List of BASA Grant Projects
In Progress
Anna Voytsekhovich
Connections: Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub
Awarded August 2025
The aim of this project is:
To celebrate and raise awareness of the critically endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub (ESBS), a unique ecological community of Sydney’s coastline. Over 12 months, the artist will create a body of highly detailed botanical artworks that capture both the character of individual species and their intricate symbiosis within the ecosystem. By painting and exhibiting these works, the project aims to draw public attention to the urgent issues of conservation, regeneration, and the interdependence of native flora.
Janice Hughes
in collaboration with Wayne Wilson, Glen Davis Community Association; Judy Laverty, Capertee Landcare; Annie Smith, artist, GDCA; Dr Peter Cuneo, consultant botanist
Botanical Illustrations of the Glen Davis Reserve, Capertee Valley and Surrounds
Awarded August 2025
The aim of this project is:
To foster interest in native species and conservation in the Capertee Valley through botanical art. There will be a botanical art workshop, an exhibition of botanical artworks specific to the Glen Davis Reserve, and a booklet of artwork with additional information from a number of sources. This will include Local Land Services, the North East Wiradjuri Company, the Capertee Valley Landcare Group and consultant botanist Dr Peter Cuneo. These activities will be in the Glen Davis Community Hall to maximise community focus and highlight the role of botanical art in raising awareness of local habitat, its protection and its beauty.
Joanna Thomas and Florence Joly
in collaboration with Cathy Coutts
Teaching Botanical Art
Awarded August 2025
The aim of this project is:
To promote Botanical Art to a Brisbane audience by beginning to offer beginner classes in graphite and colour pencil. We are then looking to connect them to the Brisbane Botanical Artists and BASA, and grow both of these groups. We see this grant as a starting point, before we begin offering more specialised classes in different media, with additional teachers.
Liz Hoese, Judith Klineberg, Julia Lord and Tanya Hoolihan
Grown in Friendship - An A-Z Field Guide of Plants Growing in the Edogawa Gardens
Awarded August 2024
The aim of this project is:
To produce an informative booklet to be used by visitors to the Edogawa Japanese Gardens to showcase botanical art and the plants of the Gardens to a wide audience. This booklet will contribute to celebrations for the 25th Anniversary of the Gosford Regional Gallery. The original artworks will also be exhibited.
Completed
Georgina Gould-Hardwick
Encapsulated
Awarded July 2023
The aim of this project is:
To immerse the observer in the beauty and curiosity of our local native seeds, as well as inform the community about the importance of seed preservation and seed banks. Artworks will be created using coloured pencil to illustrate a selection of magnificent seeds from Seeding Victoria's collection. Approximately 12 artworks will be produced, of varying sizes. Each work will be created to capture visual details that are both fascinating, and true to the characteristics of each species.
Dolores Skowronski-Malloni
Endemic Grevilleas of the Grampians / Gariwerd region in Victoria
Awarded November 2022
The aim of this project is:
To create a collection of botanical illustrations of 8 Grevillea species endemic to the Grampians / Gariwerd region in Victoria, including the endangered Grevillea gariwerdensis. The original artworks and digital images will be donated to the Wildlife Art Museum of Australia (WAMA) being established in the Grampians. The project will raise the public's awareness of the beauty and botanical value of endemic plants, and support WAMA's vision to combine art and nature. The illustrations will be available for WAMA to engage