Date: 17 February 2025
Time: -
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.

Ceramics Study Group Event

Date: 24 February 2025
Time: -
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.

Saturday 8 March - Sunday 9 March, 2025

Date: 8 March 2025
Time: 8 March @ 10:30 am - 9 March @ 12:30 pm AEST
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 led by Tarun Nagesh, Curatorial Manager of Asian & Pacific Art at QAGOMA, a celebratory dinner with entertainment on Saturday evening and a specially designed seminar program for TAASA participants on Sunday morning at QAGOMA.

NSW Textile Study Group Event with Maria Wronska-Friend

Date: 11 March 2025
Time: -
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.