CALENDAR OF EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS

2009:

‘Lifted’ exhibition at the Institute of Cute.
52 Jonson Street, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia

The Melbourne Flower and Garden Show – April 1 to 5
Two locations:
1. Jane Davenport PopUp Gallery: The Gallery features prints and works on canvas inside the Royal Exhibition Building.

2. Institute of Cute Pop-Up store
Look for the ‘Institute of Cute’ outside in the magnificent Carlton Gardens.

Sydney Royal Easter Show: April 9 to 22
Institute of Cute Pop-Up store
Jane will be speaking on the Horticulture stage about setting up your own ‘Pesticide Free Zone’! WOW! It’s Australia’s biggest event!

The Leafmore Gardening School: June 3 and 4
Jane delivers three lectures:
Frogology - the importance of a frog-friendly garden;
The Garden Guardians - identifying and attracting good bugs to your garden.
Artomology: The art of photography in the garden

Melbourne Royal Show : September 17 to 27
Institute of Cute Pop-Up store.
Winner of Best Commercial stand!

2008

January 1st ‘ : the Institute of Cute opens in Byron Bay!

Sydney Royal Easter Show: March

Frogology Travelling exhibition at the Horticulture Pavillion.
Become a Frogologist as you wander amongst grand-champion dahlias, bonsai and floral artistry! Jane will be speaking on the Horticulture stage throughout the show about beneficial insects.

Perth Zoo: April 1st to June 30th
Blink: and You’ll Miss it.
A biodiverse photographic Exhibition at the Perth Zoo

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show: April 2nd to 6th
Institute of Cute Pop-Up store
Carlton Gardens Melbourne.
Enjoy ‘Frogology’ at Australia’s answer to the Chelsea Flower Show!

ABC Gardening Australia Live, Brisbane: April 18 to 20
Institute of Cute Pop-Up store.

Bangalow Gardening Club: 10th May, 1pm
Jane was the invited guest and spoke about the Garden Guardians.

FEHVA – Visual Arts Festival
May 24 and 25 Artomology Workshop at Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay.
As part of this year’s’ FEHVA Festival of Visual Arts Jane Davenport will be conducting a 2 day photographic workshop titled’ Capturing the Small Life’
 –the workshop will include a field trip into the Byron Shire Wetlands.
May 16 to 31st
On The Verge Exhibition: Wayward Gallery, Byron Bay
New works from Jane Davenport as part of FEHVA Festival.
Jane finds incredible, saturated beauty, both harmonious and ragged, in ignored spaces. She has been investigating the peripheral edges of our existence for years; verges, nature strips, vacant blocks all host their own micro habitats and Jane has been collecting images of the life that comes and goes on the fringe.
The resultant body of work is titled ‘On the Verge’ and the it urges the viewer to connect with nature, and forms a document of vanishing places. Vacant blocks don’t stay that way for long, and at the tiny scale Jane works at, even a simple mowing, transforms everything. “I find being able to watch these small pockets of the world recover and stagger forward, empowering. It gives me hope in the face of growing worldwide environmental calamity.” says Jane.
” I make images to express wonder, love and hope for the world. In creating my work, I can explore nature, and bring it back to a scale that is digestible to me. Beauty is regenerative and inspires optimism.” says Jane

May 31st
 Theme: The art of digital capture.
Guest speakers: Jane Davenport and Robert Iolini
Interviewer: Michael Sharmon (Bay FM)
Two artists using the medium of digital capture talk about their prey
One stalks ‘bugjects’ the other tracks down ‘the wild side’ of cities.

June 1st
Expanding the Canvas: panel discussion
Ken Done, Reg Mombassa and Jane Davenport

Gardening Australia Live, Sydney – Sept 18 to 28
Institute of Cute Pop-Up store.

Carnival of Flowers, Toowoomba: Sept 19 to 21
Frogology Exhibition
Institute of Cute Pop-Up store.

2007

Clifton School of Arts - January 6th to 14th
Love & DevOcean GALLERY EXHIBIT

Festival of Flowers -  Feb 8th to 16th
Christchurch, New Zealand.
Join us in the Garden City in the world renowned Christchurch Botanic Gardens for the launch of ‘The Garden Guardians’ Artomological Adventure.
during the Festival of Flowers!.
The Archery Lawn, Christchurch Botanic Gardens 
Daily 10 to 6

National Rhododendron Gardens – March 23rd to April 10th.
Ladybird , Ladybird Travelling exhibition
The Ladybirds are landing in this national treasure!
The gardens will be alive with Easter celebration, flowers and ladybird fun.

The Melbourne Flower and Garden Show – March 28th to April 1st
The Garden Guardians Travelling Exhibition
Institute of Cute Pop-Up store.
Australia’s Chelsea Flower Show is hosting the first Australian exhibition of ‘The Garden Guardians’. Enjoy 5 days of fabulous garden inspiration!

The Perth Zoo - April 1st to June 30th
Frogology
The exhibition’s primary focus is to inspire 1,000,000 people to become ‘Frogologists’ and dedicate part of their own backyards to creating valuable frog habitat and join into frog conservation projects. Proceeds raised from ‘Frogology’ are to be directed to essential frog preservation and conservation projects in Australia. The Frogs need your help – don’t let them croak!

World Environment Day - June 10th
Byron Bay Wetlands
The Garden Guardians travelling exhibition.

Nambour Garden Expo – July 6th to 8th
Garden Guardians Travelling Exhibition
Institute of Cute Pop-Up store.

Gardening Australia Live, Sydney – August 24th to 26th
Institute of Cute Pop-Up store.

The Kings Park Wildflower Festival - September 1st to October 1st
The Garden Guardians Travelling Exhibition
and
Shutterbug Photography Workshop with Jane Davenport

Melbourne Royal Show : September 21 to 29
Institute of Cute Pop-Up store.

Horticultural Media Awards.
Jane presented with an Image Laurel at the

The Ellerslie Flower Show - Nov 14th to 18th
The Garden Guardians Travelling Exhibition
Institute of Cute Pop-Up store.

Ladybird,Ladybird Installation
The Hunter Valley Gardens
Polkolbin, Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia

LadybirDelicious Exhibition
at THE WILDERNESS GALLERY,  Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.
Satisfy your visual appetite at Australia’s largest private photographic art gallery.
www.cradlemountainchateau.com.au

2006

National Botanic Gardens,Canberra
 – January 10th to 30th
‘Ladybird, ladybird’ Travelling Exhibition

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, Carlton Gardens”Ladybird, ladybird’ Travelling Exhibition
5th to 9th April
Perth Garden Week, Perry Lakes – 
Friday 28th April to 3rd May.
‘Ladybird, ladybird’ Travelling Exhibition

What’s the Buzz? Installation

A brandnew Artomological 
Adventure by Jane Davenport
at the Perth Zoo

May 15th to June 31st

Ladybird’s picnic
, Eden Gardens - 
Lane Cove
May 6 to 7
“Ladybird, ladybird’ Travelling Exhibition

Childrens Book Expo, 
Book Signing
 – Darling Harbour
Sydney May 4th to 7th
Brisbane Garden Show , Book Signing
18th May to 21st May

Garten de Shmetterlinge Butterfly Garden At Sayn Castle ,
June 29th to July 31st
“Ladybird, ladybird’ Travelling Exhibition@ the WORLD CUP
, Germany

PhotoShop Workshop
, Horticulture Media Association,
Brisbane
 August 12 and 13
Gardening Australia Live, Sydney, 

August 25th to 26th

“Ladybird, ladybird’ Travelling Exhibition
Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers
September 1th to 17th.

Melbourne Gardening Australia Show
Book Signing, October 6th to 8th.

“Ladybird, ladybird’ Travelling Exhibition
Ellerslie Flower and Garden Show
Aukland, New Zealand – November 15th to 19th
Eden at Byron
Book Launch
December 9th 11am

2005

USA TOUR
APRIL
The Ladybird Chronicles Travelling Exhibition
Ladybird johnson Wildflower Centre
Austin Texas
May 14th to April 20th

The Ladybird Chronicles
May 26th to June 25th
,
San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco, California
The Ladybird Chronicles 
July 1st to 5th
The Butterfly Place,
Branson, 
MISSOURI
www.butterflyplace.com

The Ladybird Chronicles 
July 9th to 22nd
’
The Outdoor Campus
Sioux Falls,
SOUTH DAKOTA www.outdoorcampus.org

AUGUST
The Ladybird Chronicles 
July 28th to August 4th
The Butterfly House  
Put In Bay, 
OHIO,

The Ladybird Chronicles
August 10th to 29th
The Como Zoo
, St Paul, 
MINNESOTA

SEPTEMBER
Sydney In Bloom
September 21st to 25th
NEW EXHIBITION PREMIER!
My Sony Members Event
Hunter Valley Gardens, September