Nature Sketching Forum Set Feb. 26 at UMaine Farm and Home Museum
Contact: Mary Bird, 581-2434; Tiffany Wilson, 581-3288
ORONO — The Edith Marion Patch Center for Entomology, the Environment and Education and the UMaine Page Farm and Home Museum are offering a free public educational forum on sketching nature on Sunday, Feb. 26.
“Field Sketching: A hands-on opportunity to reproduce the art of nature” is scheduled from 2-4 p.m. at the Page Farm and Home Museum on the Orono campus.
People of all ages are welcome to come learn the art of field sketching from Carrie Graham, a student of entomology and talented nature artist. Graham will make a brief presentation about her art and inspiration, followed by an opportunity for everyone to sketch a variety of subjects — living creatures, stationary objects and things that may be found in nature.
The public is invited and participants are encouraged to bring a sketchbook and drawing supplies. Some materials will be available to ensure that everyone will have the opportunity to participate.
Organizers will offer a sampler of snacks from the Friends of Edith Patch Cookbook during the forum.
The event is the sixteenth in a series of gatherings sponsored by the Edith Marion Patch Center for Entomology, the Environment and Education, and held at the Page Farm and Home Museum. The forum series focuses on science and the environment, in celebration of the life and work of Edith Marion Patch (1876-1954), the first woman scientist employed by the University of Maine. Patch was a world-renowned entomologist, a pioneer environmentalist and a beloved author of nature stories for children.
For information about the Patch Center Forums or the Friends of Dr. Edith Marion Patch, please contact Mary Bird at 581-2434 or Tiffany Wilson, 581-3288.