TEACHING SCHEDULE

2008

Squirrel's Nest Art Studio Gallery

Workshops began on  March 11, 2008 - New session starts in July. Don't miss out.

Join me for a season of creativity and serenity at my home studio located between the Hudson Valley and the Catskill Mountains on top of Shawanga Mountain. The studio features  a forty mile view of the valley from the studio's two full wall windows.  Sky lights at the top of the 22 foot cathedral ceiling and stone fireplace provide light and warmth. The woodland property has a multitude of natural and introduced specimens and I have been preserving the land with it's majestic oaks and maples for  eighteen years. There is a seasonal stream, meandering hiking trails and wonderful surprises of wildlife, birds and blossoms. An oak tree grows through the back  deck where squirrels climb and jump from tree to their nests. Classes are limited to four students. Beginner to advanced students are welcome.

For registration form and materials lists call

(845) 733-1848

• Tuesdays - Sumi-e Brush Painting
1 pm - 4 pm - 3 hours for 4 weeks
October, November and December
Fee: $150 for four weeks –
Learn traditional Asian brush painting skills with bamboo brushes, ground ink on rice paper.  Create rich tonal values of in for the “Four Gentlemen” - Bamboo, Orchid, Plum and Chrysanthemum and the basic brush strokes. Beginners start with ink only while intermediate and advanced students use watercolor and ink. You can repeat a particular subject before you move on to the next subject. This is a meditative relaxing class where green tea is served.

• Special Summer Workshop - Sumi-e Flowers 
Tuesdays July 29, August 5, 12, 19   -  1 pm - 4 pm - four weeks,

4 hour classes
Fee: $200 for four weeks –limited to 4 students
Paint your favorite blooming plants in sumi-e technique. Prerequisite the basic four gentlemen or botanical watercolor. Paint on rice paper and silk paper. Bring lunch and tea will be served.

• Wednesdays - Botanical Drawing and Watercolor
1 pm - 4 pm - 3 hours for four weeks
July  30, Aug 6, 13, 20
Fee: $150 for four weeks –
Beginners to advanced students welcome. Drawing from live plants, flowers and nature specimens learn how to create realistic rendering of botanical subjects. Use of magnifiers to see detail and how to use wet into wet techniques and well as dry brush for details. Focus on form, light, shadows and perspective.


• Botanical Painting PLEIN AIR at Squirrel’s Nest  - Any Medium, Sundays,  One day workshops.
Fee: $ 50 per session –
Bring your own easel or art board, choose the medium of your choice and set up outdoors to capture the color and fragrance of spring and summer flowers. Demonstrations and group critiques.

Plein air Botanicals & Landscape,
Join me for Local Plein Painting
9 am - 12 noon, Sundays, June 29, July 20, at Squirrel's Nest Studio

Water lilies - August 3, 2008 ,  9 am - 12 noon pm at the Basha Kill Preserve

Wild Flowers August 10 -  local gardens 9 am - noon

• Professional Business Practices and Marketing -
Thursdays, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Roberta Rosenthal has been teaching this certificate program course for over 20 years at the New York Botanical Garden, Graphic Artists Guild, Hudson Valley Artist Guild, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and many arts organizations Limited to 4 students.
Fee: $50 per class or $200 for the course.
August 7   - Portfolio Makeover
August 14 - Artist Statements
August 21 - Biography/Resumes
August 28 - Pricing,  Copyrights and Promotion
Limited size classes -  please register early.
Contact: 845-733-1848 or e-mail: rozenart@aol.com

New York Botanical Gardens  - Bronx, NY
New courses will begin in Fall 2008 - Winter 2009

Indian Corn

Squash in Gouache

Begonias
Contact: www.nybg.com  718- 817-8747

For more information or to register please contact Roberta at
(845) 733-1848 / e-mail: rozenart@aol.com or contact venue.

Supplies for Sale

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators - Convention Workshops 2001
College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
Portfolio Development and Pricing, Copyrights & Contracts

Riverdale YM-YWHA, New York: Instructor (Art Workshop) 1998
Grant from Bronx Council on the Arts, Botanical Painting with Gouache

Horticultural Society of New York: Instructor (Art Program) 1989-1990
Botanical Drawing

SEMINARS AND LECTURES

Red Eft Gallery, Wurtsboro, NY How to Collect Art lecture/gallery talk Sept. 2007
Sunshine Free Library, Eldred, NY Slide show and botanical art lecture  Jan. 2004

Native Plant Center, Nature Art Exhibition, Lecture on Art Collecting Sept. 2003

Hudson Valley Artisans Guild, Poughkeepsie, New York 2002 -2003

Workshop Instructor / Business Seminar / Lecture Tarrytown Jewish Community Center, New York“Miriam's Cup” Lecture, Presentation, Art Workshop, 1999

Riverdale YM-YWHA, New York, Lecture and Slide/Video Presentation
“Neot Kedumim Israeli Botanical Garden and Botanical Art”, Grant from Bronx Council on the Arts 1998

New York Botanical Garden: Open House Presentation & Lectures 1985-95

Parsons School of Design, New York Guest Art Career Lecture: Diana Bryan’s Illustration Class 1984

Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
“The Young Professionals”: Career Growth Seminar, Sponsor Women in Design 1984
“Portfolio Review and Art Career Seminar”, Textile Design Club Sponsor:
Graphic Artists Guild 1981- 1983
“Computer Graphics”, Seminar and Lecture, Sponsor: Graphic Artists Guild 1983

Art Directors Club, New York
“Portfolio Review and Art Career Seminar, Sponsor : Graphic Artist Guild 1983

Central Connecticut State University
“Art Career Day Seminar” 1982-1984

COMMUNITY AND SPIRITUAL INVOLVEMENT


Roberta Rosenthal’s botanical art has been featured on invitations for the Annual Luncheon of the Women’s Division American Committee to benefit Shaare Zedek’s Medical Center Women's and Children's Divison in Jerusalem, Israel. Donation of original art for auction. In addition she has created Jewish New Years Cards printed by ArtScroll Printing Corporation for their benefit as well. 1995 - 2004

Roberta donated her art to Maimonides Medical Center for an upcoming auction on December 8, 2002, the Star Project, to benefit the new children's hospital. She created a mask entitled "Star Princess". For more information e-mail Roberta. 11/2002

National Jewish Outreach Program, Little Book of Chanukah Miracles.
Roberta was featured in the nationally distributed booklet. 1999 - 2002

Society of Illustrators, New York, Volunteer.
Painted art work for the Children’s Cancer Playroom at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in Manhattan featuring Passover and Chanuka themes. 1997 - 2002

Jewish Community Center in Tarrytown, New York, Volunteer. Worked with Rabbi Emanual Vinas and a volunteer group to restore a Torah from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The Torah was damaged during Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Worked on the project from beginning to completion. 1998 -1999

Academy of Jewish Religion, New York. Full semester course in Jewish Meditation. Instructors: Rabbi Goldie Milgram, Mindy Ribner and Rabbi Shefa Gold. Instruction in Jewish meditation practices, including: Kabbalah, Zohar, chanting and personal exploration. 1999

Riverdale YW-YMHA, Bronx, New York, Instructor: Rabbi Richard Kirsch 
Jewish Personal Training Courses including Hebrew reading, Jewish practices and meditation techniques. Preparation for Bat Mitzvah. Volunteer and designed a Jewish New Years Card to benefit the organization. Artist in-Residence. 1995 - 1999

The Graphic Artist Guild, New York. Served on the New York Board for two years 1995 - 1996. Liaison to Points North, Westchester artist group.
Staff executive director of “Good Works” job placement service. 1980-83

Manhattan’s Community Board #5, New York, Appointed Volunteer. Served a three year appointment on the Zoning and Variance and Parks committees. 1986 - 1989