Alumni Artists

Created paintings about the survival mechanisms of plants.

Illustrated narratives exploring connections between people and native plants.

Wrote poems inspired by encounters at Denver Botanic Gardens.

Investigated the role of corn in human movement, conflict and survival.

Made ceramic sculpture about the interchange of life within ecosystems.

Explored nature, Black identity and queer community through collage.

Combines drawing, photography and sculpture to make saddles inspired by Western landscapes.

Created drawings of seeds based on Denver Botanic Gardens’ living collections.

Used ceramic sculpture to explore emotion and botanical forms.

Explored the intersections between the natural world and urban landscapes.

Explored nature’s complex relationship with humans through photos and sculpture.

Constructed a site-specific sound work from day-to-day soundscapes.

Used historical photographic processes to reflect the vulnerability of nature.

Created miniature watercolors that examine how gardens shift across time and culture.

Created an artist’s book highlighting the symbolism of water lilies.

Created objects that interact with virtual landscapes.

Used design to reflect on the history of migration among both people and plants.

Explores connections between people, place and nature through a variety of media.

Makes prints using linoleum, tree bark, soil and other unusual surfaces.

Illustrated works highlighting endemic wild flora.

Draws meticulous botanical illustrations of plants in moonlight.

Casted botanical materials within resin to juxtapose the beauty of nature with the consumption that jeopardizes it.

Creates contemporary collages rooted in graffiti, skateboarding and street culture.

Transformed herbarium specimens to tell the story of plants and landscapes.