Firsthand Experience: Plant Portraits (Off-site / On-site Workshop)

Amy Lamb, scientist and photographer
Firsthand Experiences bring contemporary artists together with learners ages 13 and up for hands-on programs that combine making, gallery conversations, and discovery. In this workshop, Amy Lamb, scientist turned photographer, teaches how she cultivates and captures the souls of plants in her images and helps you to create your own photographs. The workshop begins at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), where participants will experience Lamb’s work on view. Then, the group heads to the United States Botanic Garden, where they will meet staff to learn about and photograph in-season plants. Digital camera or cell phone required.

Intended Audience: All Levels

Saturday, November 9, 2024
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM  Eastern
Location: This program begins at the National Museum of Women in the Arts and concludes at the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory
Friends: $20
Non-Members: $25
Pre-registration required through National Museum of Women in the Arts

About the presenter

Amy Lamb
Amy Lamb’s career as a scientist and artist spans over 50 years, from her family’s love of nature’s beauty to her life-long interest in the natural sciences. Her current professional career unites the intriguing aesthetics of art and science in botanical forms. Her transition from a Ph.D. in cellular biology to an artistic approach to science springs from the power of imagery to broadly convey the connection of nature’s botanical form and structure with its functions of pollination and survival. Amy honed her expertise in studio photography at the Montgomery College, the Corcoran School of Art, and the Smithsonian Institution. Amy photographs plants with scientific precision and curiosity, creating botanical portraits that reveal the beauty of form and color. Her work has been on display at the National Museum of Women in the Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Dallas Arboretum, and National Academy of Sciences.