Join the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) and the Foundry Art Centre for an international day of celebration of botanical art and its unique power to educate, promote ecological awareness, and enrich lives. The day will include artist demonstrations, activities for families, heirloom seed sales, and speakers’ presentations regarding different facets of crop diversity.

The Worldwide Day of Botanical Art is being held in over 30 counties with events and programs related to botanical art, and in the US is presented in conjunction with the Foundry Art Centre’s current exhibition, A More Abundant Future. This exhibition is part of a project seeking to call attention to the subject of sustainability in our important food and utilitarian crops.

Speakers include ASBA executive director Jody Williams and exhibitions director Carol Woodin, Briana Smorstad, Seed Bank Manager of Seed Savers Exchange; Weston Adams, Head Plant Breeder of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds; and Colin Khoury, a scientist in food plant research.

Explore vendor booths offering heirloom vegetables and plant-themed arts and crafts. Free art activities will be available for all ages, and the Foundry bar will offer refreshments.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please visit us at foundryartcentre.org, or email Jessica Mannisi at jmannisi@foundryartcentre.org.

About the Foundry Art Centre
As a vibrant home to the arts, the Foundry Art Centre raises awareness and appreciation of the arts throughout the region. Alive with activity, the Centre’s programming reinforces the importance of the arts and helps ensure that arts and culture remain vital. Artists, patrons, young people and the community at large continually find new ways to interact at this unique facility.

About ASBA
In its 31st year, the American Society of Botanical Artists’ (ASBA) mission is to provide a thriving, interactive community dedicated to perpetuating the tradition and contemporary practice of botanical art. With over 1800 individual and 40 institutional members in the United States and 30 countries, ASBA serves its members and the general public through botanical art instruction, exhibitions, publications, and outreach. Membership is open to all who appreciate contemporary botanical art. asba-art.org.