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Missing the vibrant hues of fresh flowers in the #garden?
Stop by #PortraitsOfPlants, our exhibition of paintings by #MargaretMee and other women botanical artists, where the colors are always fresh, like this Hippeastrum sp. Santa Caterina 💐
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To conserve works on paper like Margaret Mee's #BotanicalArt, they are only exhibited for short periods of time: be sure to get a glimpse of this graceful #Nematanthus in #PortraitsOfPlants before its time in the spotlight ends next week!
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#MargaretMee
Next Friday, October 22 at 3 pm EDT, hear from @NMNH botanist W. John Kress on the interaction of #science and #art and what field observations and controlled experiments by botanists and ecologists have taught us about heliconias → https://t.co/tVeid39KGR
#PortraitsOfPlants
Preparing for the upcoming #APWorld History exam? Get in some more DBQ practice with materials from our #PortraitsOfPlants exhibition, examining artistic, political, and scientific responses to deforestation in the #Amazon.
Available for free download: https://t.co/BLfGfP3AGh
During her third journey through the #Amazon, botanical artist #MargaretMee traveled north to the Uaupés River to paint Rapateaceae, "an extraordinary swamp plant.” Learn more about Mee’s expeditions in our online exhibit Margaret Mee: #PortraitsOfPlants: https://t.co/QDLZ1AygLx.
"No longer confined to the Company School genre" of colonial art, "#BotanicalIllustration can serve the urgent 21st-century purpose of #conservation," writes Bangalore-based artist/@NatGeo Young Explorer Nirupa Rao.
Read her essay for #PortraitsOfPlants: https://t.co/eJecoigUc1.
#MargaretMee had just finished painting #Dichorisandra thyrsiflora when she began her second expedition in the #Amazon, this time focusing on bromeliads in Mato Grosso. Learn more about Mee’s travels online in our exhibit Margaret Mee: #PortraitsOfPlants:
https://t.co/QDLZ1AygLx.
Celebrating #BiodiversityDay with botanical artist & environmental advocate #MargaretMee (1909-1988), born #OnThisDay.
Mee painted #biodiversity in the Amazon & spoke out against its devastation. Explore her work: https://t.co/AHopSy1qQe.
#PortraitsOfPlants @UNBiodiversity #OTD
Attention, teachers & students! Want last minute #APExam prep?
Our #APWorldHistory #DBQ explores early responses to Amazon #deforestation by scientists, governments, & artists like Margaret Mee: https://t.co/zwQqUsYzeN.
#EndangeredSpeciesDay #DistanceLearning #PortraitsOfPlants
On her first Brazilian expedition, Margaret Mee visited the @museugoeldi in Belém before exploring the Gurupí River. There, she painted flowers like the #Amazon lily Eucharis amazonica. Learn more in our new #OnlineExhibit Margaret Mee: #PortraitsOfPlants! https://t.co/QDLZ1AygLx
For #InternationalPlantAppreciationDay, meet our Dichorisandra! #MargaretMee painted this in the Amazon, but today, this member of the spiderwort family can be found in our greenhouse! Visit our newest exhibit Margaret Mee: #PortraitsOfPlants online: https://t.co/QDLZ1AygLx.
Want #MiddleSchool & #HighSchool resources for #DistanceLearning?
#Science meets history and art with our #PortraitsOfPlants ecosystem lesson plan: https://t.co/q68xkQwyv6. Worksheets & more under "Tours & Resources."
🌿: Lafoensia densiflora, Johann Emanuel Pohl, #19thCentury.
Artist & environmentalist #MargaretMee made stunning #PortraitsOfPlants from the Amazon. Explore our #OnlineExhibit on Mee & 400 years of women botanical artists: https://t.co/Nqp9rYA4fM.
We're proud to keep highlighting #5WomenArtists even as we #MuseumFromHome. @WomenInTheArts