u ly 12 – S e p t e m b e r 6, 2 015
OPENING
Opening Reception: Sunday, July 12, 3 – 5 pm $5 admission. Free for Friends of the Bedford. Wine and hors d’oeuvres hosted by the Bedford Gallery Guild and supported by JP Morgan Chase.
Above: Sean Talamini, Be Still So That I May Grow, 2014, acrylic on wood, 12 x 12 inches.
From 16th Century Flemish painters, to Cézanne and the Post Impressionists, the color and variety found in plant life have long served as artistic inspiration. B otanica asks artists to draw on this history to create artwork that explores how plant life can be represented
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ARTISTS
1 Donna Abbate Alexandra Ackerman Rachelle Agundes Shannon Amidon Kathy Aoki Ashley Vivian Augustine Kelly Avery Posey Bacopoulos Jennifer Bain Timothy Berry Leo Bersamina Edna Bingham George-Ann Bowers Robyn Brakel Susan Brand Marla Brill Leah Thomason Bromberg
Joy Broom Jenny Brown Jessica Cadkin Timothea Campbell Christine Canepa Michael Cassidy Karen Clark Susan D’Amato Hedi B. Desuyo Carrie Di Costanzo Leeza Doreian Kathryn Dunlevie Dale Eastman Tamara English Naomi Ernest Alicia Escott Mitra Fabian Madison Fairburn
Kate Farrall Haley Farthing Julia Feld Ingrid Finnan Lisa Flowers Ross Lisa Foote Adam Forfang Alison Foshee Mackenzie Gelina Tara Gill Katie Jean Gilmour Lisa Goesling Rachael Grant Casey Gray Tracy Grubbs Luke Heimbigner Adrienne Heloise Liz Hickok
in a diverse reach of media. B otanica was juried by Ken Harman, director of Hashimoto Contemporary and Spoke Art in San Francisco, and MacKenzie Stevens, Curatorial Assistant at The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
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Carol Horigan Michael Hornyak Christine Hostetler Tonia Hughes John Hundt Amber Imrie- Situnayake Carol Irwin Josie Iselin Lara Jealous Peggy Jelks Jeremiah Jenkins Lisa Jetonne Sarah Jones Maya Kabat Henrik Kam Sue Kamin Jieun Beth Kim
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Harue Kishimoto Sophie Knight Molly Koehn Caia Koopman Paula Kravitz Greg Krehel Diane Kreiter Marcos LaFarga Lauren Lake Malia Landis Ivory Yeunmi Lee John Lindgren Kija Lucas Aline Mare Holly Mathews Katie McCann Lou McCorkle Elizabeth McKinne
Cynthia Milionis Rachel Montroy Morgan Gesell Mudryk Amy Nathan Kara Navolio Natalie Novak Catie Oleary Jesse Ozar Samantha Parker Salazar Erik Parra Sabine Pearlman Joel Daniel Phillips Linda Price Patricia Rodriguez Amanda Rosenblatt Danila Rumold
David Ryan Anita Sagastegui Krista Schoening Carol Selter Elena Sheehan Juliane Shibata Olivia Shih David Michael Smith Clairissa Stephens Debra Stuckgold Marcia Stuermer Sean Talamini Kevin Taylor Julie Tesser Carson Tharp Andrew K. Thompson Bridgette Thornton Chris Thorson
Andie Thrams Tiffanie Turner Kim Turos Anna Valdez Anna Vaughan Jan Watten Martin Webb Rhonda Weppler Kelly Williams Amber Jean Young Yingtao Zhu
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8 16 Image credits: 1. Natalie Novak, The Emperors, 2015, wool on cotton warp, walnut, 7 x 21 inches. 2. Kelly Williams, Large Terrarium with Corner Beach, 2014, oil on canvas, 24 x 16 x 2 inches. 3. Henrik Kam, Royal Dream, 2015, C-print, 30 x 30 inches. 4. Juliane Shibata, Spring Wagashi, Cherry Blossoms, 2014, porcelain, stain, and luster, 4 x 40 x 17 inches. 5. Casey Gray, Bullet Planter with Cactus & Bromeliad, 2015, aerosol acrylic on panel, 32 x 28 inches. 6. Samantha Parker Salazar, Three Views of Whetstone Garden (II), 2014, drawing, monotype, digital print on hand-cut paper, 44 x 30 inches. 7. Carrie Di Costanzo, Dahlia, 2014, watercolor on paper, 26 x 21 inches. 8. Christine Hostetler, Orchid, 2010, watercolor, pen, and ink, 90 x 44.5 inches. 9. Amanda Rosenblatt, John, 2015, archival inkjet print, 22 x 17 inches. 10. John Lindgren, Tree, 2015, silver gelatin print, 8 x 8 inches. 11. Donna Abate, A Spoken Flower Page 10, 2014, Colored pencil and paint on book page, 8 x 12 inches.
S pecial E v ent
Paper Poppies Workshop with Tiffanie Turner
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Sunday, August 30, 10 am – 1:30 pm Sign up required, limited space available. Please email
[email protected]. Workshop fee $60 (includes admission to Botanica). Light breakfast and coffee will be provided. In this workshop, Botanica artist Tiffanie Turner will teach you how to make your own Icelandic poppies in your choice of crepe paper, complete with bursting sepals. These poppies can be displayed on their own or worked into floral crowns and garlands. If time allows, Tiffanie will also demonstrate selected other specimens in paper.
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Location:
Hours:
Gallery Tours:
Bedford Gallery
Bedford Gallery is located in the Lesher Center for the Arts at 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, four blocks south of the Walnut Creek BART.
Tuesday – Sunday, Noon to 5:00 p.m.; and 6:00–8:00 p.m. on evenings when there are theater productions in the LCA. The Gallery is closed on Mondays.
is a program of the City of Walnut Creek, and is supported with generous funding from the Lesher Foundation, JP Morgan Chase, and the Diablo Regional
Telephone: 925/295-1417
Admission:
This year gallery tours for all Contra Costa County schools are FREE thanks to funding from JP Morgan Chase! Our talented volunteer Docents conduct group tours for children grades K-12, completing each visit with a hands-on art project. Scout troops, school groups, summer camps and clubs are also invited to take a tour! Tours are $85 all other groups. We now offer Art in a Suitcase, in-class art workshops for grades K-5.
Website: www.bedfordgallery.org facebook.com/ bedfordgallery twitter.com/ bedfordgallery instagram.com/ bedfordgallery
General $5; Youth (17 and under) $3; Children 12 and under free; First Tuesdays of the month are Free; Free for Friends of the Bedford, members of Diablo Regional Arts Association, and ticket holders to events in the Lesher Center for the Arts on ticketed date.
Adult group tours are also available by appointment. For more information: bedfordgallery.org/programs
[email protected], or 925/295-1416
Arts Association.
Media Sponsor: Diablo Magazine
Botanica
Bottom: Karen Clark, Oasis, 2015, digital photo collage sublimated onto gloss aluminum, 25 x 20 x 2 inches.
Top: Kelly Avery, Smells Like Teen Spirit, 2015, watercolor and ink, 6 x 18 inches.
Cover: Katie Jean Gilmour, Hannah: White Light, 2014, digital photograph, 14 x 11 inches.
Left: Jieun Beth Kim, Procession Bouquet, 2013, watercolor on Yupo, 60 x 34.5 inches.
Lesher Foundation and Diablo Regional Arts Association (DRAA).
Bedford Gallery receives generous funding from the
Opening Reception: Sunday, July 12, 3 – 5 pm $5 admission. Free for Friends of the Bedford. Wine and hors d’oeuvres hosted by the Bedford Gallery Guild and supported by JP Morgan Chase.
July 12 – September 6, 2015
Botanica all things plant life
Diablo Regional Arts Association 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
