The Asian Arts Society of Australia Inc. (TAASA) provides a forum for enthusiasts and experts to share their interests in, and pursue the study of a wide range of arts from the entire Asian region.
TAASA was formed in 1991. It is a national body promoting the knowledge, appreciation and enjoyment of Asian architecture, painting, sculpture, textiles and ceramics, music, dance and film. It is also concerned with the impact of Asian art forms on the development of the arts of other cultures, including Australian.
TAASA’s activities are designed to complement those of public museums, art galleries and educational institutions. Active focus groups reflecting members' interests and inviting their involvement are based in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
For information on how to join TAASA, see the "Membership" tab above.
Gill Green
President TAASA
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A Great Birthday or Christmas Gift Idea From TAASA
Why not give a gift that keeps giving. A membership to TAASA - The Asian Arts Society of Australia.
Your gift of the TAASA Review will be delivered four times a year - what a great reminder of your friendship. As a TAASA member your friend will be notified of a wide range of events including lectures, symposia and performances, all with great opportunities to meet others interested in Asian arts and culture.
Join your friend today and we will send them a note letting them know that you have given them a TAASA membership as a very special gift for a year (Membership form)
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TAASA Committee
Gill Green • PRESIDENT
Art historian specialising in Cambodian culture
Christina Sumner • VICE PRESIDENT
Principal Curator, Design and Society, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
Ann Guild • TREASURER
Former Director of the Embroiders Guild (UK)
Dy Andreasen - SECRETARY
Has special interest in Japanese haiku and tanka poetry
Hwe i-fe’n Cheah
Lecturer, Art History, Australian National University, with an interest in needlework
Jocelyn Chey
Visiting Professor, Department of Chinese Studies, University of Sydney; former diplomat
Matt Cox
Study Room Co-ordinator, Art Gallery of New South Wales, with a particular interest in Islamic Art of Southeast Asia
Philip Courtenay
Former Professor and Rector of the Cairns Campus, James Cook University, with a special interest in Southeast Asian ceramics
Lucie Folan
Assistant Curator, Asian Art, National Gallery of Australia
Sandra Forbes
Editorial consultant with long-standing interest in South and Southeast Asian art
Josefa Green
General editor of TAASA Review. Collector of Chinese ceramics, with long-standing interest in East Asian art as student and traveller
Min-Jung Kim
Curator of Asian Arts & Design at the Powerhouse Museum
Ann Proctor
Art historian with a particular interest in Vietnam
Yukie Sato
Former Vice President of the Oriental Ceramic Society of the Philippines with wide-ranging interest in Asian art and culture
Sabrina Snow
Has a long association with the Art Gallery of New South Wales and a particular interest in the arts of China
Hon. Auditor
Rosenfeld Kant and Co
State Representatives:
Australian Capital Territory
Robyn Maxwell
Visiting Fellow in Art History, ANU;
Senior Curator of Asian Art, National Gallery of Australia Northern Territory
Northern Territory
Joanna Barrkman
Curator of Southeast Asian Art and Material Culture,
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Queensland
Queensland
Russell Storer
Curatorial Manager, Asian and Pacific Art,
Queensland Art Gallery
South Australia
James Bennett
Curator of Asian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia
Victoria
Carol Cains
Curator Asian Art, National Gallery of Victoria International
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The 14th century Japanese Negoro lacquer basin (16.5 x 33.4cm) featured to the left on our home page and other pages of the TAASA website is from the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, presented through the Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr S.Baillieu Myer, founder benefactor, 1985.
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