MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS’ HISTORIC SPANISH POINT CAMPUS TO UNVEIL THE WORKS OF CLYDE BUTCHER

MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS’ HISTORIC SPANISH POINT CAMPUS

TO UNVEIL THE WORKS OF CLYDE BUTCHER

Clyde Butcher: Nature Through the Lens | On view November 11, 2023 through August 31, 2024

October 31, 2023 | Sarasota, FL – Selby Gardens is excited to present the extraordinary imagery of photographer and conservationist Clyde Butcher throughout the grounds of the Historic Spanish Point campus. Large-scale prints on aluminum of Butcher’s beautiful photographs of plants, animals, and habitats of Florida will be exhibited amid the natural landscape of the 30-acre waterfront preserve, enabling the public to engage with the artist’s work like never before.

Jennifer Rominiecki, president and CEO of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, remarked, “Clyde’s ability to evoke awareness, appreciation, and activism for Florida treasures and awaken viewers to preserve our natural places for future generations is extraordinary. We are honored to partner with Clyde for this unique photographic exhibition of Florida’s natural beauty throughout Selby Gardens’ Historic Spanish Point campus.”

In the tradition of earlier landscape photographers like Ansel Adams, Butcher captures the beauty and majesty of America’s natural treasures in dramatic black and white. The unique environments of Florida have been subjects of particular interest to Butcher since the 1980s, when he was first introduced to the magic and mystery of sites such as Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park. Nature Through the Lens will include Butcher’s photographs of regional locales such as Myakka River State Park and Casey Key. This exhibition is presented in partnership with the Clyde Butcher Gallery & Studio in Venice, Florida.

About Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens provides 45 acres of bayfront sanctuaries connecting people with air plants of the world, native nature, and our regional history. Established by forward thinking women of their time, Selby Gardens is composed of the 15-acre Downtown Sarasota campus and the 30-acre Historic Spanish Point campus in the Osprey area of Sarasota County, Florida. The Downtown campus on Sarasota Bay is the only botanical garden in the world dedicated to the display and study of epiphytic orchids, bromeliads, gesneriads, ferns, and other tropical plants. There is a significant focus on botany, horticulture, education, historical preservation, and the environment. The Historic Spanish Point (HSP) campus is located less than 10 miles south along Little Sarasota Bay. The HSP Campus, one of the largest preserves showcasing native Florida plants that are interpreted for and open to the public, celebrates an archaeological record that encompasses approximately 5,000 years of Florida history. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is a Smithsonian Affiliate and is also accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.