PRINCETON, NJ Restaurant Dining Guide Announcement

Botanicals Illuminated Art Exhibition at D&R Greenway November 14 -January 9

Trillium (red) by Betty Curtiss

D&R Greenway’s 25^th Anniversary festivities culminate with the opening of Botanicals Illuminated on November 14.  This is the first day the new art will be available to the public, and the date of the official artists’ reception.  A tripartite exhibit, Curator Diana Moore has selected Art+10, an elite group of Princeton regional artists, to create new multimedia works on D&R Greenway Preserves, honoring the native plants of New Jersey.  Subjects range from Christmas fern to poison ivy.  Award-winning botanical illustrators are featured.  “Curator’s Choice”, in the Evelyne V. Johnson Room will feature regional botanical artists, Karen McLean, Carol Sanzalone and Madelaine Shellaby.  When it comes to immortalizing New Jersey’s plants, “nobody does it better!” 

Botanicals Illuminated is open to view November 14 through January 9, during business hours of business days, in the land trust’s Marie L. Matthews Galleries.  Call 609-924-4646 to be sure galleries are not rented at the time of prospective visit.  The Johnson Education Center is at One Preservation Place, off Rosedale Road, south of Princeton.  The public is especially invited to meet the botanical artists at their reception Friday, November 14^th, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.  Register for this free festivity at rsvp@drgreenway.org.  All art is for sale, a percentage supporting D&R Greenway’s preservation and stewardship of New Jersey land. 

Linda Mead, D&R Greenway President & CEO, is delighted to share the results of a year-long process, which began with lists of native plants of New Jersey and the D&R Greenway preserves where they are most likely to be found.  Trustee Mary Leck, Ph.D., Botanist Emeritus of Rider University and Emily Blackman and Diana Rachel of the land trust’s Stewardship Staff participated in creating this guide for the artists.  Each selected specific sites and plants to immortalize.  Linda Mead explains, “We are bringing Botanicals Illuminated to the public primarily to showcase the variety and beauty of native plants everyone can find upon our preserves.  In this, the darkest time of the year, we can all be illuminated by the beauty of the natural world, as depicted on the Johnson Education Center walls.  As always, our exhibits are mounted to demonstrate the importance of preservation of New Jersey land and species.”

Botanicals Illuminated artists:  Botanical Artists: Chiara Becchi, Carrie Di Constanzo, Fran Henig, Ann Hoffenberg, Robin Jess, Lanis Monfried, Carol O’Neill, Carol Woodin

Art+10 Artists: Priscilla Algava, Heather Barros, Jim Bongartz, Betty Curtiss, 
Katja De Ruyter, Suzanne Dinger, Jeaninne Honstein, Ryan Lilienthal, Meg Michael, 
Tasha O’Neill, Gill Stewart  

Curator’s Choice Regional Botanical Artists: Karen McLean, Carol Sanzalone, Madelaine Shellaby

                                                                                    BACKGROUND:

D&R Greenway Land Trust celebrates its 25^th year of preserving and protecting natural lands, farmlands and open spaces throughout central and southern New Jersey.   Through continuous preservation and stewardship, D&R Greenway nurtures a healthier and more diverse environment for people and wild species in seven counties. 

D&R Greenway’s home, --a circa-1900 restored barn--, the Johnson Education Center, has become a focal point for conservation activity. Through programs, art exhibits and related lectures, the non-profit inspires greater public commitment to safeguarding land.