Lara Gastinger

Lara Gastinger (Col ’98 CM) will be featured in Charlottesville’s first Botanical Art Festival, to be held Sept. 7-12 at the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont.  Gastinger will kick off the festival with “Introduction to Nature Journaling,” an introduction to a technique known as the perpetual journal. Attendees will learn strategies to observe and document the natural world around them. Gastinger will demonstrate her drawing and painting techniques and will provide opportunities for the attendees to draw along with her.

The festival will offer free art programming for all ages, botanically-themed workshops, and collaborations with regional artists and organizations, culminating in a ticketed botanical art show supporting local artists and the garden. It is the first of its kind for the region and is intended to bring the garden to the attention of many Virginians.