Opening Reception: Sunday, July 12, 3 – 5 pm
$5 admission. Free for Friends of the Bedford.
Wine and hors d’oeuvres hosted by the Bedford Gallery Guild
and supported by JP Morgan Chase.
Above: Sean Talamini, Be Still So That I May Grow, 2014, acrylic on wood, 12 x 12 inches.
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From 16th Century Flemish painters, to Cézanne and
the Post Impressionists, the color and variety found
in plant life have long served as artistic inspiration.
BOTANICA asks artists to draw on this history to create
artwork that explores how plant life can be represented
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Donna Abbate
Alexandra Ackerman
Rachelle Agundes
Shannon Amidon
Kathy Aoki
Ashley Vivian Augustine
Kelly Avery
Posey Bacopoulos
Jennifer Bain
Timothy Berry
Leo Bersamina
Edna Bingham
George-Ann Bowers
Robyn Brakel
Susan Brand
Marla Brill
Leah Thomason Bromberg
Joy Broom
Jenny Brown
Jessica Cadkin
Timothea Campbell
Christine Canepa
Michael Cassidy
Karen Clark
Susan D’Amato
Hedi B. Desuyo
Carrie Di Costanzo
Leeza Doreian
Kathryn Dunlevie
Dale Eastman
Tamara English
Naomi Ernest
Alicia Escott
Mitra Fabian
Madison Fairburn
Kate Farrall
Haley Farthing
Julia Feld
Ingrid Finnan
Lisa Flowers Ross
Lisa Foote
Adam Forfang
Alison Foshee
Mackenzie Gelina
Tara Gill
Katie Jean Gilmour
Lisa Goesling
Rachael Grant
Casey Gray
Tracy Grubbs
Luke Heimbigner
Adrienne Heloise
Liz Hickok
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Kate Farrall
Haley Farthing
Julia Feld
Ingrid Finnan
Lisa Flowers Ross
Lisa Foote
Adam Forfang
Alison Foshee
Mackenzie Gelina
Tara Gill
Katie Jean Gilmour
Lisa Goesling
Rachael Grant
Casey Gray
Tracy Grubbs
Luke Heimbigner
Adrienne Heloise
Liz Hickok
Carol Horigan
Michael Hornyak
Christine Hostetler
Tonia Hughes
John Hundt
Amber Imrie-
Situnayake
Carol Irwin
Josie Iselin
Lara Jealous
Peggy Jelks
Jeremiah Jenkins
Lisa Jetonne
Sarah Jones
Maya Kabat
Henrik Kam
Sue Kamin
Jieun Beth Kim
Harue Kishimoto
Sophie Knight
Molly Koehn
Caia Koopman
Paula Kravitz
Greg Krehel
Diane Kreiter
Marcos LaFarga
Lauren Lake
Malia Landis
Ivory Yeunmi Lee
John Lindgren
Kija Lucas
Aline Mare
Holly Mathews
Katie McCann
Lou McCorkle
Elizabeth McKinne
Cynthia Milionis
Rachel Montroy
Morgan Gesell
Mudryk
Amy Nathan
Kara Navolio
Natalie Novak
Catie Oleary
Jesse Ozar
Samantha Parker Salazar
Erik Parra
Sabine Pearlman
Joel Daniel Phillips
Linda Price
Patricia Rodriguez
Amanda Rosenblatt
Danila Rumold
David Ryan
Anita Sagastegui
Krista Schoening
Carol Selter
Elena Sheehan
Juliane Shibata
Olivia Shih
David Michael Smith
Clairissa Stephens
Debra Stuckgold
Marcia Stuermer
Sean Talamini
Kevin Taylor
Julie Tesser
Carson Tharp
Andrew K. Thompson
Bridgette Thornton
Chris Thorson
Andie Thrams
Tiffanie Turner
Kim Turos
Anna Valdez
Anna Vaughan
Jan Watten
Martin Webb
Rhonda Weppler
Kelly Williams
Amber Jean Young
Yingtao Zhu
in a diverse reach of media.
BOTANICA was juried by Ken Harman, director of
Hashimoto Contemporary and Spoke Art
in San Francisco, and MacKenzie Stevens, Curatorial
Assistant at The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
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Image credits:
1. Natalie Novak, The Emperors, 2015, wool on cotton warp, walnut, 7 x 21 inches.
2. Kelly Williams, Large Terrarium with Corner Beach, 2014, oil on canvas, 24 x 16 x 2 inches.
3. Henrik Kam, Royal Dream, 2015, C-print, 30 x 30 inches.
4. Juliane Shibata, Spring Wagashi, Cherry Blossoms, 2014, porcelain, stain, and luster,
4 x 40 x 17 inches.
5. Casey Gray, Bullet Planter with Cactus & Bromeliad, 2015, aerosol acrylic on panel,
32 x 28 inches.
6. Samantha Parker Salazar, Three Views of Whetstone Garden (II), 2014,
drawing, monotype, digital print on hand-cut paper, 44 x 30 inches.
7. Carrie Di Costanzo, Dahlia, 2014, watercolor on paper, 26 x 21 inches.
8. Christine Hostetler, Orchid, 2010, watercolor, pen, and ink, 90 x 44.5 inches.
9. Amanda Rosenblatt, John, 2015, archival inkjet print, 22 x 17 inches.
10. John Lindgren, Tree, 2015, silver gelatin print, 8 x 8 inches.
11. Donna Abate, A Spoken Flower Page 10, 2014, Colored pencil and paint on book page,
8 x 12 inches.
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Paper Poppies Workshop with Tiffanie Turner Sunday, August 30, 10 am – 1:30 pmSign up required, limited space available.
Please email [email protected].
Workshop fee $60 (includes admission to Botanica).
Light breakfast and coffee will be provided.
In this workshop, Botanica artist Tiffanie Turner will teach
you how to make your own Icelandic poppies in your
choice of crepe paper, complete with bursting sepals.
These poppies can be displayed on their own or worked
into floral crowns and garlands. If time allows, Tiffanie will
also demonstrate selected other specimens in paper.
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Location: Bedford Gallery is located in the
Lesher Center for the Arts at
1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek,
four blocks south of the
Walnut Creek BART.
Telephone: 925/295-1417
Website: www.bedfordgallery.org
facebook.com/ bedfordgallery
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Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, Noon to 5:00
p.m.; and 6:00–8:00 p.m. on
evenings when there are theater
productions in the LCA. The
Gallery is closed on Mondays.
Admission: General $5; Youth (17 and under)
$3; Children 12 and under free;
First Tuesdays of the month are
Free; Free for Friends of the
Bedford, members of Diablo
Regional Arts Association, and
ticket holders to events in the
Lesher Center for the Arts on
ticketed date.
Gallery Tours: This year gallery tours for all Contra
Costa County schools are FREE
thanks to funding from JP Morgan
Chase! Our talented volunteer
Docents conduct group tours for
children grades K-12, completing
each visit with a hands-on art
project. Scout troops, school
groups, summer camps and clubs
are also invited to take a tour! Tours
are $85 all other groups. We now
offer Art in a Suitcase, in-class art
workshops for grades K-5.
Adult group tours are also available
by appointment.
For more information:
bedfordgallery.org/programs
or 925/295-1416
Bedford Gallery is a program of the City of
Walnut Creek, and is supported
with generous funding from the
Lesher Foundation, JP Morgan
Chase, and the Diablo Regional
Arts Association.
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