4th Annual General Meeting
Date: 24 Sep 2023
Time: 2:30-4:30 PM
Type: In person
*For Members Only
We will be holding our 4th AGM this year and it will be an opportunity for members to participate in the usual business matters to be dealt with such as review of Annual Report and Financial Statements.
You can find out what has been achieved over the past year and know more about upcoming activities and plans. Also we will be holding elections for all office bearers and executive committee positions during this AGM.
Program Details:
Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements 2022–2023
Election of Office Bearers
Election of Executive Committee Members
Appointment of Auditor
Vote on proposed Amendments to Constitution
Luck draw
Close of meeting
Please check your email for all the details. Please RSVP now!
Trees of the World 2023 Ornaments
Submissions are now open!!
Deadline: 15 Oct 2023, 2359h SG Time
*For Members Only
*No entry fee
We will be participating in Trees of the World again this year which will be the 4th year of participation and we are thrilled to announce the theme for 2023. This event is held every year in which donors, community groups and partners decorate more than 200 trees which are lit up for the Christmas and New Year festivities.
We will make hanging card ornaments from the botanical artworks submitted by members.
Read about the event on Singapore Botanic Gardens website.
You can submit any artwork of orchids or other red or yellow flowers only.
Please check the email with requirements of the artwork, the main deadlines and the terms and conditions.
Exhibition: From May 2025
Co-organiser: NParks
Venue: Botanical Art Gallery, Singapore Botanic Gardens
Deadline for Entries: 1 November 2024, 2359 Hours (Singapore time)
For members of BASS only!
We are excited to announce that Singapore will be participating in the second Botanical Art Worldwide (BAW) to be held in 2025.
As part of Singapore's entry, a juried exhibition will be co-organized by Botanical Art Society (Singapore) and NParks in May 2025 at the Botanical Art Gallery, Singapore Botanic Gardens.
We invite you to participate in this international event and have a chance to exhibit your art at the UNESCO World Heritage Site designated Singapore Botanic Gardens
Theme of BAW 2025
The second Botanical Art Worldwide project will focus on and celebrate biodiversity in the crops that have been closely associated with the human species over thousands of years.
The main theme for BAW 2025 is ‘Crop Diversity’
The eligible subjects should fall within one of the three categories listed below:
Heritage plant cultivars developed by traditional means (selection, hybridization, and propagation)
Crop wild relatives
Ancient heritage crops being brought back into cultivation
Find out more about Botanical Art Worldwide on their website: https://www.botanicalartworldwide.info/
Check out the Call for Entries to the Singapore Exhibition to learn more about
the eligibility criteria
entry fee
important dates
and other terms
Woodlands Botanical Garden 2024 Calendar
Submissions are now open!!
Deadline: 31 July 2023, 2359h SG Time
*For Members Only
*No entry fee
We will be producing a 2024 calendar for Woodlands Botanical Garden and we invite artists to submit paintings of red or yellow flowers found in their garden.
You can check the catalogue of their flora at https://woodlandsbotanicalgarden.com/plant-catalogue/
Please read the CFE document carefully to understand the requirements of the artwork, the main deadlines and the terms and conditions.
Orchid Extravaganza
Upcoming exhibition at Gardens by the Bay
Artwork submission deadline: 1 June, 2023, 2359h SG Time
*For Members Only
*Entry fee required
A collaboration between BASS and GBB - have your artwork exhibited during an upcoming show in the Flower Dome: ‘Orchid Extravaganza - Orchids of the East Tropics.’
The show is inspired by historical botanical exploration and Victorian-era interest in the orchids of tropical Asia. Artwork chosen for the exhibition will be shown as prints amongst the orchids (perfect for our overseas members).
Guided Tour of Tropical Forest Sceneries
Exhibition at Botanical Art Gallery, SBG
Date: Saturday, 13th May, 2023
Time: 10-11am
Venue: Botanical Art Gallery, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Gallop Extension
Open to BASS members only!
Join fellow members for a guided tour of the ongoing exhibition on Singapore's changing forest sceneries with displays of a vast range of artefacts, from books, maps, drawings, paintings and photographs to herbarium specimens of seeds and fruits.
Read more about the exhibition here: https://www.nparks.gov.sg/activities/events-and-workshops/2023/3/sbg-tropical-forest-sceneries-2023
Sketching Meet-Up
Date: Saturday, 15th April, 2023
Time: 9-11am
Venue: The World of Plants @ Gardens By The Bay, 18 Marina Gardens Dr, Singapore 018953
Open to BASS members only!
Join fellow BASS members for a leisurely morning amidst the lush canopy of tropical trees at the World of Plants garden.
Observe and sketch the diverse flora with an informal and friendly group of botanical art enthusiasts!
Read more about the venue: https://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/en/things-to-do/attractions/world-of-plants.html