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Workshops and Lectures

  • Academy of Botanical Art Distance Learning Program with National and International students, 2006 to present.
  • Botanical Art Workshops, Academy of Botanical Art @ Arboretum, University Kentucky, Lexington, KY) 2008-present.
  • Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota, Florida. Botanical Art Workshops. March 1999 to present.
  • Botanical Drawing & Watercolor Classes, Marie Selby Botanical Garden, Sarasota, FL 2005 to present
  • Botanical Art Courses, Academy of Botanical Art, (New York, NY, Sarasota, FL, Bradenton, FL) 2002 to present.
  • Plantalia Botanical Art Workshops, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2002, 2005.
  • OM Art Botanical Workshops @ Studio 64 to 2001; Studio 74 2002-6; Studio 77 2007-9 in New York City.
  • OM Art Botanical Workshops @ Sunnyside Studio 20, in Sarasota, FL, 2002 to present.
  • Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont. Botanical Watercolor Workshops. August 1999, 2000, 2001.
  • "Wonderful Watercolors" at the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York 1999, 2000, 2001.
  • Botanical Drawing & Watercolor Classes @ Studio 101, White Plains, NY, 1996-2001.

Art Invention/Books

  • Author of “Ten Steps Course Paks #s 1-12, plus #3A and #17”
  • Publisher of Paks #14-16
  • Author of “Ten Steps – A Course in Botanical Art, Volumes 1-10.”
  • Designer of "Perplexi™" The Artist’s Portable Perspective Drawing Tool.
  • Designer of “His Grace Lives On – The Last Darshan Talks” a book by Kirpal Singh.

In addition to her original art, Olivia is a
writer and teacher.

Olivia Braida

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Second Prize. Watercolor. Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida. Juried. 2009
  • First Prize. Graphite. Women’s Club of White Plains. White Plains, New York. Juried. 2001
  • Second Prize. Watercolor. Women’s Club of White Plains. White Plains, New York. Juried. 2001
  • One of Eight Selected for a “Special Tribute to the Arts” in New York.  Krasdale Gallery, White Plains, NY 1999
  • First Prize. Watercolor, Women’s club of White Plains Juried Exhibition (White Plains, NY) 1998
  • First Prize. Overall. 15th Annual Juried Art Exhibition. Fine Arts Museum of Long Island. Hempstead, New York. 1997
  • Third Prize. Watercolor. Women’s Club of White Plains. White Plains, New York. Juried. 1997
  • Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award. SBA & The Westchester Assn of Women Owned Businesses. 1989.
  • Six Business of the Year Awards from the SBA and The Westchester Cty Chamber of Commerce. 1986 -1991.

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Memberships

  • Florida Society of Botanical Artists
  • American Society of Botanical Artists
  • Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
  • The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
  • Florida Watercolor Society
  • Colored Pencil Society of America
  • Art Center Sarasota

Education

  • New York Botanical Garden - Botanical Art & Illustration Certificate Program. Graduate.
  • Institute for Children’s Literature - Certificate Program in Writing for Children. Graduate.
  • Empire State College, State University of New York - BS in Business, Art, & Writing. Graduate.
  • Berkeley Business College, New York. Graduate.