Join us in Pittsburgh for ASBA’s 30th Annual Conference. Headquartered at our new conference hotel Sheraton Pittsburgh Hotel at Station Square along the banks of the Monongahela River.
A highlight of the ASBA Pittsburgh Conference is the Hunt Institute's 17th International Exhibition-one of the world’s most prestigious exhibitions of contemporary botanical art. The Reception on Thursday evening is open to artists, conference attendees, and the general public.
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
Come Early or Stay Late!
Take a Pre- or Post-Conference Workshop, tour the exciting and beautiful city of Pittsburgh, or stay for a choice of two three-day post conference workshops. Two renowned botanical artists will offer exciting two-day preconference workshop opportunities on Tuesday and Wednesday. Join Lucy Smith and dive into pen and ink techniques for botanical sketchbooks or explore illustrating ferns with Laura Silburn.
Stay after the conference for the chance to spend three days with John Pastoriza-Pinol painting late summer plants and flowers or focus on painting structure with Jean Emmons.
The 2024 ASBA Conference will be a great blend of hands-on workshops, demonstrations, lectures, tours, and social gatherings. Guaranteed there will be something for everyone!
The complete 2024 conference schedule and registration information will be posted on the ASBA website in June and in the June issue of The Botanical Artist. Registration appointment requests will begin June 1st. Watch for emails that will alert you to this information well in advance.
We are looking forward to the 30th ASBA Conference in Pittsburgh this fall and hope to see you there!
About Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA is all about the rivers, the natural resources and hilly topography which are an indirect product of glaciation at the end of the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago.
Warhol Bridge Photo credit Dustin McGrew
Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers. With steep sloping hillsides down to flatter areas near the riverbanks. This terrain and climate also determined the general botany / biology of southwestern Pennsylvania. These conditions helped form a wide range of coniferous and deciduous tree, palustrine wetlands, and a wide variety of native plants and flowers. The natural resources like coal, silica sand, natural gas, iron ore and navigable rivers put Pittsburgh on the rapidly developing “Western Frontier” (early 1800s) and the Second Industrial Revolution (1870-1914).
Phipps Conservatory Photo credit: Phil Johnson
Major heavy industries like: glass, steel, and coal attracted financers, entrepreneurs, industrialists, and philanthropists like Andrew Carnegie, Henry W. Phipps, Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Mellon plus Roy Hunt and Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt’s Botanical Library and other who eventually built or donated private and public art collections such as the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation (the largest collection of botanical art in the Western Hemisphere). Andrew Carnegie’s, the Carnegie Museum of Art (the first museum in the United States with a strong focus on contemporary art, instructed to collect the “old masters of tomorrow”) and his Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s best in the world collection of herbarium specimens from western Pennsylvania and the greatest number of specimens from the rest of North America and beyond). Henry W. Phipps’s gift (1893) of the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (with numerous individual plant collections and seasonal flower shows. Phipps wanted to erect something that {would} provide a source of instruction as well as pleasure to the people of Pittsburgh. This philanthropic largesse built the institutions that encouraged and now preserved the science, education, and fine art of botanical art and illustration in Pittsburgh.
Duquesne Incline Photo credit: Dustin McGrew
So as October begins the natural transition of the greens of summer into the vivid reds, oranges, yellows and browns of fall foliage brings the fields, forests ,parks, and nature preserve alive, come join us in Pittsburgh frequently voted as, “America’s Most Livable City”. Now in the 21st century Pittsburgh has again reinvented itself into a center of high technology, robotics, medical research & development, oil & natural gas, and a major center of higher education.
One of the most iconic views of Pittsburgh awaits visitors approaching from the Pittsburgh International Airport on I 376 East as they emerge from the Fort Pitt Tunnel and directly into “downtown” Pittsburgh.
Lotus Pond at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden. Photo credit: Pittsburgh Botanic Garden
https://www.visitpittsburgh.com
Sheraton Pittsburgh Hotel at Station Square
300 W. Station Square Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Station Square is a beautiful 52-acre riverfront complex with over 1.2 miles of Pittsburgh’s most unique dining, entertainment and boutique shopping. The South Shore is a riverfront neighborhood anchored by Station Square, a shopping and entertainment complex with souvenir shops, casual restaurants and plenty of bustling bars, some with live music. Highmark Stadium hosts professional soccer, and there are walking and cycling paths along the Three Rivers Heritage Trail. The Duquesne and Monongahela Inclines depart from here and climb up Mount Washington.
https://www.stationsquare.com
The ASBA Conference room rate is $189 plus applicable taxes. This rate applies to either King or to Two Queen standard rooms. The rate of $189 per night is extended to ASBA for the period October 13th – 22nd
You can connect directly with other members seeking a roommate. Follow these simple stems and connect:
1. If you are not already logged in, log into the ASBA website HERE 2. Locate the “Member Features” menu3. Click on “View > Member Interests”4. Click on the down arrow next to “Annual Conference Hotel Room Sharing”5. Click “View Members”. You will be able to see all members who are seeking a roommate.6. To add your name to the list, click on "Sign Me Up"7. Coordinate room sharing with any listed members by contacting them directly. 8. Once you have finalized plans with your roommate, don't forget to remove your name from the list by clicking "Remove Me"
2024 Conference Registration Timeline
Key Dates
June 1: Conference information published on the ASBA website for Pittsburgh
June 1-30: Members planning to attend conference may request a registration appointment
June 23: Reminder email sent to members who have not yet requested an Early Registration appointment
July 1: Small Works entries open to members planning to attend Pittsburgh conference
July 8-9: Members will receive their randomly generated early registration appointment time and a link and password for the Early Registration site
July 20-24: Early Registration for members with appointments to register for conference
July 31-Aug 31: Open Registration – any member may register for the Pittsburgh conference
MEMBERS REGISTER HERE
August 31: Small Works exhibition entry deadline
October 1: Small Works exhibition entry MUST BE RECEIVED at designated shipping address
October 17: 2024 Pittsburgh Conference opens
tips for a successful registration experience
On
June 1, ASBA members will receive an email with instructions on how to request an appointment for Early Registration. The Appointment Request period runs through
June 30.
For members with appointment times
•On
July 8 through July 9, all who made an Appointment Request will receive an email that contains your randomly assigned appointment time for Early Registration as well as a link and password for the Early Registration site. Appointment times are scheduled in fifteen-minute allotments during the Early Registration period of
July 20-24. Please do not discard this email.
•You must register during your assigned registration appointment time.
•Be ready with your Session and Meal choices and your credit card before registering.
•If for some reason your assigned appointment time is not convenient, you are encouraged to give your Registration Form and credit card info to a friend who can register for you.
•To keep the process fair, randomly assigned appointment times may not be changed. Those who miss their Early Registration appointment times will be able to register during the Open Registration period.
For members registering during Open Registration beginning
July 31
•Members who do not participate in Early Registration may register in the Open Registration period beginning
July 31, 7:00 a.m Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) without an appointment time.
•Open registration runs
July 31 through August 31, 2024. Registration closes at midnight EDT on
August 31, 2024 and additional registrations will not be accepted.
Please be sure that your membership is up to date (2024 dues paid) in advance of registering or you will not receive email notifications regarding conference registration.
Policy
Most meals are covered by the conference fee including breakfast and lunch on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and the Saturday evening banquet. Light refreshments will be served at the Welcome Reception on Wednesday and hotel pre-reception and charter transportation to The Hunt Institute International Exhibition on Thursday. Many activities are free, including Portfolio Sharing, Open Studio, and Beyond the Studio (Grant Project Presentations). If any discrepancies exist between policies described in the Journal and those online, the policies appearing online take precedence.
1. Current ASBA membership is required for registration. Please be sure that your membership dues are paid well in advance of June 1, 2024, or you will not receive email notifications about conference registration details.
2. The ASBA Annual Meeting and Conference is a three-day event. Partial registration is not available.
3. Registration Fee: Members - $460*, Guests - $25
4. Registration Deadline:
Registration is closed as of August 31, 2024. No registrations are accepted after that time, no exceptions.
5. Refund and Cancellation Policy:
Cancellation on or before August 12, 2024:
- $75 fee retained
- all workshop fees, pre and post conference workshop fees, tour fees and guest meal fees refunded.
Cancellation August 13, 2024 – August 31, 2024
- $200 fee retained
- 50% of all other fees will be refunded (including workshop fees, tour fees, pre and post-conference workshop fees, guest meal fees)
No refunds after August 31, 2024 other than health emergency/death below.
Health emergency or death in the immediate family with cancellation after October 1, 2024
- $200 fee retained
- 50% of all other fees will be refunded (including workshop fees, tour fees, pre and post-conference workshop fees, guest meal fees)
ASBA reserves the right to cancel any workshop that does not meet a minimum registration, and to substitute an instructor if the scheduled instructor is unable to fulfill the teaching obligation.
Volunteer
Consider volunteering at the Annual Conference. This is a great way to meet and interact with ASBA members!
Volunteer Here
ASBA is committed to the health and safety of conference attendees. ASBA and the Sheraton Pittsburgh Hotel at Station Square will follow Health and Safety laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines established by the State of Pennsylvania, the city of Pittsburgh, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (collectively, the “Regulations”). We will ask conference attendees to agree to comply with all regulations in effect at the time of the conference.
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ASBA does its best to keep costs down, particularly for our Annual Conference. Registration fees are used to cover costs that ASBA incurs for hotel meals, receptions, lecture and workshop room rentals and A/V services as well as transportation to offsite programs. We do not make money off conference registrations. ASBA has been charging a fee of $395 for conference registration since 2017. Costs have gone up in the last 7 years and we are forced to increase this year's registration fee to $460. Although we know that our members' costs to attend the conference are substantial, we believe there is still great value in gathering in person, initiating, and building lasting friendships, and sharing our common passion for botanical art - in person!
HELEN ALLEN BA,(HONS)PGCERT ED, DIP EGS, FLS
A botanical artist and teacher for over twenty-five years - I have been so fortunate to study, develop and share my childhood ‘loves’.
My pencils, paper and paints, threads and fabrics, lead me towards textile design and repeat patterns. Combining them has been an incredible journey.
Mary Dillon
Mary Dillon is an award winning Irish botanical artist. Her work belongs in the collection of the Hunt Institute of Botanical Art and Documentation in Pittsburgh and The Dr. Shirley Sherwood Collection in The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The National Gallery of Ireland chose Mary's work as the signature image for their exhibition, 'Drawn From Nature'. Along with exhibiting and teaching botanical art in Ireland Mary also enjoys opportunities to teach in Greece, Spain, the UK and the US. Mary finds teaching botanical art the perfect opportunity to bring together her three passions of painting, plants and working with people.
Jean Emmons
A dedicated gardener, Emmons has received two Gold Medals and Best Painting of Show from the Royal Horticultural Society, London and the 2005 ASBA Diane Bouchier Award for Excellence in Botanical Art. Recent awards include the bronze medal at NYBG’s Fourth Triennial and “Best in Show” at the ASBA’s 21st International. Recent books featuring her work include Plant: The Art and Science of Botany by Phaidon Press; RHS Botanical Illustration, The Gold Medal Winners by Charlotte Brooks; The Shirley Sherwood Collection, Modern Masterpieces of Botanical Art by Shirley Sherwood; and Botanical Art Techniques edited by Carol Woodin and Robin Jess.
Christiane Fashek
Lichens are the focus of Christiane’s recent work and colored pencils are her preferred medium. She uses scale, perspective, and color to highlight their fascinating features. Christiane is an instructor at various botanical gardens and offers workshops virtually and in person. Two of her lichen paintings feature in NYBG’s Fifth Triennial, “Curious Allies.” She was awarded ASBA’s 2022 Esther Plotnick Artist Grant to teach primary school students about lichens and botanical art and is the recipient of ASBA’s 2023 Lizzie Sanders New Artist Award.
Sharon Field
Working as a full-time artist since 2009, I seek to push the boundaries of what is considered traditional botanical art in new directions, whilst continuing to maintain its beauty and dramatic form in a meticulous and unique way. My work does not follow the traditional botanical art “line”. My subject matter provides a unique view of the world, while at the same time maintaining the tradition of excellence in execution and technique, working on both paper and vellum (animal skin).
lara call gastinger
Lara Call Gastinger is an artist and botanical illustrator from Charlottesville, Virginia and was the chief illustrator of the Flora of Virginia, a botanical reference. She has her undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Virginia and a master's degree in plant ecology from Virginia Tech. She has been awarded two gold medals (2007, 2018) at the Royal Horticultural Society Botanical Art shows in London and her work is in the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Her artwork appears in the latest Peterson's Field Guide to Mushrooms and ASBA's Botanical Art Techniques Handbook.
Clair Gaston
A lifelong naturalist, artist, and native Texan, Clair Gaston has always been interested in painting and drawing. She holds a BFA from the University of North Texas and an MFA from the University of Houston. She has been teaching painting and drawing for over 20 years, and currently teaches for The Art School of The Contemporary Austin, The Denver School of Botanical Art and Illustration, and private classes. Her work has been shown throughout Texas, on the East Coast, and in France. She works in her studio in Round Rock.
Marianne Hazlewood
Marianne Hazlewood specializes in detail, structure and pattern, creating modern botanical illustrations.
She exhibits with the Open Eye Gallery, Scotland, and exhibits with various societies, arts fairs and with botanical societies ASBA, SBA, RHS, BISCOT, ESBA and SSBA.
Marianne has a residency in June at Marchmont House, birthplace of artist Rory McEwen. She has a commission from the Hugo Burge Foundation to produce a triptych inspired by Marchmont House and Rory McEwen’s legacy.
Awards and recognition for her work include an RHS Gold. Her work is held in the RBGE Florilegium, Hugo Burge Foundation and NHS Lothian Art Collection.
Vincent Jeannerot
Vincent Jeannerot was born in Lyon in France and studied at the National School of Fine Arts of Lyon. He is member of “La Maison des Artistes”, the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA), the French Society of Botanical Illustration (SFIB), and the Society of French Watercolor (SFA). He has exhibited in Paris, London, Melbourne and Moscow and he runs international workshops in USA, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Italy, Russia, and Japan. He published several books and exhibits in his own permanent gallery in Lyon.
Molly margaret Kunkel
Molly Margaret is an artist based in Nashville, TN who specializes in event calligraphy and instruction. Through years of studying under master penmen as well as teaching her own classes, Molly has developed a unique style that reflects her creativity and fun-loving personality, all the while staying true to her classically trained roots. Molly has been a proud member of IAMPETH for 14 years and is passionate about connecting with her peers to share knowledge and further grow the craft. Molly's favorite thing about calligraphy is finding the perfect way to add personality to any project with hand lettering.
Jesse Meyer
After graduating with a BFA from New Paltz, Jesse Meyer planned on getting far away from his family’s tannery. But with a background in sculpture, an eye for design, and absolutely no fear of getting his hands dirty; he had something the generations before him did not. The ability to see the tannery through a creative lens, and not a manufacturing one. By blending ancient and modern manufacturing techniques he has not only been able to supply creators with bespoke material, but he has become known as one of the leading technical and artistic experts in the world of parchment.
Irina Neacsu
Irina Neacsu is a former architect, specialised in botanical art. She runs her own practice in Transylvania, Romania, and her work includes botanical painting, illustration and design, teaching and curatorial work. While her team carries the Cembra Botanical Art and Design School project, her focus is on stretching the boundaries of botanical art while investigating contemporary approaces. Her personal interests evolve around cultural landscape and wild flora of Transylvania and the Carpathians.
JOHN PASTORIZA-PIÑOL
I am a contemporary visual artist specializing in botanical art. While my work is rooted in this genre, I strive to challenge and break away from its traditional representations and tropes. Over the past 22 years, I have shown my art both nationally and internationally, through solo and group exhibitions held in various private and public galleries. Painting has become a fundamental part of my artistic practice, serving as both a method and a means for deeper exploration and analysis. My work is characterized by the use of vibrant and luminous colors, giving life to exotic
and rare botanical specimens. However, my paintings go beyond mere representations of flowers. Upon closer examination, they reveal a certain ambiguity of form and intention, conveying a complex and dark narrative that is influenced by the intricate connection between sight, touch, and thought.
I have received several prestigious awards and recognition throughout my career, including the American Society of Botanic Artists (ASBA) Dianne Bouchier Award for Excellence in Botanical Art in 2013. My artwork is included in numerous public and private collections around the world, including the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Hunt Institute in the USA, Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew (UK), Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne, RMIT University, and the Collection of Alisa and Isaac M. Sutton. I am proud to have contributed to both the ‘Highgrove Florilegium’ and ‘Transylvania Florilegium’ under the auspices of the H.R.H Prince of Wales’
Charitable Foundation.
Currently, I am being represented by Scott Livesey Galleries in Australia. Additionally, I to teach intermediate and advanced classes through: the Geelong School of Botanic Art, (Geelong Gardens) and Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. I have expanded my teaching circuit to include interstate and international masterclasses too.
Scott Rawlins
Scott Rawlins graduated from Earlham College with a degree in biology, and holds graduate degrees in museum education and medical & biological illustration from the George Washington University and the University of Michigan respectively. Scott is a Professor Emeritus at Arcadia University where he teaches scientific illustration. He also teaches classes for the certificate program in botanical illustration at he New York Botanical Garden. He has served on the board of the American Society of Botanical Artists as well as the boards of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and the Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators. Scott’s illustrations have appeared in numerous books, including Your Inner Fish, The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration and Shackelford’s Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. Journals that have published his illustrations include Acta Zoologica, Records of the Australian Museum, Harvard’s Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Geobios and Zootaxa.
Jeanne Reiner
Jeanne Reiner has exhibited at Wave Hill, the New York Horticultural Society, and New York Botanical Garden; Filoli, Woodside, CA; Newport, RI with the New England Society of Botanical Artists; the Flinn Gallery in Greenwich, CT; and shows, galleries and stores in NY, NJ, CT, FL and CA.
Jeanne is the co-founder of the Tri-State Botanical Artists of New York Botanical Garden and serves on the board of the American Society of Botanical Artists. She is a fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists (SBA) in the United Kingdom. She teaches botanical art at the New York Botanical Garden and workshops in different locations.
Betsy Rogers-Knox
Betsy earned a Certificate in Botanical Illustration from The NYBG and is enchanted by the full lifecycle of plants and their habitats. Her work has been shown widely in the US including the 13th-21st ASBA International Exhibitions, the NYBG Triennial , Out of the Woods, and the RHS Botanical Art Exhibit in London in 2016 and 2018 where she received the Judges Special Award for the educational and ecological value of the work. Her work is held in the collection at the RHS Lindley Library in London.
Jenny Rowe
Jenny Rowe is the Creative Director of The Stoneground Paint Co., a handmade paint company located in Saskatchewan, Canada, and has been involved in the art industry for over twenty years. She holds a B.A in Art History, and an M.A. in History from the University of Regina. When she isn’t making paint, she can be found researching pigments, drawing plants, or working in her garden.
Margaret Saylor
Mushrooms and fungi have become Margaret Saylor's signature subject. Featured in watercolor, graphite, and egg tempera, Margaret forages in her native Berks County, Pennsylvania, or wherever she happens to be. Observation, good drawing skills, and enthusiasm are key to any botanical painting and Margaret conveys this to her students in a fun and engaging manner. For 10 years, she has taught both in person and now online for many venues, including public gardens, art institutes, and botanical art societies. She was awarded a certificate, with distinction, in botanical art from the New York Botanical Garden. Margaret exhibits her work but gets the most satisfaction from finding the perfect subject and painting it for the love of art.
Deborah B. Shaw
Deborah Shaw has a degree in fine art from Pomona College, The Claremont Colleges, where she had the good fortune to study botany and native California flora.
Her work has been displayed internationally; is in the permanent collection at the Hunt; is part of the Botanical Collections at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens; and is in private collections. She has taught botanical art at US and international venues and taught design, illustration, and data visualization at UC, Irvine, Extension where she was recipient of the “Distinguished Instructor” award.
She is the recipient of the 2020 ASBA James White Service Award and is a contributor to the ASBA publication, "Botanical Art Techniques,” by ASBA, Carol Woodin, and Robin Jess.
Her favorite media include graphite, watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, scratchboard, Illustrator, Photoshop and various digital painting apps. Most recently, she is honored to be part of the Grootbos Florilegium project.
Laura Silburn
Laura first studied watercolor with Mally Francis in Heligan Gardens, Cornwall, where she now teaches. Laura has three RHS gold medals (London 2013, London 2014 and London 2018) and Best in Show and Best Botanical Painting awards (2014, 2018). Laura has seven paintings in the prestigious Transylvania Florilegium and has work in the Hunt Institute, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Florilegium, RHS Lindley Library, Shirley Sherwood Collection and Grootbos Florilegium in South Africa. Laura is a painter and tutor for the Eden Project Florilegium Society, near her home in South-West England, and is probably best known for her work painting ferns.
Lucy T. Smith
Lucy T. Smith (BVA, MCA, FLS) is an international award-winning botanical artist and illustrator. A freelance botanical artist for Kew Gardens for the past 24 years, hundreds of her illustrations in watercolor and pen and ink have been published in scientific journals and books. Her book “Botanical Sketchbooks: An Artist’s Guide to Plant Studies” is due early 2024. In 2021 she received the ASBA Award for Excellent in Scientific Botanical Art.
Susan Tomlinson
Susan Tomlinson is an Associate Professor in the Honors College at Texas Tech University, where she teaches seminars in botanical art and scientific illustration. She is currently working on a book under contract, featuring botanical paintings of the many different species and cultivars of cotton.
Liv Virta-Meyer
Liv Virta-Meyer is honored to be hands down “the worst artist at this conference.” Because with that title comes the ability to say, “if I can achieve this, just imagine what you could do with this material and talent!” While she was never officially offered a job at Pergamena, she just kept showing up and asking Jesse questions and answering the phone. Now the Director of Sustainability and Special Projects -a title she made up- her goal is to provide first-hand information and to inspire all artists to explore Pergamena’s materials without fear.
Carol Woodin
Carol Woodin enjoys spending time out in the gardens, fields and forests looking at and making studies of plants for future paintings. Her paintings in watercolor on vellum have been collected and exhibited around the world. She has taught botanical watercolor for over 25 years, and is co-editor of the ‘new standard’ botanical art instruction book Botanical Art Techniques, A Comprehensive Guide, published by ASBA and Timber Press. She received a Gold Medal from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1995, the 1998 ASBA Diane Bouchier Artist Award, the 2016 Orchid Digest Medal of Honor.
Fatima Zagonel
Brazil – 1954
Graphic designer for 20 years before becoming a botanical illustrator.
Margaret Mee Foundation Fellowship – RBG Kew – 1999
Founder member of the Center of Botanical Illustration of Paraná – 2000
Collections: RBG – Kew; Shirley Sherwood; Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation; Focus on Nature – NY State Museum; Oak Spring Garden Foundation;
PRE-CONFERENCE
TUE/WED OCT 15-16, 9AM-5PM
CONFERENCE
WED OCT 16, 12PM-2PM
WED OCT 16, 1PM-5PM
WED, OCT 16, 5PM-7PM
THURS OCT 17, 7AM-8:30AM
THURS OCT 17, 8:30AM-5PM
THURS OCT 17, 8:30AM-10AM
THURS OCT 17, 8:30AM-10:30AM
THURS OCT 17, 9:15AM-10:45AM
THURS OCT 17, 11AM-1PM
THURS OCT 17, 1:30PM-4:30PM
THURS OCT 17, 4:30PM-5:30PM
THURS OCT 17, 5:30PM-8:00PM
FRI OCT 18, 7AM-8:30AM
FRI OCT 18, 8AM-5PM
FRI OCT 18, 8:30AM-4PM
FRI OCT 18, 8AM-4PM
FRI OCT 18, 9AM-4PM
FRI, OCT 18, 12PM-1PM
FRI, OCT 18, 6PM-7:30PM
SAT OCT 19, 7AM-8:30AM
SAT OCT 19, 8AM-4PM
SAT OCT 19, 8AM-5PM
SAT, OCT 19, 8AM-4PM
SAT, OCT 19, 9AM-10:30AM
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SAT, OCT 19, 10:45AM-12PM
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SAT, OCT 19, 12PM-1PM
SAT, OCT 19, 1PM-2:30PM
SAT, OCT 19, 2:30PM-4PM
SAT, OCT 19, 4PM-6:30PM
SAT, OCT 19, 7PM-9PM
POST CONFERENCE
SUN, OCT 20 - TUE OCT 22, 9AM-4PM
Art Bazaar, SponsorshiPS and In-KIND donations
ART BAZAAR
All members are invited to donate art supplies, botanical art books, scarves, jewelry, gift items, and of course prints and original art. Held Saturday evening before the banquet, the Art Bazaar features items for immediate sale. 100% of the sales price is considered a donation to ASBA,
In addition to donated items for the Art Bazaar, the first 15 members who reserve a table when registering for the conference, may sell their botanical art-related products. You can share a table with another artist, or a chapter could reserve a table. You are asked to donate 30% of your sales to ASBA.
To Donate: Download the
ART BAZAAR DONATION FORM and return the completed form by email to
artbazaar@asba-art.org prior to
Monday, September 16, 2024. You will receive an email acknowledging your donation. You may also download and print the form.
• Donations can be brought to the conference or shipped ahead of time.
• Hand delivered items can be dropped off at the Conference on Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning.
Shipped items are to be sent to Jeanne Perrier at the following address: 501 Clifton Avenue Glenshaw, PA 15116 USA prior to
October 1, 2024.SPONSORSHIPS
Have a business or organization that would love to support ASBA? Please consider one of our premiere sponsorship opportunities. Download the
SPONSORSHIP FORM and return to Conference Coordinator, Harper Quill
conference@asba-art.orgIN-KIND DONATIONS
Do you have a personal relationship with a particular art supply company? Have a business and want to share the love? Please consider donating items for our Welcome Goodie Bags. Download the
IN-KIND DONATION FORM and return to Conference Coordinator, Harper Quill
conference@asba-art.org2024 Small Works - Annual Conference - Pittsburgh, PA
Click HERE to view the Call for Entries.
Take some time and shop our fantastic vendors at the conference!
VENDOR SALES HOURS:Wednesday, October 16 1 - 5pm
Thursday, October 17
1 - 5pm
Friday, October 18
1 - 5pm
Saturday, October 19
1 - 6:30pm
Don’t want to fill your luggage with art supplies headed to the conference?
To make your traveling and conference easier and more enjoyable Paper and Ink Arts and John Neal Books are happy to offer our class supplies pre-order service for the ASBA conference! You can place your order on our either of our websites or via phone and you will not be charged shipping as your order will be brought to the event. At the conference you can find us in the vendor market and we’ll have your pre-order ready for pick up! There is no order limit, you are welcome to include any items that aren’t on the supply lists as well. We require your order to be in by October 10 so we can guarantee stock and delivery to the event.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!
Local Attractions
ASBA annual conference in Pittsburgh, October 2024:
Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
carnegieart.org Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
carnegiemnh.org/research/botany-5/Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1 Schenley Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Distance from hotel 5.5 miles and very close to the Hunt
North Park Arboretumnorthparkarboretum.org•
Arboretum started in 1920’s, woodland trails, wildflowers such as Ladies Tresses Orchids. County Park established in 1920’s on area that was strip mined.
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Distance from hotel 15 miles
Rivers Of Steel, Carrie Furnace, 801 Carrie Furnace Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15218
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Pre WW II ,iron making technology, and contemporary art installations, including graffiti murals, iron garden, and Carrie deer. Both include discussion of native plants on grounds
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Distance from hotel 9.5 miles
Beechwood Farm Nature Reserve, 614 Dorseyville Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238,
aswp.org•
Flora and fauna sanctuary, headquarters for Audubon Society of Western
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Distance from hotel 12 miles
Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Warhol.org•
Includes daily film screening, gift shop and café
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Distance from hotel is 2.5 miles
National Aviary, 700 Arch Street, Pittsburgh PA 15212
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Non-profit zoo featuring free flying birds. Great for field sketching
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Open 10-5, café and gift shops
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Distance from hotel is 3 miles
Fallingwater, 1491 Mill Run Road, Mill Run, PA 15464
fallingwater.org•
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kaufmann family as weekend home for
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Distance from hotel is 69 miles