“Charting the Divine Plan: The Art of Orra White Hitchcock (1796–1863)”

Until Sunday October 14 2018

Art can arise from the strangest of circumstances—as in the case of Orra White Hitchcock, one of America’s first women botanical and scientific illustrators. The wife of Edward Hitchcock, a professor of natural sciences at Amherst, Orra White Hitchcock created drawings—including images of flora and fauna, and geological strata—that were used for her husband’s publications and classroom lectures. The results, which in some instances seem to meld into pure abstraction, are visually stunning.

Venue name: American Folk Art Museum

VENUE Address: 2 Lincoln Sq New York 10023

Cross street: Columbus Ave at W 66th St

Opening hours: Tue–Thu, Sat 11:30am–7pm; Fri noon–7:30pm; Sun noon–6pmTransport: Subway: 1 to 66th St–Lincoln Ctr

Event website: http://www.folkartmuseum.org