NEWS & EVENTS
September 26-October 19th, 2024.
Dry Media VI // An Herbarium Art Workshop
In April 2024, 11 local artists explored our vast plant, lichen, and moss collections, using microscopes, with botanists as guides. Several months later, the artists are ready to share the research and work produced from this experience. We are pleased to invite you to our 6th annual Botanical Art Exhibit!
Everyone is invited to join us for our opening reception on Thursday September 26th at 7pm at Maison Des Artistes, 101-219 boulevard Provencher.
Vernissage: jeudi 26 septembre, dès 19h.
Presenting new works by/Artistes:
Natalie Baird
Dan Bulloch
Rosemary Dzus
Toby Gillies
Delf timschal Gravert
Leona Herzog
Janet Shaw-Russell
Jennifer Still
Ann Szabo
Sheri Turner
Susan Turner
Carla Zelmer
HEURES D’OUVERTURE / GALLERY HOURS
mardi, mer., vend. : 11h à 17h30 jeudi: 11h à 20h
samedi: 11h à 16h
Tues., Wed., Frid. 11 am to 5:30 pm Thursday: 11 am to 8 pm
Satuday: 11 am to 4 pm
#lamaison_stb
@maisondesartistes
@win_herbarium
(Poster Image by Susan Turner)
April 27-28.
Dry Media VI // An Herbarium Art Workshop
A great weekend! Artists explored our vast plant, lichen, and moss collections, using microscopes, with botanists as guides.
Projects resulting from the workshop (any media) will be shown in a group exhibit at Maison Des Artistes from September 26-October 19, 2024. Stay tuned!
(Photos from this year's workshop)
Dry Media VI // An Herbarium Art Workshop
A great weekend! Artists explored our vast plant, lichen, and moss collections, using microscopes, with botanists as guides.
Projects resulting from the workshop (any media) will be shown in a group exhibit at Maison Des Artistes from September 26-October 19, 2024. Stay tuned!
(Photos from this year's workshop)
May 5, 2023. The group exhibit resulting from the workshop is on at the Edge! Some photos from the Edge Gallery on Opening night.
May 5-23, 2023. The University of Manitoba Herbarium presents: Dry Media V. The group exhibit resulting from the herbarium art workshop will be at the Edge Gallery from May 5-23rd!
February 25-26, 2023. The herbarium is having another Dry Media art workshop! The spaces have already been filled. Please stay tuned for more news on our group exhibit resulting from the workshop at the Edge Gallery in May!
August 24, 2022. Some of you may have experienced issues viewing WIN specimen images on GBIF. We are happy to announce that the problem has been fixed! Please get in touch with us if you have any questions or experience problems accessing our data in the future. Click here to see our data and images: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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June 21, 2022. CBC RADIO-CANADA visits the herbarium and speaks with the Assistant Curator, Diana Sawatzky, about the significance of WIN Herbarium. Click here to see the interveiw, en Français: ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/le-telejournal-manitoba/site/segments/reportage/406044/genevieve-murchison-diana-sawatsky-win-herberie
February 2021. The Herbarium is excited to have acquired a new INFINITY3-6UR 6.0 Megapixel USB 3.0 Microscopy Camera that is connected to our research dissecting microscope and computer. This new imaging system is complementary to our existing macrophotography setup (copy stand, halogen lights, Canon EOS 5DS camera + macro lenses) and greatly expands WIN’s digital imaging infrastructure. Now herbarium users (including researchers, teachers, students, technicians and artists) can capture an array of images ranging from the tiny hairs that grace the surface of a prairie crocus style, to an entire plant specimen.
As an example of WIN’s imaging capabilities, we present photographs of Pulsatilla nuttalliana, Rhus glabra, Pinus resinosa, and Drosera rotundifolia in micro and macro views employing our two different imaging systems. We also thought that the photographs of Spiranthes magnicamporum, taken using our 50 and 100 mm macro lenses, were particularly striking. Enjoy!
As an example of WIN’s imaging capabilities, we present photographs of Pulsatilla nuttalliana, Rhus glabra, Pinus resinosa, and Drosera rotundifolia in micro and macro views employing our two different imaging systems. We also thought that the photographs of Spiranthes magnicamporum, taken using our 50 and 100 mm macro lenses, were particularly striking. Enjoy!
September 2020. As a result of COVID-19 restrictions, we will be cancelling the Dry Media V workshop. However, we are looking forward to the time when we can come together again to inspire each other with great ideas and to create amazing botanical art.
March 2020. We are sure that it comes as no surprise to you that as a result of the spread of COVID-19, the University of Manitoba Vascular Plant Herbarium (WIN) will be closed until further notice. We will be sure keep you updated on our reopening date, and on the status of events and workshops planned for later in the year.
Like everyone else, we are adjusting to new routines. And, we are trying to find new ways to communicate to the general public and the scientific community. If you haven’t done so already, please check out our online database including thousands of high resolution specimen images. Also, we will continue to provide updates on Facebook (University of Manitoba WIN Herbarium) and Instagram (@win_herbarium) during the coming days.
March 2020. We are sure that it comes as no surprise to you that as a result of the spread of COVID-19, the University of Manitoba Vascular Plant Herbarium (WIN) will be closed until further notice. We will be sure keep you updated on our reopening date, and on the status of events and workshops planned for later in the year.
Like everyone else, we are adjusting to new routines. And, we are trying to find new ways to communicate to the general public and the scientific community. If you haven’t done so already, please check out our online database including thousands of high resolution specimen images. Also, we will continue to provide updates on Facebook (University of Manitoba WIN Herbarium) and Instagram (@win_herbarium) during the coming days.
PAST NEWS & EVENTS
October 2019 - August 2020. The Herbarium is pleased to be sharing A.H.R. Buller's plant and fungi collections along side his instruments and art work in this beautiful historical biology exhibit! Come to University of Manitoba's Archives and Special Collections, on the 3rd floor of Elizabeth Dafoe Library, runs October 17th, 2019 - August 31st, 2020. Curated by Nicole Fletcher and Katherine Pettipas.
May 2019. Among the speakers at the Science Writers & Communicators of Canada Conference, were WIN Herbarium's Bruce Ford and Diana Sawatzky, addressing the topic; "What can museums and natural history collections tell us about the arctic?"
https://sciencewriters.ca/2019program
Click here to read article
University of Manitoba presents
DRY MEDIA IV: A HERBARIUM ART EXHIBIT, Part of FIRST FRIDAYS
FORTH GALLERY (171 McDermot Ave)
Opening Nov. 2nd at 7pm
The Gallery will be open for additional viewing from Nov. 3-9 from 12-5pm.
Featuring a body of artwork resulting from the forth Dry Media workshop. Manitoban artists gained access to the University of Manitoba Herbarium – a biorepository of dried, preserved plant specimens for scientific study - to view plant, lichen and moss specimens under microscopes, live plants in the Buller Greenhouse, capture images with a microscope camera, and camera lucida. Co-curated by Diana Sawatzky and Helga Jakobson.
September 8-9th, 2018. DRY MEDIA IV: A Herbarium Art Workshop
The University of Manitoba Herbarium (WIN) houses the largest collection of vascular plants in Manitoba, with over 80,000 plant records. The cryptogamic herbarium houses approximately 15,000 lichens and 5,000 mosses. Artists gain access to this diverse collection, view specimens beneath dissection microscopes, capture images with a microscope camera, or try Bev's favourite pre-photography era camera lucida. This year we present an option to view lichens and mosses in the cryptogamic herbarium, and live material in the Buller greenhouse. Projects resulting from the workshop (not limited to drawings) will be shown in a group exhibit at the Forth Gallery from November 2-11, 2018.
Guides:
Bev Pike, visual artist
Helga Jakobson, visual and sound artist
Diana Sawatzky, botanist, hebarium assistant curator
The University of Manitoba Herbarium (WIN) houses the largest collection of vascular plants in Manitoba, with over 80,000 plant records. The cryptogamic herbarium houses approximately 15,000 lichens and 5,000 mosses. Artists gain access to this diverse collection, view specimens beneath dissection microscopes, capture images with a microscope camera, or try Bev's favourite pre-photography era camera lucida. This year we present an option to view lichens and mosses in the cryptogamic herbarium, and live material in the Buller greenhouse. Projects resulting from the workshop (not limited to drawings) will be shown in a group exhibit at the Forth Gallery from November 2-11, 2018.
Guides:
Bev Pike, visual artist
Helga Jakobson, visual and sound artist
Diana Sawatzky, botanist, hebarium assistant curator
Winnipeg Art Gallery Presents
Linda Fairfield Stechesen: The Garden
FEB 17-JUNE 17, 2018
In 2017, the Winnipeg Art Gallery received a collection of 233 botanical illustrations by the Manitoba artist and naturalist Linda Fairfield Stechesen (1939-2017). This exhibition brings together a sampling of nearly 50 of those illustrations, executed between the late 1970s and early 2000s along with 9 herbarium specimens on loan from the University of Manitoba Vascular Plant Herbarium.
Fairfield Stechesen’s botanicals, which she referred to as “The Garden,” are a testament to the Portage la Prairie-raised artist’s deep love, respect, and knowledge of the flora of this province. Every specimen she turned her eyes to received equal attention and illustrative care. Fairfield Stechesen was methodical in her process, working carefully to accurately and aesthetically depict specimens from life before they wilted. Moreover, the collection is a tribute to the diverse regions of Manitoba that Fairfield Stechesen pursued her passion of searching and recording the plant life of the province, from the Delta Marsh to Churchill.
Linda Fairfield Stechesen’s contribution to the world of botanical art culminated in the illustrations she produced for Wildflowers of Churchill and the Hudson Bay Region (1987), a naturalist field guide by Dr. Karen Johnson. She was also deeply involved in Winnipeg’s artistic community, especially as an active member of Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA), where she led a popular botanicals workshop in 2016.
Curated by Nicole Fletcher
http://wag.ca/art/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/display,exhibition/216/linda-fairfield-stechesen-the-garden
Linda Fairfield Stechesen: The Garden
FEB 17-JUNE 17, 2018
In 2017, the Winnipeg Art Gallery received a collection of 233 botanical illustrations by the Manitoba artist and naturalist Linda Fairfield Stechesen (1939-2017). This exhibition brings together a sampling of nearly 50 of those illustrations, executed between the late 1970s and early 2000s along with 9 herbarium specimens on loan from the University of Manitoba Vascular Plant Herbarium.
Fairfield Stechesen’s botanicals, which she referred to as “The Garden,” are a testament to the Portage la Prairie-raised artist’s deep love, respect, and knowledge of the flora of this province. Every specimen she turned her eyes to received equal attention and illustrative care. Fairfield Stechesen was methodical in her process, working carefully to accurately and aesthetically depict specimens from life before they wilted. Moreover, the collection is a tribute to the diverse regions of Manitoba that Fairfield Stechesen pursued her passion of searching and recording the plant life of the province, from the Delta Marsh to Churchill.
Linda Fairfield Stechesen’s contribution to the world of botanical art culminated in the illustrations she produced for Wildflowers of Churchill and the Hudson Bay Region (1987), a naturalist field guide by Dr. Karen Johnson. She was also deeply involved in Winnipeg’s artistic community, especially as an active member of Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA), where she led a popular botanicals workshop in 2016.
Curated by Nicole Fletcher
http://wag.ca/art/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/display,exhibition/216/linda-fairfield-stechesen-the-garden
University of Manitoba Herbarium Presents:
Dry Media III: A Botanical Art exhibit by Manitoba artists.
Inspired by a herbarium art workshop.
Exhibit runs from January 18- February 28
Science and Technology Library (211 Machray)
SARAH CIURYSEK
EMILY SIKORA
DANA KLETKE
JANET SHAW-RUSSELL
NICOLE SHIMONEK
GERRY OLIVER
SHELLEY SWEENEY
BEV PIKE
SEEMA GOEL
KIRA KOOP
Artwork by Nicole Shimonek
Dry Media III: A Botanical Art exhibit by Manitoba artists.
Inspired by a herbarium art workshop.
Exhibit runs from January 18- February 28
Science and Technology Library (211 Machray)
SARAH CIURYSEK
EMILY SIKORA
DANA KLETKE
JANET SHAW-RUSSELL
NICOLE SHIMONEK
GERRY OLIVER
SHELLEY SWEENEY
BEV PIKE
SEEMA GOEL
KIRA KOOP
Artwork by Nicole Shimonek
The University of Manitoba Herbarium presents a Group Art Exhibit at Forth Gallery, First Friday:
Dry Media III
Opening Reception: Oct. 6th, 6-9pm
at Forth Galley, 171 McDermot Ave.
Featuring artwork inspired by the third Dry Media workshop. Ten Manitoban artists gained access to the University of Manitoba Herbarium – a biorepository of dried, preserved plant specimens for scientific study - to view botanical specimens under microscopes, capture images with a microscope camera, and camera lucida. This collective experience has led to a body of botanical artwork by the following:
SARAH CIURYSEK
KEN GREGORY
EMILY SIKORA
DANA KLETKE
JANET SHAW-RUSSELL
NICOLE SHIMONEK
GERRY OLIVER
DANIEL ROSCOE
SHELLEY SWEENEY
NATALIE FERGUSON
as well as work by facilitators:
BEV PIKE
SEEMA GOEL
KIRA KOOP
Co-curated by Diana Sawatzky and Beth Schellenberg
Dry Media III
Opening Reception: Oct. 6th, 6-9pm
at Forth Galley, 171 McDermot Ave.
Featuring artwork inspired by the third Dry Media workshop. Ten Manitoban artists gained access to the University of Manitoba Herbarium – a biorepository of dried, preserved plant specimens for scientific study - to view botanical specimens under microscopes, capture images with a microscope camera, and camera lucida. This collective experience has led to a body of botanical artwork by the following:
SARAH CIURYSEK
KEN GREGORY
EMILY SIKORA
DANA KLETKE
JANET SHAW-RUSSELL
NICOLE SHIMONEK
GERRY OLIVER
DANIEL ROSCOE
SHELLEY SWEENEY
NATALIE FERGUSON
as well as work by facilitators:
BEV PIKE
SEEMA GOEL
KIRA KOOP
Co-curated by Diana Sawatzky and Beth Schellenberg
Curatorial Statement
Inside the herbarium lie tens of thousands of plants that have been preserved in a biological time capsule. Scientists contact us to access data. Students come to learn botany. Artists appear, looking for a muse.
In the spirit of nurturing a co-evolution between botany and art (which have been fueling each other since early cave paintings) the herbarium has hosted a number of talented artists throughout three workshops. A unique type of research takes place. The fragile beauty of the herbarium specimens is explored using microscopes, imaging equipment and various media.
When we first began to invite artists to research plants in a non-scientific capacity, we never expected it would be as well received by the arts community, nor as admired by the scientific community in turn. Although the material may be old, the perspective is new.
Thanks to Dr. Ford, Herbarium Curator, for his support of this endeavor.
Special thanks to the tutelage of local artists (Bev Pike, Chantal Dupas, Helga Jakobson and Seema Goel) for generously sharing artist talks and botanical art history lectures, presenting botany in the language of art in a way we scientists could only dream of doing.
-Diana Sawatzky, Herbarium Assistant Curator, Exhibit Curator
University of Manitoba Vascular Plant Herbarium
Inside the herbarium lie tens of thousands of plants that have been preserved in a biological time capsule. Scientists contact us to access data. Students come to learn botany. Artists appear, looking for a muse.
In the spirit of nurturing a co-evolution between botany and art (which have been fueling each other since early cave paintings) the herbarium has hosted a number of talented artists throughout three workshops. A unique type of research takes place. The fragile beauty of the herbarium specimens is explored using microscopes, imaging equipment and various media.
When we first began to invite artists to research plants in a non-scientific capacity, we never expected it would be as well received by the arts community, nor as admired by the scientific community in turn. Although the material may be old, the perspective is new.
Thanks to Dr. Ford, Herbarium Curator, for his support of this endeavor.
Special thanks to the tutelage of local artists (Bev Pike, Chantal Dupas, Helga Jakobson and Seema Goel) for generously sharing artist talks and botanical art history lectures, presenting botany in the language of art in a way we scientists could only dream of doing.
-Diana Sawatzky, Herbarium Assistant Curator, Exhibit Curator
University of Manitoba Vascular Plant Herbarium
August 26-27th, 2017. DRY MEDIA III: A Herbarium Art Workshop
Back by popular demand! We are inviting you to a weekend botanical art workshop. This will be a great opportunity to explore our vast plant collection, using microscopes and cameras, with artists and botanists as your guides. Details below:
Dry Media III – An Herbarium Art Workshop
An herbarium is a biorepository of dried, preserved plant specimens for scientific study. The University of Manitoba Herbarium houses the largest collection of vascular plants in Manitoba, with over 76,000 records. Artists will gain access to this plant collection, view specimens beneath dissection microscopes, and capture images with a microscope camera. Projects resulting from the workshop (not limited to drawings) will be shown in a group exhibit at the Forth Gallery from October 6th -13th 2017.
Cost: $60
Workshop Facilitators:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/lives-lived-linda-joyce-fairfield-stechesen-77/article35378348/
Dry Media III – An Herbarium Art Workshop
An herbarium is a biorepository of dried, preserved plant specimens for scientific study. The University of Manitoba Herbarium houses the largest collection of vascular plants in Manitoba, with over 76,000 records. Artists will gain access to this plant collection, view specimens beneath dissection microscopes, and capture images with a microscope camera. Projects resulting from the workshop (not limited to drawings) will be shown in a group exhibit at the Forth Gallery from October 6th -13th 2017.
Cost: $60
Workshop Facilitators:
- Bev Pike, visual artist
- Catherine MacDonald, visual artist
- Diana Sawatzky, botanist, hebarium assistant curator
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/lives-lived-linda-joyce-fairfield-stechesen-77/article35378348/
August 21-September 4, 2015. DRY MEDIA: A Herbarium Art Exhibit, Round Two
Video Pool Media Arts Centre
300-100 Arthur St
Opening reception - Friday August 21st, 2015
7:00 Doors Open
Tuesday - Saturday, weekdays 9:00 - 6:00, Saturday 11:00 - 5:00
This July, a second Dry Media workshop was organized for a group of Winnipeg artists who gained access to the University of Manitoba Herbarium – a biorepository of dried, preserved plant specimens for scientific study. After exploring themes of bioart and botanical illustration through the ages, they dove into the plant collection. These artists viewed botanical specimens under microscopes, captured images with a microscope camera or camera lucida. This collective experience has led to a second body of botanical artwork by the following: Bev Pike, Heather Komus, Aldo Rios, Carley Friesen, Adele Sinclair, Catherine Macdonald, Dawn Wood, and Sharen Ritterman.
July 8, 2015. Thanks to all the participants of DRY MEDIA II: A Herbarium Art Workshop! 10 artists filled the space with their enthusiasm and creativity. Under their gaze, the specimens truly came alive. Watch out for our group exhibition of botanical artworks in August 2015!
Dry Media – A Herbarium Group Art Exhibition
February 20 – March 4
The Edge Gallery
611 Main Street
Opening reception - Friday Feb.20th, 2015
7:00 Doors Open
8:30 Reading by Dry Media Artist hannah g
During a cold weekend in November, a group of Winnipeg artists gained access to the University of Manitoba Herbarium – a biorepository of dried, preserved plant specimens for scientific study. After exploring themes of bioart and botanical illustration through the ages, they dove into the plant collection. These artists viewed botanical specimens under microscopes, captured images with a microscope camera or camera lucida. In time, they fell under the plants' spell... This collective experience has led to a body of botanical artwork by the following:
Becky Thiessen, Toby Gillies, Melody Morissette, Ken Gregory, Shawn Jordan, hannah g, Seth Woodyard, Jessica McKague, Julia Wake, and Lesley Nakonechny, as well as work by facilitators: Helga Jakobson, Chantal Dupas, Dawn Wood, and Diana Sawatzky.
Bioart talk with Dr. Melentie Pandilovski - 1:00pm, Feb.21st, 2015
February 20 – March 4
The Edge Gallery
611 Main Street
Opening reception - Friday Feb.20th, 2015
7:00 Doors Open
8:30 Reading by Dry Media Artist hannah g
During a cold weekend in November, a group of Winnipeg artists gained access to the University of Manitoba Herbarium – a biorepository of dried, preserved plant specimens for scientific study. After exploring themes of bioart and botanical illustration through the ages, they dove into the plant collection. These artists viewed botanical specimens under microscopes, captured images with a microscope camera or camera lucida. In time, they fell under the plants' spell... This collective experience has led to a body of botanical artwork by the following:
Becky Thiessen, Toby Gillies, Melody Morissette, Ken Gregory, Shawn Jordan, hannah g, Seth Woodyard, Jessica McKague, Julia Wake, and Lesley Nakonechny, as well as work by facilitators: Helga Jakobson, Chantal Dupas, Dawn Wood, and Diana Sawatzky.
Bioart talk with Dr. Melentie Pandilovski - 1:00pm, Feb.21st, 2015
December 2, 2014. Thanks to ten fantastic local artists who came to the University of Manitoba this weekend, Dry Media: The Herbrium Art Workshop was a huge success. The herbarium was filled with a combination of vibrant energy and meditative stillness. Participants explored botanical procedures and history through use of our archival plant specimens, microscopes, and digital image capturing technology. Ideas that sprang from the workshop are in a state of fermentation, and will be ready for viewing in a group exhibit at the Edge Gallery from Februrary 20th-March 6th, 2015. The workshop was led by facilitators Helga Jakobson, Dawn Wood, Chantal Dupas, and Diana Sawatzky.
After
a hosting several studio drawing classes in conjunction with the University of
Manitoba Fine Arts Department, WIN began hosting art classes for members of the
public who are interested in botanical illustration using herbarium specimens
and microscopes. Check our website regularly for more workshops, led by Helga
Jakobson, Dawn Wood, Chantal Dupas, and Diana Sawatzky.
Click the link below to download the last event poster.
Click the link below to download the last event poster.
| Herbarium Art Workshop Poster |
