Recent TAASA Events

Recent Events

Below you will find a list of recent TAASA Events. To keep up to date with the latest TAASA events, please visit our TAASA Events page.

TAASA MEMBERS PREVIEW OF BONHAMS AUCTION

Date: 26 March 2025
Time: 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Bonhams Auction House Sydney
On 2 and 3 April Bonhams is offering an important collection of Chinese textiles and official ceramics, the most comprehensive survey of later Chinese textiles to come to the market in Australia. It includes more than 40 formal and informal gowns, some attributed to the Empress Dowager Cixi’s wardrobe, and countless dress accessories including fan cases, purses, collars, hats, shoes, rank badges.

From Sarong to Sari: Rabindranath Tagore and the Batik of Java

NSW Textile Study Group Event with Maria Wronska-Friend

Date: 11 March 2025
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
Following his 1927 visit to Indonesia, Rabindranath Tagore - the great Indian writer and artist - introduced the technique of Javanese batik to West Bengal. It evolved into a significant cottage industry, nowadays practised by several thousand people. The talk will be illustrated with batik saris made at Santiniketan in West Bengal.

TAASA VISIT TO APT11, QAGOMA, BRISBANE

Saturday 8 March - Sunday 9 March, 2025

Date: 8 March 2025
Time: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: QAGOMA
Seventy artists, collectives and projects from more than 30 countries will feature in this 11th iteration of the Asia Pacific Triennial at QAGOMA, Brisbane. TAASA Qld will host this weekend event designed for TAASA members from across Australia. Included will be a full day tour of the exhibition, a celebratory dinner with entertainment on Saturday evening and a specially designed seminar program for TAASA participants on Sunday morning. THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED.

MYTHICAL BEASTS AND MORE

Ceramics Study Group Event

Date: 24 February 2025
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
The representation of mythical creatures has influenced the shape and decoration of ceramics in many parts of Asia. Our panel of experts - Jackie Menzies, John Yu, Michaela Russell and Ann Proctor - will help us explore the significance of these mythical motifs.

VERGING ON MODERNITY: A RARE PAINTED BANNER FROM BURMA

Zoom Lecture by Gill Green

Date: 17 February 2025
Time: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Gill Green will present a large cloth banner painted with episodes from the Vessantara Jataka. Clearly of some age, its origin was assuredly Burmese because of its figures’ distinctive dress.

CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR – THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE

Celebrate Lunar New Year over a dinner with a modern Vietnamese twist at Tran's Restaurant in Mosman.

Date: 21 January 2025
Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Tran’s Restaurant
Join TAASA members and friends to celebrate the Year of the Snake at Tran's Vietnamese restaurant .

TAASA’S END OF YEAR PARTY

Themed 'CHINA IN AUSTRALIA'

Date: Dec 5, 2024
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre

YAYOI KUSAMA EXHIBITION NGV

Zoom Lecture by Wayne Crothers

Date: Dec 2, 2024
Location: Online via Zoom

TURKISH OYA (NEEDLELACE): A VILLAGE WOMAN’S SECRET LANGUAGE

Lecture by Frances Ergen

Date: Nov 12, 2024
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre

4A.I.: ELSEWHERE IN INDIA

Tour by Thea-Mai Baumann, Artistic Director and CEO of 4A; together with artists Murthovic and Thiruda

Date: Oct 29, 2024
Location: 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art

Tour of ‘Transformation / Henka’

A retrospective of the work of Mitsuo Shoji at the Rochfort Gallery, North Sydney

Date: Oct 22, 2024
Location: Rochfort Gallery

LEE UFAN: QUIET RESONANCE

Exhibition tour with Melanie Eastburn, Senior Curator of Asian Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales

Date: Oct 18, 2024
Location: Art Gallery of NSW

Textiles of Lombok: Revelations Over The Past 50 Years

The NSW Textile Study Group invites you to this lecture with Robyn Maxwell

Date: Oct 8, 2024
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre

TRADITIONAL KOREAN GARDENS: SYMBOLISM AND LITERATURE

Lecture by Jill Matthews, author of 'Korean Gardens: Tradition, Symbolism and Resilience'

Date: Sep 30, 2024
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre

A COLLECTION OF BURMESE LACQUER AND OTHER WORKS OF ART

An invitation to TAASA members only to a private viewing

Date: Sep 10, 2024
Location: Private Venue

A TALE OF TWO ‘PERSIAN’ CARPETS

TAASA in partnership with the Adelaide Society of Collectors invites you to a lecture by Dr Susan Scollay

Date: Aug 22, 2024
Location: Adelaide

Beauty and utility: East Asian tea wares

TAASA NSW Ceramic Study Group Invitation

Date: Aug 10, 2024
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre

THE GREATER ANGKOR PROJECT: AN OVERVIEW

Roland Fletcher, Professor of Theoretical and World Archaeology, University of Sydney

Date: Jul 22, 2024
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre

‘The Art of Aari – Keeping the Chain Intact’ with Carole Douglas

NSW Textile Study Group Invitation

Date: Jul 9, 2024
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre

INDIA’S REGIONAL ARTISTS CONFRONTING THE CONTEMPORARY CANON

Replacement for Lecture 5 in The Arts of India series

Date: Jul 1, 2024
Location: Online via Zoom

Invitation from the CSG for a Members-Only Tour of the Exhibition ‘Villages and Empires: Ancient Cultures of the Middle East’

FULLY BOOKED

Date: Jun 6, 2024
Location: Chau Chak Wing Museum, University Place, The University of Sydney

ON TRADITION: 
Contemporary Art from Indonesia

Exhibition Guided Tour with Elly Kent

Date: Jun 4, 2024
Location: Delmar Gallery

Maharaja Portraits and Painted Photography: Towards an Aesthetics of Dissonance

The Arts of India Zoom Series

Date: Jun 3, 2024
Location: Online via Zoom

‘INTERWOVEN JOURNEYS: The Michael Abbott Collections of Asian Art’

Plus TAASA AGM and BOOK SALE

Date: May 23, 2024
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre

Lao Textiles: Contemporary Developments and Change

Date: May 14, 2024
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre

Maharani Gayatri Devi: Abiding Symbol of a Bygone Age

The Arts of India Zoom Series

Date: May 6, 2024
Location: Online via Zoom

Jain Pilgrimage Art: New Perspectives

The Arts of India Zoom Series

Date: Apr 8, 2024
Location: Online via Zoom

Porcelain Renaissance: Sin-Ying Ho’s ‘New Export China’

Zoom Lecture with Alex Burchmore

Date: Mar 18, 2024
Location: Online via Zoom

Colours of Nations: the 3rd Biennale of Natural Dyes

Presented by Liz Williamson to the Textile Study Group

Date: Mar 12, 2024
Location: National Trust Centre

The Life of the Buddha through Gandharan Art

The Arts of India Zoom Series

Date: Mar 4, 2024
Location: Online via Zoom

Celebrate Lunar New Year with TAASA

Date: Feb 15, 2024
Location: Palace Restaurant

Tour of Asian Collection Highlights

Date: Feb 2, 2024
Location: Powerhouse Museum

AN INVITATION FROM TAASA to OUR END OF YEAR PARTY

Date: Dec 7, 2023
Location: Korean Cultural Centre

Japan and Indonesia: Four Centuries of Textile Exchange

by Dr. Maria Wronska-Friend

Date: Nov 14, 2023
Location: National Trust Centre

LIVING WITH TEXTILES

with Christina Sumner

Date: Sep 12, 2023
Location: Private Venue

EXHIBITION GUIDED TOUR

brick, vase, clay, cup, jug

Date: Aug 22, 2023
Location: Art Gallery of NSW

EXHIBITION GUIDED TOUR

Chinese Toggles

Date: Aug 3, 2023
Location: Chau Chak Wing Museum, University Place, The University of Sydney

SACRED SITES OF ASIA 5

Potala: The Sacred Palace of Tibet

Date: Jul 17, 2023
Location: Online via Zoom

THE SUZANI ENIGMA

with Ross Langlands

Date: Jul 11, 2023
Location: Nomadic Rug Traders

INVITATION TO A TOUR OF ASIAN ART

in the North Building Building, AGNS, with Senior Curator Melanie Eastburn

Date: Jun 20, 2023
Location: Art Gallery of NSW

SACRED SITES OF ASIA 4

Feminine Power and Masculine Desire in the Yogini Temples of India

Date: Jun 5, 2023
Location: Online via Zoom

‘MY LATEST BOOK’ PLUS TAASA AGM AND BOOK SALE

Three authors present their latest publications.

Date: May 31, 2023
Location: National Trust Centre

CREATION THROUGH TRADITION

Japanese Textile Design and Techniques

Date: May 11, 2023
Location: Masuda Gallery, Space 145

SACRED SITES OF ASIA 3

The Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar

Date: May 1, 2023
Location: Online via Zoom

SACRED SITES OF ASIA

A Series of Monthly Zoom Lectures

Date: May 1, 2023
Location: Online via Zoom

A KOREAN CERAMIC COLLECTION

Date: Apr 20, 2023
Location: Private home

SACRED SITES OF ASIA 2

Borobudur: Texts and Images

Date: Apr 3, 2023
Location: Online via Zoom

TÜRKIYE’S RICH HERITAGE

Date: Mar 27, 2023
Location: Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts

SACRED SITES OF ASIA 1

The Origins of the Temple of the Golden Pavilion: The Kitayama Temple-Palace Complex in 14th-century Kyoto

Date: Mar 6, 2023
Location: Online via Zoom

Indian Contemporary Textiles

Artisan Handmade Textiles with Liz Williamson

Date: Mar 3, 2023
Location: National Trust Centre
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