Susan T. Fisher

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Susan T. Fisher is the Director of the Art Institute at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum where she created the Nature Illustration Certificate Program. She is the former Coordinator for the Botanical Art and Illustration Program at Denver Botanic Gardens. Susan served on the Board of Directors and is the past president of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Her illustrations appear in numerous periodicals and books, national exhibits and private collections. Her BA degree includes three years of advanced study in art history at the Universities of Bordeaux, Pau and Toulouse, France.

Education:
Metropolitan State College, Bachelor of Arts
University of Bordeaux, Art History Studies
University of Pau and Toulouse, Modern Art Studies

Professional Affiliations:
Member American Society of Botanical Artists
       past President and former Board of Director member
Member ASBA Education Committee
Member Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
Steering Committee member Sonoran Desert Florilegium Program
Garden Club of America Speakers Bureau
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens Florilegium Fellow
Filoli Center Florilegium Fellow

Teaching Venues:
Art Students League of Denver
ASBA Annual Conferences throughout USA
Denver Botanic Gardens; Denver, CO
Desert Museum Art Institute; Tucson, AZ
Filoli Center; Woodside, CA
Foothills Art Center; Golden, CO
Gore Range Natural Science School; Vail, CO
Huntington Gardens; Pasadena, CA
L A Arboretum, CA
New York Botanical Gardens, NY
Rhode Island School of Design, RI
South Shore Art Center; Cohassett, MA
Tucson Colored Pencil Society, Tucson, AZ  
Tucson Botanical Gardens; Tucson, AZ              
Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, MA     
   
Served as Juror:
2011 Art of Conservation for Artists for Conservation
2010 Art of Conservation for Artists for Conservation
2010 Blossom-Art of Flowers II Exhibition for the
     Susan Kathleen Black Foundation; Houston, TX
2009 Fiesta Sonora, Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, Tucson, AZ
2009 RARE, Imperiled Plants of Colorado Exhibit;
     Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists; Denver, CO
2008 Blossom–Art of Flowers Exhibition for the Susan Kathleen Black Foundation; Houston, TX
2007 Fountain Hills Cultural Council 12th Annual Art Exhibit: Fountain Hills, AZ
2003 American Society of Botanical Artists Western Regional Exhibition, Loveland Art Museum:
     Loveland, CO
2003 Guild of Natural Science Illustrators National Conference,
     Museum of Nature & Science; Denver, CO

Gallery Exhibitions:
2010 In & Out of the Garden one-woman show, Tucson Botanical Gardens,
     Porter Hall Gallery; Tucson, AZ
2009 Flower Portraits in Pastel, Wildflowers at Home with Nature, Denver, CO
2005 Studio Botanica Exhibition, National Center for Atmospheric Research Gallery;
    Boulder, CO
2005 Fresh Perspectives: Visiting Artists Exhibit Bancroft Gallery; Cohassett, MA
2005 Studio Botanica Exhibition, Reed Art Gallery; Denver, CO
2004 Instructor Art Exhibition, Filoli Center Gallery, Woodside, CA
2003 A Showing of Floral Exuberance Wildflowers at Home with Nature; Denver, CO
2002 Nature Observed, a Celebration of Botanical Illustration, Contemporary & Antique,
   Tam O’Neill Fine Arts; Denver, CO

Publications:
Denver Post botanical illustrations Christmas plants
Fulcrum Publishing, Growing Seeds! Starting from Scratch: drawings and illustrations
At Home with Xeriscape: all botanical illustrations
Pikes Peak Official Guide Wildflower Sketchbook botanical illustrations
North Light Book Club Member of the Issue, botanical illustrations
International Water Lily & Water Gardening Society Water Garden Journal cover
    illustration


 

updated February 1, 2012
by Ronda Ballard