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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

    Content:

  • 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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