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Upcoming Events

"Symbiosis: The Art of Living Together"

Location: Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street, Ithaca, NY 14850

Show Dates: Opens March 1st, 2024

Sketch with the Artists: Saturday, March 8th from 11:45am-1:45pm in the BorgWarner West room. Watch scientific illustrators from the GNSI Finger Lakes Chapter draw specimens and then practice creating your own artwork.  We provide all the art supplies and provide guidance. Light refreshments. FREE and open to the public. 

Past Events

April 6 - May 10, 2024

"The Art of Symbiosis" Exhibit

Location: Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Art, 5 McLallen St, Trumansburg NY

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 6 from 4-6pm

Sketch with the Artists Event: Sunday, April 14th from 2-4pm

Image below: Travis DeMello

Saturday April 8, 2023

The chapter's annual spring show at the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts, this year titled "Weird and Wonderful," will have its opening reception on Saturday, April 8, 2023 from 4-6 pm. The opening will feature live music from the Maplewood Jazz Trio and refreshments, open to all!

Image below: Amy Maltzan

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Saturday April 9, 2022, 2-4pm

Our Capacity for Wonder: Exploring the Natural World

Opening Reception

Image below: Kathy Brahney

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2010 - present

2010 - present

Oct 2017

Field trip to the Golden Paint factory in New Berlin, NY.  Oct. 2017.

July 2016

GNSI Conference, Santa Cruz, 2016. 

April 2016

Some of the artists involved in our show, "Weeds: Untamed Wonders" at the Cumming Nature Center in Naples, NY, April 16, 2016.

Nov 14/15, 2015

Captured with Colored Pencil: Design and Contrasts in Nature, a two-day workshop taught by Rhonda Nass on Nov. 14 & 15, 2015. The workshop was co-sponsored by the GNSI Finger Lakes group and the Cornell University Plantations.

[below: Marmot (c) 2015, drawn by Liisa Mobley during Rhonda's workshop.]

Drawn during Rhonda Nass's workshop.

Oct 2014

Layering Watercolors with Peggy Macnamara

A two-day watercolor workshop, taught by Peggy Macnamara, artist-in-residence at the Field Museum in Chicago. The workshop was spoinsored by the GNSI Finger Lakes group and the Cornell University Plantations.

Feb 2014

Botanical Workshop with Milly Acharya

A one-day watercolor workshop with local artist Milly Acharya.

© 2024 GNSI Finger Lakes Chapter

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