Botanical Drawing Happy Hour

Join us for a night of drawing in the Benjamin Rush Medicinal Plant Garden!

In addition to the opportunity to draw in our beautiful garden, the instructor will give a short lecture on two extraordinary botanical illustrators, George Eberhard Rumphius and John Tyley.

Afterwards you are welcome to enjoy a delicious cocktail using herbs found in our garden.

Timeline

5:30 - 6:30pm – Explore and draw in the Benjamin Rush Medicinal Plant Garden 

6:30 - 7:00pm – Discussion on two extraordinary botanical illustrators accompanied by botanical cocktails

Museum Members and College Fellows

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About the Speaker

Jacqui Bowman is the Co-Director of Living Exhibits at the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.  She has overseen a revitalization of the Benjamin Rush Medicinal Plant garden that has included the addition of a “White garden,” the expansion of the Colonial era medicinal plants, and the addition of the African Diaspora-themed  Plants as Power exhibition. Her most recent project is an installation on medicinal orchids in the garden.

She also directs the College’s Center for Education and is currently the Acting Co-Director of the Mütter Museum.  She moved to Philadelphia in 1993 from England, where she received her PhD in Biological Anthropology from the University of Cambridge. She is an enthusiastic member of the plant exchange community in Philadelphia.

Please note

• Access to the Mütter Museum is not included. 
• Beverages are only available to those 21 years and older.