GUEST SPEAKER - STEPHEN RYAN "THE LEGACY OF ELLIS ROWAN"

Ellis Rowan was a world-famous Australian artist who will be honoured with a public statue in Mt Macedon where she lived. Mount Macedon and District Horticultural Society has commissioned the life-size bronze sculpture of Ellis Rowan, who explored Australia and remote parts of the world hunting for wildflowers, rare plants, insects and birds to paint. Ellis was a prolific artist from the 1870s to 1922, winning the approval of botanists and the patronage of Queen Victoria. Today few people know her name.

Join the Friends at the CWA Hall in Boundary Road, East Geelong, for supper and to hear our patron Stephen Ryan talk about Ellis’s contribution to botany and the art world. You will have the opportunity to donate to the appeal for the statue honouring Ellis’s legacy. Receipted donations are tax deductible and all are welcome.

This is a Free Event, however Bookings are Essential