Curated by Dr. Eugenio Santiago Valentín (UPR-RP), “Flora borinqueniana: tres siglos de ilustraciones botánicas” opened on February 28, and will probably be on view till July 8, 2023, at MUSA—Museo de Arte de la Universidad de Puerto Rico-Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (aka Museo de Arte UPRM), in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. This exhibition explores the event of botanical data in Puerto Rico and its intersections with historical past, society, nature, and artwork from the late 18th century to the early twentieth century. In August, the exhibition will transfer to the Museum of Historical past, Anthropology, and Artwork on the College of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, the place it is going to stay till December 2023. [Can’t wait to see this!]
Curated by Dr. Eugenio Santiago Valentín, professor of the Division of Biology of the College of Puerto Rico (UPR), Río Piedras, and director of the Herbarium of the UPR Botanical Backyard, that is the primary exhibition in Puerto Rico that gives a broad perspective of the development of botanical data of the nation linked to its historic context.
Flora borinqueniana consists of botanical illustrations, manuscripts, herbarium specimens, paperwork, artwork, objects, digital photographs, maps, and different items from collections in Tenerife, Madrid, New York, Paris, and Puerto Rico.
Additionally offered collectively, for the primary time, are among the naturalists who superior this scientific data: Martín de Sessé, Nicolás Baudin, Domingo Bello y Espinosa, Agustín Stahl, Ana Roqué de Duprey, and Frances E. Horne.
“Botanical illustrations are a mirrored image of information about plant variety, ethnobotany, and the pure panorama over time. The pictures of vegetation assist to interpret the range of vegetation in Puerto Rico, serving as proof to validate the invention of species new to science,” mentioned Dr. Eugenio Santiago Valentín, biologist and curator of the exhibition.
Flora Borinqueniana affords a novel alternative for students and lovers of artwork, science, and historical past to expertise these collections in a single place.
Botanical illustrations are complemented by examples of reside vegetation from Viveros Para la Naturaleza, in order that guests can get an up-close have a look at among the illustrated species. As well as, parts of this exhibition have been built-in into a number of excursions within the group’s Protected Pure Areas.
Flora borinqueniana marks the primary exhibition of items from the Para la Naturaleza/Puerto Rico Conservation Belief Assortment.
“The exhibition reveals the connection between artwork and science, wherein the small print and complexities of each disciplines are rigorously noticed. In flip, it promotes the ecological tradition of conservation of the ecosystems and the cultural heritage of the islands of Puerto Rico, opening an area for the examine of biodiversity,” mentioned Fernando Lloveras San Miguel, president of Para la Naturaleza.
As a part of the exhibition there will probably be a program with lectures and workshops for kids and adults, in addition to an academic room with microscopes, a timeline, and extra info to discover.
In August, the exhibition will transfer to the Museum of Historical past, Anthropology, and Artwork on the College of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, the place it is going to stay till December 2023.
“The exhibition reveals the connection between artwork and science, wherein the small print and complexities of each disciplines are rigorously noticed. In flip, it promotes the ecological tradition of conservation of the ecosystems and the cultural heritage of the islands of Puerto Rico, opening an area for the examine of biodiversity,” mentioned Fernando Lloveras San Miguel, president of Para la Naturaleza.
As a part of the exhibition there will probably be a program that features lectures and workshops for kids and adults, in addition to an academic room with microscopes, a timeline and data to discover.
Through the month of August, the exhibition will transfer to the Museum of Historical past, Anthropology and Artwork of the College of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, the place it is going to stay till December 2023.
Flora borinqueniana is [the result of] a collaboration between Para la Naturaleza, Museo de Arte del Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (Universidad de Puerto Rico-Mayagüez) and Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (Universidad de Puerto Rico-Río Piedras), with a serious grant from the Nationwide Endowment for the Humanities: “Democracy calls for knowledge…”
For extra info, see https://www.uprm.edu/musa/
Excerpts translated by Ivette Romero. For full article (in Spanish), see https://www.metro.pr/estilo-vida/2023/02/28/para-la-naturaleza-invita-a-la-exhibicion-flora-borinqueniana-tres-siglos-de-ilustraciones-botanicas/
[Shown above: “Amaryllis bella dona” by Nicolas Baudin, Journal du voyage aux Antilles, 1796-1798. Musée national d’Histoire Naturelle. Provided by MUSA.]