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Workshops and Lectures

  • Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota, Florida. Botanical Art Workshops. March 1999 to present
  • Plantalia Botanical Art Workshops, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2002, 2005
  • Om Art Workshops @ Studio 64. Botanical Watercolor and Drawing Workshops
    in New York City, 1998 to present
  • OM Art Workshop @ Sunnyside Studio, Botanical Watercolor and Drawing Workshops in Sarasota, FL, 2002 to present
  • Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont. Botanical Watercolor Workshops. August 1999, 2000, 2001.
  • New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.
    Botanical Art Class "Wonderful Watercolors." 1999, 2000, 2001

Art Invention/Books

  • 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

  • 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

  • American Society of Botanical Artists
  • Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
  • The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

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.