Tropical Botanic Artists

Tropical Botanic Artists News 2017

The Tropical Botanic Artists welcome Kristi Bettendorf as our new co-director along with Beverly Borland. Elsa Nadal will continue to be an active member and will be handling our editing needs for exhibitions. Pauline Goldsmith has become our new exhibition coordinator.

Our exhibition Tamiami Trail: In the Beginning.

Portraits of plants found along the Tamiami Trail

has a new venue.




September 21st to October 26th  2017

The Gato Building

1100 Simonton Street

Key West, FL 33040

Our Encounters: Friend or Foe? exhibition has a new venue.

Hope all our friends to the south will see it.


June 1st to August 31st, 2017

The Gato Building

1100 Simonton Street

Key West, FL 33040


Open daily from 9 - 5 and it’s free!


Artwork: Jedda Wong

Tamiami Trail: In the Beginning. Portraits of plants found along the Tamiami Trail.

Tropical Botanic Artists



The Glenn Hubert Library

Florida International University

North Campus. BBC

3000 NE 151 St.

Miami, FL

March 7 - May 1, 2017

Encounters: Friend or Foe?

Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery

9700 SW 328th Street, Homestead, FL 33033

March 10 - May 15, 2017


Reception & Artists Talk:

5-7 pm Saturday, March 11


Daily 9:30 am – 5:00 pm

Free Admission

The exhibition, developed at the request of Biscayne National Park staff, was sponsored in part by the Florida Keys Council of the Arts; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs; Florida Council on Arts and Culture; and private donations.