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Susan T. Fisher is the Director of the Art Institute at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum where she created the Nature Illustration Certificate Program. She is the former Coordinator for the Botanical Art and Illustration Program at Denver Botanic Gardens. Susan served on the Board of Directors and is the past president of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Her illustrations appear in numerous periodicals and books, national exhibits and private collections. Her BA degree includes three years of advanced study in art history at the Universities of Bordeaux, Pau and Toulouse, France.
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Education:
Metropolitan State College, Bachelor of Arts
University of Bordeaux, Art History Studies
University of Pau and Toulouse, Modern Art Studies
Professional Affiliations:
Member American Society of Botanical Artists
past President and former Board of Director member
Member Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
Member Tucson Pastel Society
Steering Committee member Sonoran Desert Florilegium Program
Garden Club of America Speakers Bureau
Member ASBA Education Committee
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens Florilegium Fellow
Filoli Center Florilegium Fellow
Teaching Venues:
Denver Botanic Gardens 1998 - 2006
Art Students League of Denver 2003 - 2004
Foothills Art Center; Golden, CO 2002 - 2004
Gore Range Natural Science School; Vail, CO 2004 - 2008
New York Botanical Gardens 2000
Filoli Center; Woodside, CA 2000 - present
Rhode Island School of Design, RI 2004
South Shore Art Center; Cohassett, MA 2005
L A Arboretum, CA 2006
Huntington Gardens; Pasadena, CA 2006
Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, MA 2004 - present
Desert Museum Art Institute; Tucson, AZ 2004 - present
Tucson Botanical Gardens, AZ 2009
Served as Juror:
2003 American Society of Botanical Artists Western Regional Exhibition, Loveland Art Museum: Loveland, CO
2003 Guild of Natural Science Illustrators National Conference, Museum of Nature & Science;
Denver, CO
2007 Fountain Hills Cultural Council 12th Annual Art Exhibit: Fountain Hills, AZ
2008 Blossom–Art of Flowers Exhibition for the Susan Kathleen Black Foundation
Houston, TX
2009 RARE, Imperiled Plants of Colorado Exhibit; Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical
Artists; Denver, CO
2009 Fiesta Sonora, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Tucson, AZ
2010 Blossom-Art of Flowers II Exhibition for the Susan Kathleen Black Foundation
Houston, TX
Gallery Exhibitions:
2010 In & Out of the Garden one-woman show, Tucson Botanical Gardens, Porter Hall
Gallery; Tucson, AZ
2009 Flower Portraits in Pastel, Wildflowers at Home with Nature, Denver, CO
2005 Studio Botanica Exhibition, Reed Art Gallery; Denver, CO
2005 Fresh Perspectives: Visiting Artists Exhibit Bancroft Gallery; Cohassett, MA
2005 Studio Botanica Exhibition, National Center for Atmospheric Research Gallery;
Boulder, CO
2004 Instructor Art Exhibition, Filoli Center Gallery, Woodside, CA
2003 A Showing of Floral Exuberance Wildflowers at Home with Nature; Denver, CO
2002 Nature Observed, a Celebration of Botanical Illustration, Contemporary & Antique,
Tam O’Neill Fine Arts; Denver, CO
Publications:
Denver Post botanical illustrations Christmas plants
Fulcrum Publishing, Growing Seeds! Starting from Scratch: drawings and illustrations
At Home with Xeriscape: all botanical illustrations
Pikes Peak Official Guide Wildflower Sketchbook botanical illustrations
North Light Book Club Member of the Issue, botanical illustrations
International Water Lily & Water Gardening Society Water Garden Journal cover
illustration
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