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| On March 28, 2007, UK artist Pollyanna Pickering and her daughter/manager Anna-Louise Pickering departed for Bhutan sketch and paint the rare flora and fauna of this largely undisturbed region of the Himalayas.
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| Honorary Degree for Pollyanna |
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The University of Derby have conferred the honorary degree of master of the University on Pollyanna during their 2008 graduation ceremonies.
Pollyanna attended the ceremony held in the assembly rooms at Derby, and donned a cap and gown to join the faculty and distinguished guests onstage, including the Vice Chancellor of the University Professor John Coyne and john bather the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire. Professor Michael Gunn, Pro Vic Chancellor of the University delivered a commendation outlining Pollyanna's achievements in her chosen field, finishing with the announcement "In recognition of her remarkable achievements as a wildlife artist par excellence and business woman, and for her sustained charitable work to protect wildlife the University of Derby academic board is delighted to confer the Honorary Degree of master of the University upon Pollyanna Pickering". Pollyanna was then congratulated by the Pro Chancellor Dianne Jeffrey who presented the honorary degree. Pollyanna then made a brief speech thanking the university, and speaking briefly about some of the highlights of her career.
Following the ceremony the university faculty, distinguished guests and other honorands processed through Derby City Centre accompanied for a Thanksgiving Service in Derby Cathedral, followed by a lunch hosted by the Mayor of Derby in the Mayor's Parlour.
"It is wonderful to have had my work as an artist recognised in this way" Pollyanna said "and I feel very honoured – but also something of a fraud being rewarded for doing something I love! I was very special for me to attend a graduation ceremony – when I attended art college in London, art was not recognised with a degree as the examining boards could not agree a criteria to judge and mark the artwork, so although I completed with distinction, I was awarded a national diploma – within a couple years after I left the course gained degree status!"
Pollyanna is now entitled to use the letters HonMUniv after her name.
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