TAASA Member's Diary
December 2011 -February 2012

TAASA's End-of-Year Event –
6 December 2011
TAASA's 20th anniversary party takes place on Tuesday 6 December, 6-8pm at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, 16-20 Goodhope Street, Paddington 2021. Guest of Honour will be Edmund Capon, our first Honorary Patron. We will be launching the special anniversary issue of the TAASA Review, and awarding the TAASA Essay Prize to our two winners. Venue has been provided by kind permission of Dr Gene Sherman, Director of SCAF.
Contribution: $15 for members, $20 nonmembers.
Drinks and Asian canapés provided.
RSVP to Dy Andreasen at (02) 9361 4586; email: dyandreasen@hotmail.com

Special Viewing of "Love and Devotion:
From Persia and Beyond", SLV, Melbourne – April 2012
A special viewing of this exhibition guided by Susan Scollay, which will involve a trip to Melbourne for interstate based TAASA members, is planned to coincide with the State Library of Victoria's exhibition "Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond" (9 March -1 July 2012) and seminar "Persian Cultural Crossroads" (12-14 April 2012), presented in partnership with the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. TAASA member Susan Scollay is co-curator of the exhibition and contributor to the magnificent catalogue.
More details including costs will be advised at a later date. Indications of interest would be appreciated to: Ann Guild at annguild@optusnet.com.au.

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