Eliza K. Jewett Science Illustration and Design
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July 1 through August 3, 2008:
Two paintings will be on display in Filoli's Tenth Annual Botanical Art Exhibition, Woodside CA. Prints and cards will also be available for sale. Artists' reception July 12, 4–6 pm; advance reservations required (no charge). 86 Cañada Rd., Woodside CA 94062. Phone: 650-364-8300.

June 25 through September 1, 2008:
Work will appear in "Natural Visions," Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Northern California chapter show. Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek CA. Opening reception June 29, 6–8 pm. 1931 First Ave., Walnut Creek CA 94597. Phone: 925-935-1978.

June 21 through August 3, 2008:
Several works will be shown as part of a scientific illustration show, "The Illustrator," at Kings Art Center, Hanford CA. Opening reception June 20, 5:30–8 pm. 605 Douty St, Hanford CA 93230. Phone: 559-584-1065.

May 2008:
Over 100 illustrations by Eliza (plants, animals, maps, diagrams) appear in the newly published 2nd edition of The Natural History of the UC Santa Cruz Campus. Available at Bay Tree Bookstore and other Santa Cruz bookstores. Read the press release here.

April 7 through May 9, 2008:
Eleven paintings are part of the Alumnae Art Show in the Anita Seipp Gallery of Castilleja School.

June–July, 2007:
Several paintings are on display in Filoli's Ninth Annual Botanical Art Exhibition.

January, 2007:
Paintings and prints are available at the GNSI-California show in the AWE Gallery in San Francisco.

October 2006 through May 2007:
In the show "Bidwell Park and Beyond: Scientific Illustrators Explore the Meaning of Parks and Public Green Space," Chico Creek Nature Center, Chico CA.

June-July, 2006:
Several paintings are on display in Filoli's Eighth Annual Botanical Art Exhibition.

July-August, 2005:
Several paintings are on display in Filoli's Seventh Annual Botanical Art Exhibition.

October 2004 through January 2005:
These month's issues of Scientific American include illustrations by Eliza and several article she art directed (Stork (Dec.), Baumeister (Jan.)).

November through January, 2005:
Two pieces are on exhibit at the juried Guild of Natural Science Illustrators show at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

November, 2004:
The Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences prints a series of greeting cards using six commissioned paintings of birds of the Stanford foothills. Contact Eliza to purchase sets of cards.

October 18 through December 17, 2004:  
Internship in botanical and zoological illustration at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii. Projects include digital illustrations for a computerized key to Hawaiian taro variteties, pen and ink drawings of wetland plants for a pending book, and pen and ink drawings of stream arthropods and mollusks for an educational restoration project.

June 29 through September 9, 2004:
Internship at Scientific American magazine in New York. Work includes numerous digital illustrations and art direction of several articles (see individual entries above).

June 25, 2004:
"Lady's slipper orchid" is featured in this week's Chronicle of Higher Education, in an article about the UC Santa Cruz Science Illustration program.

May, 2004:
This month's Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Newsletter includes "Lady's slipper orchid" in a report on the "Illustrating Nature" show.

May 1 through June 6, 2004:
Seven works are exhibited in the group show "Illustrating Nature" at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.

 

Toyon

Painting of toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia, on display at Filoli's 10th Annual Botanical Art Exhibition, July 1–August 3, 2008. This native California chaparral plant looks similar to holly, inspiring the name "Hollywood" for the toyon-covered Los Angeles hills.

 

 

 

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"The Natural History of the UC Santa Cruz Campus pulls you right in and is a joy to read. I will go further: this kind of local natural history will be an important part of 21st Century biology. It bristles page after page with phenomena that invite research at all levels."

--Edward O. Wilson,
University Research Professor Emeritus, Harvard University