Broncos lose yet another night game – but it was exciting

'Winterlude: Botanical Promises' Christmas Reception this Friday evening, December 2, 5 to 7 p.m. at Gallery Bleu in Fort Collins, CO.  'Winterlude' is a small works exhibit of botanical art subjects rendered in watercolor, oil, scratch board, graphite, colored pencil and pen and ink.  Gallery Bleu is located in the lobby of the Bas Bleu Theatre, 401 Pine Street. The reception is held in concert with the monthly First Friday Art Walk in Fort Collins. Light refreshments as well as complimentary wine and a beer will be served. The exhibit closes at the end of December. Let’s all go up to Fort Collins and see this lovely hanging and encourage the artists. 

Isn’t LeftoverLand Wonderful?

Ingredients for turkey noodle soup, turkey enchiladas (these are so good!), turkey pot pie, turkey kolachis, and good ol’ hot turkey sandwiches. It’ll be gone in no time.

ASBA Membership Renewal link: renew (or join!) and, remember, your RMSBA gets a bigger share when we all renew by the end of the year. Be sure to find the checkbox for RMSBA; we now ask $10.00 for Chapter affiliation.

RMSBA Holiday Party 1 – 4 pm on Sunday, December 11 at Shiere Melin’s home, 8777 Gardenia Circle, Arvada, CO, (303) 718-2857. Please RSVP to shiere@mac.com before December 8th. ***New Board Members will be voted in*** Light appetizers will be provided compliments of RMSBA.

Today’s the Day – Get out and vote!

ASBA Membership Renewal is Open. Use this link to renew (or join!) and, while you’re there, make some updates to your Gallery Page. Your RMSBA gets a bigger share of the dole when we all renew before the end of the year. Be sure to find the checkbox for RMSBA; we now ask $10.00 for Chapter affiliation.

Out of the Woods: Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens. The Third New York Botanical Garden Triennial Exhibition Call for Entry is accessible through ASBA. All subject trees must be located in a public botanical garden or arboretum. Entries are being accepted now; deadline is April 28, 2017. While we have the Denver Botanic Gardens at our disposal, do not neglect our local Arboreta, including those at Regis University, the University of Denver, and Fairmount Cemetery.

ASBA is also organizing, in collaboration with the Entire Known World, an exhibition of the art of indigenous plants for a world-wide day of botanical art in 2018: Linking People to Plants through Contemporary Botanical Art. Check it out here, and start thinking about your participation.

San Mateo Marriott

Next year in California, ASBA will gather in October. Start making those plans…

Today’s the Day – Get out and vote!

ASBA Membership Renewal is Open. Use this link to renew (or join!) and, while you’re there, make some updates to your Gallery Page. Your RMSBA gets a bigger share of the dole when we all renew before the end of the year. Be sure to find the checkbox for RMSBA; we now ask $10.00 for Chapter affiliation.

Out of the Woods: Celebrating Trees in Public Gardens. The Third New York Botanical Garden Triennial Exhibition Call for Entry is accessible through ASBA. All subject trees must be located in a public botanical garden or arboretum. Entries are being accepted now; deadline is April 28, 2017. While we have the Denver Botanic Gardens at our disposal, do not neglect our local Arboreta, including those at Regis University, the University of Denver, and Fairmount Cemetery.

ASBA is also organizing, in collaboration with the Entire Known World, an exhibition of the art of indigenous plants for a world-wide day of botanical art in 2018: Linking People to Plants through Contemporary Botanical Art. Check it out here, and start thinking about your participation.

San Mateo Marriott

Next year in California, ASBA will gather in October. Start making those plans…

Now that the Curtain has closed once more…

Winterlude: Botanical Promises opens tomorrow, November 4, at Gallery Bleu, Bas Bleu Theater, 401 Pine Street, Fort Collins, CO. The Artists’ Opening Reception is from 5 – 7 pm. We can expect great things from the Exhibit Chairs, Sharon Eaton and Patti Hearn, and the Curator, Mary McCauley, who will have labored mightily to design and hang the exhibit. Prints, cards, and other artistic outputs from the exhibitors are available. Please be there to congratulate the artists and the designers! 

If you can’t make it this week, come to the December 2 Artist Reception. Both the opening and the holiday receptions will coincide with Fort Collins Art Walks.

New book from University of Chicago Press. Botanical and scientific posters once adorned the walls of America’s classrooms. Here’s a new compendium.

Artist-in-Residence programs in the National Parks. In mid to late November, the US National Parks post announcements for their AIR opportunities. Usually applications are due in mid to late December. The US Park Service oversees more than 400 locations, and many of these offer such opportunities. Check with the particular site that interests you (Mesa Verde NP, Homestead NM, etc.) for the latest information.

RMSBA Board meeting November 7, 11 am - 2 pm, at Hooked on Colfax, 3213 E. Colfax Ave, Denver.