Call for Entries
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
Botanical Art Society Community Meet 2024
Organised in collaboration with Overjoyed Art Store
Date: Saturday, 23 March 2024
Time: 9.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: Overjoyed Art Store @ Marymount
Address : 41 Jln Pemimpin, #01-03 Kong Beng Industrial Building, Singapore-577186
Nearest MRT Stations: Marymount and Bishan
*Limited to 20 BASS Members only
*No fee
Join us for a unique exploration of color selection for botanical art at this Community Meet organised in collaboration with Overjoyed Art Store.
Renowned botanical artist Teo Nam Siang (@nam_siang) will be sharing insights on selecting colours and creating swatches of nature-inspired hues. Live plants and fresh flowers will be made available for inspiration by Planthings and The Daily Blooms.
Dont miss this great opportunity to try out top quality Schmincke - HORADAM® AQUARELL watercolours chosen from their 140-color dot card!
Please note: this is not a workshop but a community meet for color swatching, selection, and discovery.
Participants are required to bring their own brushes, with watercolor paper, paint and water being provided.
Plants and flowers provided for inspiration will be available for sale if anyone is interested in taking them home.
About Overjoyed Art Store
Overjoyed Art Store is a prominent supporter of artists and creators in Singapore and they provide opportunities for the community of art lovers to come together via workshops, talks, shows and more.
Guided Tour: Centre for Ethnobotany & Ethnobotany Garden
Date: Saturday, 2nd March, 2024
Time: 10-11 .30AM
Venue: Centre for Ethnobotany, SBG
*For Members Only
*No entry fee
Are you still searching for a plant for BAW? Join us for this tour and learn about some plants that are eligible for the exhibition. Dr Louise Neo will give a guided tour and Dr Michele Rodda will be on hand to help answer any questions.
Botanical Artists Meetup
Date: Sunday, 25th February, 2024
Time: 10-11 .30AM
Venue: Botanical Art Gallery, 7 Gallop Rd, Singapore 258965
*For Members Only
*No entry fee
Join us to meet botanical artists from Korea who are visiting Singapore. We will tour the Botanical Art Gallery and have a casual sharing session.
No reservation needed - just meet up at the Gallery
Past Activities
Curator’s Tour of ‘Capturing Nature’
An exhibition on nature printing
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2023
Time: 10-11 AM
Venue: Botanical Art Gallery, 7 Gallop Rd, Singapore 258965
*For Members Only
*No entry fee
Join fellow BASS members for a guided in-person tour of the ongoing show Capturing Nature, an exhibition on Nature Printing at the Botanical Art Gallery, Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Led by Dr Michele Rodda, curator of the show, participants will get to see various objects mainly from Europe, but also India, Japan, New Zealand and Southeast Asia, dating from 1748 to the present.The earliest precursor to photography, Nature Printing is the practice of taking impressions directly or indirectly from the surface of natural objects such as leaves, flowering plants, ferns, seaweed, snakeskin, and more, to produce an image on paper or cloth.
Postcard Exchange
Deadline to register: 15 Nov 2023, 6pm SG Time
*For Members Only
*No entry fee
The Botanical Art Postcard Exchange is a way to motivate fellow members to create and share an original painting or sketch in botanical art style. You get to keep the original artwork sent to you by your postcard partner and it is a great and informal way to learn about a technique, composition or medium!
Register your name to participate in this activity now.
We will pair you with a fellow BASS member as your postcard partner after the registration closes.
The postcard must be an original artwork done by you in the medium of your choice, in postcard size art paper (4in. by 6in.). You must send original artwork via post (not a print or photocopy).
This is an informal, fun activity - so please just have fun with your artwork!!
Mailing deadline: 31 Dec 2023
June, 2021: Virtual Tour of SBG Botanical Art Museum
