BOOK CLUB BOOKS IN THE GARDEN: NATURE IN THREE GENRES
FIN E ART, CRAFTS & L ITER ATUR E
Noon – 1:30 p.m. October 11, November 8 & December 13
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Toni McNaron, Ph.D., award-winning professor emerita of English, University of Minnesota Join other literature aficionados for thoughtful discourse over a cup of tea or coffee. Toni will lead you to experience nature through the lens of different genres. Steve Baty/Flickr October (poetry) “The Deserted Garden” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and “The Wild Swans at Coole” by William Butler Yeats November (non-fiction) “The Soul of an Octopus” by Sy Montgomery December (novel) “Death Comes for the Archbishop” by Willa Cather Limit 24, Visitor Center $49 member/$65 non-member for all 3 sessions, includes Arboretum admission
PAINTING - WATERCOLOR BLUEBERRY BOTANICAL IN WATERCOLOR
Mondays 12:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. September 11, 18, 25, October 2, 9, and 16
Suz Galloway, botanical art instructor for 20 years and member of the American Society of Botanical Art Level: Some watercolor experience helpful Over six sessions, paint a delicate blueberry branch in full detail using techniques such as underpainting, glazing, stippling, and negative painting to create a strikingly realistic and scientifically accurate image. Limit 12, Visitor Center $172 member/$187 non-member, includes a Kolinsky sable #4 detail brush and Arboretum admission
Suz Galloway
WATERCOLOR: PAINT THE WINTER LANDSCAPE
Saturday February 3, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Catherine Hearding, Award winning painter and in-demand instructor Level: Intermediate Proper handling of light is the key to capturing winter landscapes. Catherine will reveal tips and techniques to increase your prowess at capturing depth, shadows, atmospheric conditions, color combinations and values. Go home with your own winter landscape painting as well as new skills to continue your journey. Bring a bag lunch. Limit 24, Bee Center Bring your own supplies: $99 members/$119 non-members, see supply list online Supplies included: $139 member/$152 non-member, includes Arboretum admission and all supplies
FALL/WINTER 2017-18
Register at arboretum.umn.edu/learn OR call 612-301-1210