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Thursday, June 09, 2016
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-of-botanical-drawing-and-cocktails-tickets-20631432169
Event Description Join us for a night of drawing in the Benjamin Rush Medicinal Plant Garden! Instructor Meredith Sellers and Herbalist Ryen Eggleston will give a short lecture on the folklore and historical uses of medicinal plants in our collection and techniques of scientific botanical drawing, then we will head out into the garden to create our drawings! Afterwards you'll try your hand at creating a delicious cocktail using herbs found in our garden. Please note this event is 21+ only. Pre-registration is required as there are a limited number of seats available.
NOTE: Please bring your own supplies.
Recommended Materials:
- Sketchbook (no larger than 11'x14�)
- Graphite sticks 4b, 6b, 8 or 9b
- Graphite Pencils 2b, 4b, 6b, 8b, and ebony
- Pencil Sharpener Must come with enclosed container for shavings!
- Optional: Colored pencils/ chalk pastels
About the Instructors:
Ryen Eggleston is a native of Bucks County, PA where he began study of the edible and medicinal plants of eastern Pennsylvania. He went on to attend school in New Mexico in 1997 to become a Clinical Herbalist where he stayed to teach before moving to Tucson, AZ to found the Tucson Herb Store in 2002. He has also studied Botany and Mycology at The University of Arizona.
Meredith Sellers is the Arts Coordinator for the Center for Education and Public Initiatives at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. She is an artist, educator, and writer, devising and teaching cross-disciplinary arts curriculum and workshops for the Mütter Museum. She earned her BFA in Painting with a minor in Art History from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2010 and her MFA in Interdisciplinary Fine Arts in 2012 from the University of Pennsylvania.
Questions? Contact [email protected]
Event registration is non-refundable, but is transferable.
NOTE: Please bring your own supplies.
Recommended Materials:
- Sketchbook (no larger than 11'x14�)
- Graphite sticks 4b, 6b, 8 or 9b
- Graphite Pencils 2b, 4b, 6b, 8b, and ebony
- Pencil Sharpener Must come with enclosed container for shavings!
- Optional: Colored pencils/ chalk pastels
About the Instructors:
Ryen Eggleston is a native of Bucks County, PA where he began study of the edible and medicinal plants of eastern Pennsylvania. He went on to attend school in New Mexico in 1997 to become a Clinical Herbalist where he stayed to teach before moving to Tucson, AZ to found the Tucson Herb Store in 2002. He has also studied Botany and Mycology at The University of Arizona.
Meredith Sellers is the Arts Coordinator for the Center for Education and Public Initiatives at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. She is an artist, educator, and writer, devising and teaching cross-disciplinary arts curriculum and workshops for the Mütter Museum. She earned her BFA in Painting with a minor in Art History from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2010 and her MFA in Interdisciplinary Fine Arts in 2012 from the University of Pennsylvania.
Questions? Contact [email protected]
Event registration is non-refundable, but is transferable.
