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TAASA Members ’ Diary
June - August 2010
TAASA NSW Events
NSW Textile Study Group
The Study group meets on the second Wednesday of the month from 6.00 till 8.00 pm at the Briefing Room, Powerhouse Museum.
9 June: Carole Douglas on embroidery from Kutch.
28 July: Terry Bisley and Sue-ann Smiles on Lotus stem weaving in Myanmar.
No meeting in August.
Further information: Gill Green at gillians@ozemail.com.au or (02) 9331 1810.
TAASA QUEENSLAND EVENTS
Exhibition floor talk on Batik of Java:
Poetics and Politics
Thursday 8 July, 2010
Members are invited to visit the Caloundra Regional Art Gallery at 22 Omrah Avenue, where Maria Friend (curator) and Greg Roberts (collector) will present a floor talk on this exhibition of 23 outstanding batiks from the north coast of Java and a series of paintings “Batik Has Been Burnt” by famous Indonesian born artist Dadang Christanto. (see pp 22-23 of the June issue)
Talk on Hmong costume art
Saturday 14th August
Maria Friend will give a talk on Hmong Costume Art in the QAG lecture theatre. Members of the local Hmong community, originally from Laos, will attend to present some of their costumes.
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Detail of man’s ikat sarong, Trengganu, Malaysia c.1900.
Woman’s embroidered dress, Afghanistan 1965-75
Ceremonial textile, Toraja people, Celebes (Indonesia) c.1900-1920
Palempore, Made for Export Market, India C. 1800
Collection Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
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