by Juliet Batten | 23, Nov, 2023 | Seasons Newsletter
Summer solstice, te maruaroa o Hine Raumati, is approaching. The longest day will be here on December 22nd. Is it on your calendar? Is it in your awareness? Why am I drawing your attention to summer solstice? This, the most glorious festival of... 
by Juliet Batten | 13, Nov, 2023 | Art in nature
INNER CHANNELS – 1 21/12/81 Feminism had opened up an inquiry into the inner channels of my reproductive system. I painted ovaries and fallopian tubes and charted my menstrual cycle through daily temperature readings, to determine the moment of... 
by Juliet Batten | 25, Oct, 2023 | Seasons Newsletter
I was surprised. She didn’t want to be Persephone in the school play. I thought all the girls would have lusted after the part of the maiden, dancing with her friends amidst the spring flowers, her head crowned with a ring of blossoms. But not... 
by Juliet Batten | 2, Oct, 2023 | Art in nature
INTRODUCTION TO THE ART IN NATURE BLOG Working with nature: elemental artworks by Juliet Batten I am creating this thread in order to document and honour the artworks I created in nature from the late 1970s onward. At the time, much of this work... 
by Juliet Batten | 21, Sep, 2023 | Uncategorized
Have you heard how sweet and clear the bird song is now — especially in the mornings? Birds are busy mating and nesting as spring equinox approaches on September 23. The pīpīwharauroa has returned from its winter pilgrimage, singing ‘Kui,...