Queer Botany is hosting a botanical drawing session on Zoom with a focus on queerness and finding inspiration in nature. Come and join us!
Let’s share our stories and experiences of the plants we find together.
You don’t have to be an artist! You don’t have to be a botanist! No prior skills, experience or knowledge needed. Everyone welcome.
We invite you to explore what plants are out in your local area in the week before we meet. You could bring petals, leaves, flowers, twigs, fruits and so on with you. We’ll share plants with you too, including some photos. There are many ways of understanding, knowing and connecting with plants — let’s share together.
About the session
All you need is:
- an internet connection,
- a few sheets of paper & pencil/pen
- or, whatever media you would like to express yourself.
We’ll introduce botanical drawing and finding inspiration in nature. We encourage you to find your own house plants, fruits or vegetables in your home, or pick some flowers or leaves from outside. We’ll also share images of plants.
We’ll warm-up with some brief drawing exercises, then move into a longer drawing session. You’ll have opportunities to share your creations, if you like, and see what other people have created.
The tickets are free to register. There is a suggested donation of £5 if you can afford to show support for our work.
Get involved
We’re always looking for people who want to get more involved in Queer Botany, although currently we don't have any funding for this. In particular, we’re looking for guest speakers. If you’re interested, get in touch.
About Queer Botany
Queer Botany is a project that studies connections between queerness and plants through events, story-telling, and design. Queer Botany aims to share marginalised perspectives and support more diverse representations in the environment and outdoors, and to this end has designed maps, installed interpretive displays, hosted botanical drawing sessions, and guided walks sharing stories about plants from a queer perspective. Queer Botany has worked with Chelsea Physic Garden, Wellcome Collection, Barbican Centre, The Royal Parks, Fierce (Birmingham), Sutton House & Breaker’s Yard (National Trust), and Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Festival.
About your facilitators
- Sixto-Juan Zavala (he/him), a practising designer and illustrator from the United States.
- LiLi K. Bright (they/them), facilitator, coach, writer, tree nerd/witch, amateur birder & Londoner