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Botanical Art Worldwide - Basic Principles 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 theme is designed to draw attention to the vast variety of food and useful plants available, in contrast with the relatively few varieties currently used in mass cultivation. Plants eligible for inclusion are those cultivated for food, textiles, building, energy, and medicine BAW Central Guidelines The theme of the Exhibition in 2025 is "Crop Diversity". Eligible subject matter covers:
Every country needs to comply with the central guidelines which will be produced by the Steering Committee for Botanical Art Worldwide. These central guidelines has not yet been fully finalised - and hence not yet formalised and published . However these are coming soon and will be prominent on the Botanical Art Worldwide website when available. BAW International Exhibition The International Exhibition is going to be digital/virtual and will be available online to everybody around the world and remain on view during May 2025. (To be honest, I've always thought that the point of going digital is you can remain online - as indeed all the historical art does in the various collections / major projects relating to past botanical artwork and illustrations. Maybe it's an issue of expense? There again YouTube is forever if you so choose.) Overall Goals Artists around the world are working on this project to: Components of the BAW Project 2025 BASIC PRINCIPLES of how it will work in every country - as agreed by the Steering Committee.
Participating Countries If your botanical art organisation / botanical garden / museum wants to participate - and your country is not already participating (see list below) - you should
The following are all the participating countries - to date. I expect more will join.
You can see everything that happened around the world on one page on my website - see ARCHIVE: World Wide Exhibition of Botanical Art 2018. It includes a number of images and videos. I will be setting up a similar page for Botanical Art Worldwide 2025 on this website very soon. Country Guidelines / Exhibition Each participating country has a Steering Committee who are organising the country contribution to the International Exhibition.
Within their own country, each country can choose to have as many artworks as they like in a physical exhibition in the country - depending on the space available. Each country can organise additional lectures, webinars, workshops, demonstrations, and other public programming - during the dates agreed for the opening and closing of the exhibition in that country. Botanical Art Worldwide in the UK (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)In the UK the contribution to Botanical Art Worldwide is SPLIT - as it was in 2018 - between:
Below you can find out more about
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Organisers The UK (excluding Scotland) Exhibition is being organised by The Association of Botanical Artists, which is coordinating and collaborating with :
The Scottish Exhibition will be organised by the Scottish Society of Botanical Artists (SSBA) Who can participate?
What are the criteria for artwork and entry? There are a LOT of very detailed criteria for any entries you may wish to submit. These are detailed in the Artist's Information Pack for the UK (excluding Scotland) Exhibition. Note that your artwork, if selected for the exhibition can be sold if you choose and no commission will be charged. In brief, critical criteria include
Submission of Entries There's lots of time to prepare artwork - more than a year!
How to Register your Interest Complete this form to register your interest in participating in this exhibition. This will also help the UK Committee to keep you informed of developments. BELOW is the YouTube version of the recent Webinar about BAW 2025 - with Carol Woodin and Martin Allen - about BAW generally and in the UK specifically. You will find it very useful!
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