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Schedule for Nonvascular Herbarium Work Sessions: January 2019 - June 2019
We welcome volunteers to help us with curatorial work in the nonvascular herbarium of the NEBC. Listed below are the scheduled work sessions. If you would like to join us or have questions, please email Elizabeth Kneiper (Ekneiper@aol.com) or call 781-801-2734. We look forward to hearing from you! Weather and various other circumstances can force the sessions to be canceled or rescheduled, but volunteers will be notified.
Type of work: Curatorial - replacing old packets, data basing, and inserting collections. A great chance to work with historic collections of New England lichens, bryophytes, algae, and fungi.
Location: Farlow Herbarium, 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA.
Downloadable PDF Schedule
Dates:
- Wednesday, January 9, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Saturday, January 12, 2019 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, January 30, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Saturday, February 2, 2019 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Wednesday February 6, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, February 13, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, February 20, 2019 - ***No meeting***
- Wednesday, February 27, 2019 - - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Saturday, March 2, 2019 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, March 13, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - ***No meeting***
- Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - ***No meeting***
- Saturday, May 4, 2019 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 15, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 22, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- Saturday, June 8, 2019 - 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 12, 2019 - 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Workshop: Introduction to Botanical Art and Illustration
Workshop is full. Please stay tuned for future offerings.
Instructor: Botanical artist Bobbi Angell
Date: Saturday, January 19th, 2019, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location: Lyman Conservatory, Smith College Botanic Garden, 16 College Lane, Northampton, MA
Sponsored by: The New England Botanical Club
Hosted by: Prof. Jesse Bellemare and the Smith College Botanic Garden; Free Parking Passes will be provided.
OVERVIEW
Learning to draw while learning to observe increases one's knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the world of plants. Botanical artist Bobbi Angell will guide participants through the process of creating an illustration that defines and depicts a particular species. Using pressed herbarium specimens and preserved flowers, participants will design a composition with a plant habit and dissected flowers and enlarged details, with a layout intended for publication or framing. Sketches can be inked or colored afterwards. Bring your hand lens, pencils and erasers; plant material and paper will be provided. The only prerequisites are curiosity and expandable interest in plants.
Instructor Bobbi Angell draws plants for scientists at The New York Botanical Garden, Harvard University, and other institutions for floras and monographs. Ongoing work features illustrations of neotropical species new to science. To view her work, visit www.bobbiangell.com. She is co-author of "A Botanist's Vocabulary" (Timber Press).
Bobbi is the artist for the current logo for the New England Botanical Club.
(Some scholarships are available for NEBC student members – email jbellema@smith.edu for more information).
Visit our Membership page to become an NEBC member.
Second, please complete the Registration Form(fillable PDF) to submit your information. Please download the form, SAVE it to your computer, fill in your information, SAVE again, and then email to Jesse Bellemare at jbellema@smith.edu. Be sure your information has been saved to the form before submitting by email.
Registration must be received by Monday, January 7th, 2019, but we expect the workshop will fill up much sooner. If you are interested, please submit your registration materials as soon as possible.
The New England Botanical Club is pleased to announce the new Managing Editor for our journal Rhodora. Kathleen McCauley has been a member of NEBC since her undergraduate days at the University of New Hampshire, where she also received her M.S. degree in 1996 under Dr. Garrett E. Crow. Her main botanical interest is field work and reconnaissance, and her true passion is herbarium curation. She has held curatorial positions at the New York Botanical Garden, Southwest Missouri State University, Brown University, and the University of Rhode Island. Kathleen is currently a biology lecturer at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts, a position she has held for the last 18 years. The selection committee is confident that Kathleen will serve us well in her new role as Managing Editor.
Three Editors-In-Chief of Rhodora
Janet Sullivan, Elizabeth Farnsworth,
and
Nishi Rajakaruna
Kathleen is replacing our very long serving and dedicated Managing Editor, Antoinette P. (Toni) Hartgerink, who will be retiring soon. Toni has served under three Editors-in-Chief of Rhodora: Janet Sullivan (1996-2009), Elizabeth Farnsworth (2010-2014), and Nishanta Rajakaruna (2015-present).
Janet Sullivan's thank you to Toni:
"Toni came on board as Managing Editor in 1998, when the official position was fairly new. In those 20-plus years, she's done an amazing job, not only of defining the workflow, but of setting a high standard for presentation of papers published in Rhodora. During those early years we were perpetually struggling to achieve publication on my ideal timeline, but Toni never sacrificed quality. Her eye for detail often picked up on things I missed, saving us headaches further along in the process. During her tenure, journal publishing transitioned from a mostly-paper process to digital, and Toni weathered that learning curve with professional grace. She's survived adjusting to the different organizational and managerial styles of three Editors-in-Chief. Her friendship, professionalism, and philosophical perspective kept me on an even keel. Many, many thanks and best wishes Toni!"
Nishi Rajakaruna’s thank you to Toni:
"Rhodora wouldn't be where it is now if not for Toni's dedicated and expert service to the journal over the last 20 years. Toni's broad interests and training in botany, along with her expertise in technical writing made her a perfect copy-editor of manuscripts covering a wide range of botanical topics. She served as Managing Editor under three Editors-in-Chief and was clearly key to keeping Rhodora's high standards consistent through each of the transitions. Toni was more than a copy-editor of manuscripts - she was a mentor and friend, who not only deeply cared about the journal, but also the well-being of those who worked with her. She would often tell me to make more time for myself and not solely focus on work. Toni's words of advice often led me to take a break from busy schedules and go enjoy the outdoors. I value all the professional guidance I received from her during my tenure as Editor-in-Chief and appreciate her tireless efforts to provide our readership with the best possible product, every issue she put together. Thank you, Toni, for all you did to fulfill Rhodora's commitment to publishing high quality papers in a timely fashion. I wish you the very best in your retirement."
