Daily Archives: May 4, 2023


Sunday, May 14, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Beginner Botanical Watercolors and Mimosas for Mother’s Day

Spend Mother’s Day together at Berkshire Botanical Garden learning a new skill. Sip mimosas and paint flowers with Mom. What could be better? This beginners class is designed for mothers/mother figures and their adult children. Participants will be introduced to sketching and painting botanicals with watercolors. Spend the morning exploring art exercises to loosen up, have fun and build new skills. After lunch, begin creating a work of art to bring home! No previous experience is necessary. All materials will be provided.  $95 for BBG members, $110 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/beginner-botanical-watercolors-and-mimosas-mother%E2%80%99s-day-0

Cheryl Moore is an artist and educator who specializes in watercolor and oil pastel. She has more than 40 years of teaching experience working with children and adults, holds a B.A. from Rhode Island School of Design and has trained in botanical art with Janet Walsh, Charles Reid and Jack Flynn.


Friday, May 12, 12:30 pm Eastern – Compassing the Heavens and Earth: Early Scientific Instruments at Yale, Online

Join the American Decorative Arts Department at the Yale University Art Gallery online on Friday, May 12 for a live conversation exploring the intersections among science, craftsmanship, and colonialism in the early transatlantic world. Elizabeth Fox, the Marcia Brady Tucker Fellow in American Decorative Arts at the Yale University Art Gallery, and Alexi Baker, who operates the History of Science and Technology collection at the Yale Peabody Museum, discuss a variety of centuries-old objects that experimented with and represented land and sky. In the 1700s and early 1800s, such instruments were finely crafted in America and Europe for use in scientific discovery, everyday life, and colonial enterprises. Some of these are on view in the Gallery’s current exhibition Crafting Worldviews: Art and Science in Europe, 1500-1800. The conversation is moderated by Jessie Park, the Gallery’s Nina and Lee Griggs Assistant Curator of European Art. Closed captions will be available in English. Registration required. To register, visit https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BHm1H6bqQcCzfOlHKfLQww