Location: Chau Chak Wing Museum, University Place, The University of Sydney
The Ceramics Study Group (CSG) invites TAASA members for a guided tour of the exhibition 'Villages and Empires: Ancient Cultures of the Middle East at the Chau Chak Wing Museum' (CCWM). The tour will be conducted by Paul Donnelly, Deputy Director of the CCWM and is for TAASA members only.
Replacement for Lecture 5 in The Arts of India series
Date: 1 July 2024
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Location: Online via Zoom
At the present moment India’s indigenous and regional artists (often termed ‘Adivasi’ and ‘folk artists’) are forging a new place in contemporary platforms in India and around the world.
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
Carole Douglas began working with Aari artisans in Gujarat almost 30 years ago. In this illustrated talk, and using actual examples, she will trace the origins of this embroidery style and offer insights into its current status both as a ‘folk' art and as a high end fashion statement.
Roland Fletcher, Professor of Theoretical and World Archaeology, University of Sydney
Date: 22 July 2024
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Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
In the mid-1990s I was given a copy of the radar image of the Angkor region taken from the Space Shuttle which decisively showed the actual, vast urban extent of Angkor. The Greater Angkor Project has been an international, collaborative and interdisciplinary program to study that settlement.
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
This half day symposium organised by the TAASA NSW Ceramic Study Group on the beauty and utility of East Asian tea wares will explore how the rich variety of ceramic tea wares has developed over time in response to different and evolving tea drinking traditions in China and Japan.
TAASA in partnership with the Adelaide Society of Collectors invites you to a lecture by Dr Susan Scollay
Date: 22 August 2024
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Location: Adelaide
This illustrated talk highlights two historic oriental carpets that have their origins in the Islamic world but have found their way to Europe and then to Australia. Each has an established provenance and an extremely interesting life story.
