Events

Picturing & Preserving Plants at Vassar

Location:

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

In conjunction with The Botanist at Vassar, please join us for a panel discussion about the past, present, and future of preserving and protecting Vassar flora with Alicia Contelmo, Greenhouse Manager & Science Support Technician; Reave Finkel ’29; Sol Longoria ’23, Vassar-Kenauk Conservation Fellow at The Preserve; Professor of Biology Margaret Ronsheim, and Professor of Biology Emeritus Mark Schlessman.

This event is free and open to the public.

Pencil drawing of two plant specimens with handwritten notes.
Julia Whitney Barnes, The Botanist’s Mural/Study (Fragile Fern, Lady Slipper Orchid), 2024, Graphite, tape, and Duralar on 100% Rag Herbarium mounting paper, Loan courtesy of the artist © Julia Whitney Barnes