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2024

  • SUMMER 2024/2025

    Contents:

  • SPRING

    Contents:

    News around the regions
    Members news:
    • Katharyn Allard
    • Gillian Receveur
    • Lesley Alexander
    • Sandra Morris
    • Wilma Blom
    Featured Artist - Elena Brambilla
    Spring Giveaway
    Winter Giveaway report by Lisa Dickson
    Nature Journal Exchange
    Jo Ogier - Exhibition ‘The River’s Lament’
    ‘The River’s Lament’ - a review by Lorraine Thompson
    Plants, People, Places by Erin Forsyth
    50 Ways to Improve your Lustre by Pete James
    Botanica 24 - a pictorial review
    BAWW25 update
    Workshops, courses & Events
    Down the Rabbit Hole - Internet links
    Dates for your diary
    Social evenings

  • WINTER

    Contents:

    News around the regions
    Members news:
    • Vicki Jones
    • Tracy Byatt
    • Elena Brambilla
    • Flo Pirotais
    • Lesley Alexander
    • Sandra Morris
    • Katharine Allard
    Featured Artist
    • Megan Lockwood
    Judging for Exhibitions
    Winter Giveaway
    Journal Exchange
    Úrsula Romero workshop review
    Monthly prompts
    Dissections by Jane Fitzgerald
    Book review by Sigurd Wilbanks
    Exhibition updates
    Workshops and courses
    Down the rabbit hole - Internet links
    Social evenings
    Dates for your diary

  • AUTUMN

    Contents:

    President’s AGM report 2024
    News around the regions
    Members News
    • Sandra Morris’ art residency
    Botanical art prompts
    Book reviews
    Featured artist - Gillian Receveur
    A ‘Print’ or not a ‘Print’ - Vicki Jones
    Member’s questions
    • How to fix mistakes
    • Changing composition
    Janie Pirie Talk - review by Annette Judd
    Exhibition news
    • ‘Whakaoha - Awakening’
    Internet links
    Autumn giveaway
    Workshops and classes
    • Úrsula Romero
    • Jennifer Duval-Smith
    • Sandra Morris
    Dates for your diary

2023

  • SUMMER 2023/2024

    Contents:

    News around the regions
    Members News
    • Jennifer Duval-Smith
    • Katharine Allard
    • Sandra Morris
    • Jo Ogier
    Botanical art prompts
    Book review - FLORA
    Zentangle Social Evening
    Featured Artist - Dora Baker
    Colour Swatches
    It’s all Greek (& Latin) to me
    Marie Sibylla Merian
    Internet Links
    Dates for your Diary

  • SPRING

    Contents:

    Members’ News
    Botanical Art Prompts
    News around the Regions
    Book Reviews
    Featured Artist - Janet Marshall
    Members Question
    Sir Joseph Banks Society
    Internet Links
    Dates for your Diary
    Final Words

  • WINTER

    Contents:

    A Trifecta of Botanical Exhibitions
    Featured Artist - Birgit Rhode
    News around the regions
    Members news
    Workshops, Classes and Courses
    ’Waterlilies, Wetsuits and Waders’ by Tracy Byatt
    Internet links
    Exhibition news and updates

  • AUTUMN

    Contents:

    President’s AGM report 2023
    Nancy Tichborne remembered
    Regional Update
    Member News
    Members Question
    BAWW25 Update
    Jo Ewing - Featured Artist
    Book Review - Gillian Receveur
    Kings Seeds Promotion
    ‘How To .... get Prints Made’
    For your Diaries
    Big Shoes to Fill

2022

  • SUMMER 2022/2023

    Contents:

    In Memorium - Bryan Poole
    Darfield Art Week
    Heritage Food Crop Trust
    Chinese and Western Botanical Styles
    NZ Copyright law for artists
    Brush buying advice
    Regional round-up
    Exhibiton news
    Book Review

  • SPRING

    Contents:

    Featured Artist - Lisa Dickon
    Exhibition News
    Zentangle with Suzy Abbott
    Book review
    Save the Blooms on Bastia
    Member’s favourite subject
    Welcome new members


  • WINTER

    Contents:

    Presidents AGM Report
    Featured Artist - Elizabeth Yuill Proctor
    The Story of Colour - 10 Fun Facts
    Members Q - Cards and Prints
    Members Q - Magnifiers
    A New Partnership
    Exhibition News
    Internet News

  • AUTUMN

    Contents:

    SBA Diploma - a student’s view
    The story of Colour - Vermilion
    Internet news
    Opening of ‘Botanica’ exhibition
    Book Reviews
    AGM invite

2021

  • SUMMER 2021/2022

    Content:

    Karen Bowman Atherton
    27th Annual ASBA Conference
    Story of Colour - YInMn Blue
    Artist Residency at Auck Bot Gardens
    Members Question
    Painting on Vellum Part 2
    Tips - Working with your palette
    Internet news
    Members Gallery
    Botanical Book List
    New BASNZ flags
    Exhibition - Elizabeth Yuill Proctor

  • SPRING

    Content:

    History of BASNZ
    Bee Workshop Review
    Book Review
    Members tips
    Story of Colour - paint tubes
    Flora of the Arctic Circle
    Visit to William Cowley - Vellum Maker
    Internet News
    My Botanical Book List
    BUY-SELL-EXCHANGE

  • WINTER

    Content:

    Featured Artist - Tina Grey
    The Story of Colour - Yellow
    Making Harakeke Paper
    Internet News
    BUY-SELL-EXCHANGE

  • AUTUMN

    Content:

    Upcoming Workshop - Bees with Shevaun Doherty
    Presidents Report
    Featured Artist - Tracy Byatt
    The Story of Colour - Green
    Review of the opening of ‘For the Love of Botanicals’
    Member Lisa Dickson - Solo Exhibition

2020

  • SUMMER 2020/2021

    Content:

    Hilary Robyn Adams
    Moya Deacon-Radley
    Exhibition at Hanmer Springs
    Book Reviews
    Artist in Residence
    Different media/genre?
    Prussian Blue and Naples Yellow
    Painting on Canvas
    Tips and Tricks

  • SPRING

    Content:

    Letter from our President
    Member Profile - Suzy Abbott
    The Story of Colour - Cobalt & Cobalt Violet
    Member’s Work Stations
    Book Reviews by Susan Worthington
    Exhibition News
    Finding Yourself by Michelle Watson
    Buy, Sell, Exchange
    Tutors

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    WINTER

    Content:

    Presidents Report
    Images from ‘The BIg Show of Small Works”
    Sue Worthington - Featured Artist
    The Story of Colour - French Ultramarine and Alizarin Crimson
    Favourite Palettes Shared
    Welcome our New Members



  • AUTUMN

    Content:

    Introducing our New Logo!
    AGM - President’s Report
    Featured Artist - Lesley Alexander
    ’The Natural Year’ Nature Journaling - a review
    COVID19 Lockdown Stories
    What to do in Lockdown




2019

  • SUMMER 2019/2020

    Content:

    Exhibition News - What’s Next?
    Botanica ‘19 - a review
    Mother and Son, Family Collaboration
    Review of Isik Guner’s new book
    Botany workshop review

  • SPRING

    Content:

  • WINTER

    Content:

  • AUTUMN

    Content:

    Farewell to our President
    Welcome our new Presidest
    Christchurch Group News
    What is Botanical Art?
    Botanica ‘19 News
    Book Review
    Banks, Solander & Fanny
    Websites
    Logo Competition

2018

  • SUMMER 2018/2019

    Content:

    Botanical Art Worldwide - It’s a Wrap
    Be Part of a Sketch Book Exchange
    Jess Shepherd Workshop - a Review
    Which Brush? by Dianne Sutherland
    Exhibition News

  • SPRING

    Content:

    Workshop with Dianne Sutherland
    Christchurch Group on the Move
    Kowhai Logo Competition
    ’A moment in Time’ - Suzy Abbott’s Solo Show
    Jess Shepherd workshop confirmed
    What’s coming up

  • WINTER

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  • AUTUMN

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2017

  • SPRING/SUMMER 2017

    Content:

    Letter from our President
    Colour Pencil Workshop with Tina Grey - Reveiw
    Selwyn Gallery Exhibition Review
    Nancy Titchbourne comes to Tea
    Bookbinding with Ann Gray
    2018 Exhibition - what you need to know!
    Ideas to do over Summer
    Dates for early 2018

  • WINTER

    Content:

    Avice Hill Diary
    Workshops for 2018
    Janet Marshall Solo Exhibition
    Membership News
    Interesting Internet Links
    Lesley Alexander article in ‘NZ Artist’

  • AUTUMN

    Content:

    Date for AGM 2017
    Update on annual exhibition 2017
    Update Worldwide Exhibition 2018
    Mini Workshops for 2017
    Botanical Bits and Bobs:
    Join our New Facebook Group
    Gillian Receveur in NZ Artist Magazi

2016

  • SUMMER 2016/2017

    Content:

  • SPRING

    Content:

    Dianne Sutherland Workshops
    Florilegium: Sydney’s painted garden Sketchbook workshop review
    BASNZ Annual Exhibition 2017
    Worldwide Botanical Art Exhibition 2018 BASNZ Christmas party
    Botanical Bits and Bobs

  • WINTER

    Content:

  • AUTUMN

    Contents:

    AGM Update
    Subscriptions now due
    Reminder of new BASNZ P.O. Box and Address
    Jenny Phillips Wanaka workshop – Review by Ann Clay
    Upcoming Dianne Sutherland Workshop Botanical Bits and Bobs

2015

  • SUMMER 2015/2016

    Content:

    ‘The Big Show of Little Botanical Works’ - Review
    Florilegium Update
    Vincent Jeannerot workshop - Review
    Botanical Bits and Bobs
    Avice Hill Open Day

  • SPRING

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  • WINTER

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  • AUTUMN

    Content:

    Avice Hill Crafts Festival
    Annual BASNZ Exhibition - ‘The Big Show of Little Botanical Works’
    Florilegium news
    Vincent Jeanerot workshop
    Botanical Bits and Bobs
    The Team
    AGM - Presidents Report

2014

  • SUMMER 2014/2015

    Content:

  • SPRING

    Content:

  • WINTER

    Content:

    Change in BASNZ Officer Roles
    Jenny Coker Workshop - details
    Susan Frei-Nathan Gallery
    Denise Walser-Kolar
    Isik Guner
    Spotlight on Permanent Rose

  • AUTUMN

    Content:

    10th Anniversary of BASNZ
    BASNZ Subscriptions
    New Date for Florilegium
    Jenny Coker Workshop Postponed
    Spotlight on Opera Rose
    Heidi Willis

2013

  • SUMMER 2013/2014

    Content:

    Florilegium update
    Programme for 2014
    Workshops for 2014
    Beverly Allen workshop - report by Karen Atherton

  • SPRING

    Content:

    Beverley Allen Workshop
    Florilegium update
    Intermediate Workshop
    Subscriptions

  • WINTER

    Content:

    Filoli Gardens
    NZ Alpine Garden Society Spring Show
    Canterbury Plains Florilegium update

  • AUTUMN

    Content:

    Botanical 2013 Exhibition Review
    Introductory Beginner’s Workshop
    Colour Green Workshop Review
    Gordon Harris Acrylic Demonstration
    Bits and Bobs
    AGM - April 24th 2013

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