Art or Science? The Co-Construction of Botanical Illustration

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THURSDAY, APRIL 16Art or Science? The Co-Construction of Botanical Illustration7:00–8:30 PMTracy Qiu, Consultant, Artist, and ResearcherEmbark on a journey into the complex and fascinating stories surrounding botanical renderings and colonial plant collections. Tracy’s Ph.D. research explores the circumstances under which botanical illustrations were produced and asks the question, “How has the history of botanical illustration shaped the way we perceive plants, gardens, nature, and the environment today?” Drawing on archival research at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Edinburgh, Tracy will share insights into how human-plant interactions crossed barriers of geography, race, class, and gender.Free of charge | Virtual event (a Zoom link will be emailed to participants prior to lecture date)<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/third-thursday-lectures-64969" title="https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/third-thursday-lectures-64969" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">This virtual lecture is a part of our Third Thursday Lecture series</a>

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