Susan T. Fisher

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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. 
Susan conducts workshops from coast to coast and divides her time between her studios in Denver and Tucson


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
     Garden Club of America Speakers Bureau
     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 - present

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 and Science;
              Denver, CO
     2007 Fountain Hills Cultural Council 12th Annual Art Exhibit: Fountain Hills, AZ
     2008 Blossom–Art of Flowers Exhibition in Houston, TX for the Susan Kathleen Black
              Foundation
     2009 RARE, Imperiled Plants of Colorado Exhibit; Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical
             Artists; Denver, CO
     2009 Fiesta Sonora, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Tucson, AZ 

Juried Exhibitions:
     1998   Denver Botanic Gardens Botanical Illustration Exhibit, People’s Choice Award
                Denver, CO
     1998   American Society of Botanical Artists & U.C. Davis, Botanical Illustration Exhibit
                Davis, CA
     1999   Denver Botanic Gardens Botanical Illustration Exhibit; Denver, CO
     1999   Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Botanical Illustration Exhibit;
                Colorado Springs, CO
     2003   Pastel Society of Colorado Fall Exhibit, Lakewood Cultural Center
                Lakewood, CO
     2004   Colorado Watercolor Society State Water media Exhibit Colorado History Museum;
                Denver, CO
     2004   Mile High National Pastel Exhibition; Curtis Arts & Humanities Center
                Greenwood Village, CO
     2004   Tucson International Airport Art Exhibit; Tucson, AZ
     2005   Art & Soul, Art Students League; Denver, CO
     2005   Colorado Watercolor Society State Water media Exhibit Colorado History Museum;
                Denver, CO

Gallery Exhibitions:
     2002   Nature Observed, a Celebration of Botanical Illustration, Contemporary & Antique,
                Tam O’Neill Fine Arts; Denver, CO
     2003   A Showing of Floral Exuberance Wildflowers at Home with Nature; Denver, CO
     2004   Instructor Art Exhibition, Filoli Center Gallery, Woodside, CA
     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
     2009   Flower Portraits in Pastel, Wildflowers at Home with Nature, Denver, CO

Publications:
     1997   Denver Post botanical illustrations Christmas plants
     1999   Fulcrum Publishing, Growing Seeds! Starting from Scratch: drawings and illustrations
     1999   At Home with Xeriscape: all botanical illustrations
     2000   Pikes Peak Official Guide Wildflower Sketchbook botanical illustrations
     2004   North Light Book Club Member of the Issue, botanical illustrations
     2004   International Water Lily & Water Gardening Society Water Garden Journal cover
                illustration

Miscellaneous:
     2004   Nominated for the Mayor's Award for Excellance in the Arts; Denver, CO
updated February 28, 2010
by Ronda Ballard