Art and the Environment lecture series

Posted by Press Release on February 22, 2012

This three-part lecture series features presentations by
Brandywine Conservancy staff members. The lectures, which begin at
11 a.m. in the Museum Lecture Room, are free for members and included with
Museum admission. To register, please call the education office at
610-388-8382 or contact education@brandywine.org

March
14 Art
and Nature
Discover the development of landscape painting with a
sampling of works by Hudson River School painters such as Asher B. Durand,
Jasper Cropsey, and William T. Richards, local and regional artists such as
George Cope, Horace Pippin, and New Hope Impressionists William Lathrop and
Walter Schofield. The Wyeth family painters is well represented with
landscape compositions by N. C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, Carolyn Wyeth, and Jamie
Wyeth. Presented by Brandywine River Museum associate educator Jane
Flitner.

March
21 The
Brandywine Creek Greenway
Learn about the Conservancy's Environmental Management
Center, will discuss the proposed 30-mile-long green corridor stretching from
the Delaware State line at Chadds Ford to the state-designated Pennsylvania
Highlands Mega-Greenway in the north. When completed, the Brandywine
Creek Greenway will be better protected from development pressures, degraded
landscapes will be restored, and the Greenway's unique recreational and tourism
potential will be realized.

March 28 Native
Plants of the Brandywine Region and their Liaisons
Horticultural coordinator Mark Gormel will present an
illustrated look at the beauty of the native plants of the Brandywine region
including an expose on the "significant others" in their lives: who
drinks, who chews, who eats meat and who is a vegetarian and why you should
care about all of them.

Since its founding in 1967, the Brandywine Conservancy's
mission has been to preserve important American art and the natural and
cultural environment of the historic Brandywine Valley.

The Brandywine River Museum, located on the banks of the
Brandywine River in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, exhibits art that represents the
artistic heritage of the Brandywine Valley, including 19th-century landscapes
by William Trost Richards and Jasper Cropsey and three generations of art by
the acclaimed Wyeth family.

The Brandywine Conservancy holds more than 400 conservation
easements and has permanently protected thousands of acres in Chester and
Delaware counties in Pennsylvania, as well as New Castle County in Delaware.
The Environmental Management Center provides conservation services to
landowners, farmers, municipalities and developers. The staff of professional
planners and natural resource managers offers technical assistance and
expertise for conservation and comprehensive land use planning. Conservation
easements, assistance to local governments and water protection efforts are the
key elements of these programs. In 2008, the Conservancy was among the first
land trusts in the country to be awarded accreditation by the Land Trust
Accreditation Commission.