Date: 23 April 2025
Time: -
Location: Online via Zoom
Seventy artists, collectives and projects from more than 30 countries feature in the eleventh chapter of the flagship Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) exhibition series, the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. The Curatorial Manager, Tarun Nagesh, will speak about the show before it closes on 5 th May.

NSW Textile Study Group Invitation

Date: 13 May 2025
Time: -
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
Gill will discuss her encounters with recent initiatives in maintaining traditional village silk weaving practices, particularly of the renowned weft hol (ikat), in Cambodia. The focus will be on the individuals and NGOs who are at the forefront of this support. Gill will highlight the continuity of techniques in both dyeing and weaving, despite rapid changes in society and economic circumstances.
Date: 22 May 2025
Time: -
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
Sally Burdon of Asia Bookroom, Canberra, will discuss how seemingly modest artifacts such as pamphlets, personal papers, propaganda handouts and maps often reveal rich narratives and cultural insights. She will be showing select examples of the ephemeral material she handles while speaking on the philosophy that guides Asia Bookroom.​
Date: 2 June 2025
Time: -
Location: Online via Zoom
Susie will examine the burdens of proof commonly placed on war photography and images from colonial contexts. She explores the tensions between photographs as 'evidence' and the more complex histories of violence and resistance that photography can reveal.
Date: 24 June 2025
Time: -
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
The magnificent and ruthless Tipu Sultan (1751-1799) of the Indian Kingdom of Mysore rose to power in the 1780s. At that time, India controlled 25% of world trade, and 80% of Britain's lucrative India trade concerned finely crafted textiles. France, too, was importing thousands of metres of 'toiles Indiennes' in direct competition with its sworn enemy, the British East India Company. This talk will look at Tipu's focus on textiles, the regions involved, and the often overlooked methods of distribution and finance of the Indian master traders.