Selby Gardens to Present Third Annual In Dialogue With Nature: Glass in the Gardens Exhibition

SARASOTA, FL – July 29, 2020 – Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) and the Duncan McClellan Gallery (DMG) in St. Petersburg present the third annual summer glass show In Dialogue with Nature: Glass in the Gardens August 8 to September 20, 2020 at Selby Gardens’ Downtown Sarasota campus. 

“We are thrilled to welcome Duncan McClellan and his studio artists back to Selby Gardens this summer,” says Selby Gardens’ President & CEO Jennifer Rominiecki. “Members and visitors will have the opportunity to view spectacular glass art while enjoying respite in our bayfront sanctuary.”

This year, the exhibition will feature nature-inspired glass work created exclusively by Duncan McClellan and his studio artists which will be displayed in the Tropical Conservatory, the Museum of Botany & the Arts, and throughout the Gardens against a backdrop of lush flowers and plants. The botanically-themed glassworks will be for sale with a significant portion of the proceeds benefiting Selby Gardens’ mission. 

“Selby Gardens is a beautiful and complimentary location for the nature-themed glass created by the artists,” says Duncan McClellan, owner of Duncan McClellan Gallery.  “We look forward to collaborating with Selby Gardens and showcasing our work in Sarasota again this year.”

The exhibition is sponsored by Isabel Becker. For more information, contact Lynn Bates at lbates@selby.org.

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 and 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 is 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. 

For more information visit www.selby.org.