Museum’s Nature Art Gallery presents works in two media

October 22, 2002
For Immediate Release
Arts Editors
Contact: Marjorie Terry (919) 733-7450, ext. 305

(RALEIGH)—From October 24 through December 1, the Nature Art Gallery at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences illustrates nature through two different artistic media. In “Studies in Form, Texture and Color,” members of the Triangle WoodTurners of North Carolina showcase their woodworking skills through the carved shapes, natural grains and colorful woods of sculptural objects. In “Botanicals and Natural Science Illustrations,” biological illustrator Alison Schroeer uses colored pencil, carbon and watercolor to capture nature in the iridescence of a bee’s wing, sunlight glinting on a turtle’s shell, or the light and shadow of a frog skeleton.

“Having spent so many hours gazing at insects and other small, seemingly ordinary organisms under the microscope, I’ve learned that everything has the power to fascinate if observed closely,” said Schroeer. “I was drawn to a career in scientific illustration, as it would enable me to look at the world in minute detail, and record my observation in an artistic way.”

Schroeer, senior biological illustrator at Carolina Biological Supply, holds degrees in plant science and plant ecology, and interned in biological illustration with the California Academy of Sciences. Schroeer has exhibited at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens, the Denver Botanic Gardens, the International Herpetological Symposium and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. Her paintings and illustration have been featured in Southern Accents, Reptiles and California Wild magazines.

Triangle WoodTurners promotes woodturning education to create a broader understanding of the art form. The group, affiliated with the American Association of WoodTurners, encourages both members and the general public to share ideas, tools and techniques on woodturning and display their work. More than 80 members from all walks of life enjoy woodturning as a profession or hobby.

The Nature Gallery, inside the Museum Store, hosts new exhibitions by Southern artists every six weeks. All exhibited art is for sale. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 4:45 p.m.; and the first Friday of each month until 7 p.m. Admission is free. For a complete schedule of Nature Gallery exhibits, please visit www.naturalsciences.org or call the Museum Store at 919/733-7450, ext. 369.

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, in downtown Raleigh, documents and interprets the natural history of the state of North Carolina through exhibits, research, collections, publications, and educational programming. Hours: Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sun., noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Visit the Museum on the web at www.naturalsciences.org. The Museum is an agency of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, William G. Ross Jr., Secretary.

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