The Culture File Debate: Seeing Natures

How do artists capture nature’s limitless beauty for the printed (or electronic) page? What creative tensions arise between accuracy and aesthetics? In this live recording of RTE lyric fm’s Culture File Debate, our panel of nature illustrators and artists reveal the art and science of bringing the natural world to page, screen, and gallery wall. From field guides to fine art, from children’s books to stand-alone painting cards and calendars our panel explores how visual storytelling helps connect people with the environment. The panelists are Jane Carkill, illustrator of Jane Clarke’s recent acclaimed anthology of Irish nature poems Windfall, Melissa Culhane (Doran), illustrator of Michael Fewer’s much-loved Naturama, Killian Mullarney, illustrator of the best-selling Collins Bird Guide, and Yanny Petters, whose botanical paintings have been collected by the National Botanic Gardens and are currently exhibited at the National Gallery. Join us for this exploration of viewing nature through the media of art, chaired by Paddy Woodworth, environment writer and presenter of The Naturalist’s Bookshelf for Culture File, a series on the nature books he particularly cherishes.

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

National Botanic Gardens, National Botanic Gardens, Dublin 9, Ireland