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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 galleryinfo@bedfordgallery.org.

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

twitter.com/ bedfordgallery

instagram.com/ bedfordgallery

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

gallerytours@bedfordgallery.org,

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.

Media Sponsor: Diablo Magazine

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