Non-Members are welcome at our open meetings identified with an asterisk * below, but are asked to make a donation of not less than £3 at lecture meetings, towards the Society's expenses. Full-time students of the University of Bristol are admitted to our open meetings free of charge.
NEXT MEETING
Wednesday 24th September, 7 to 8.30 p.m., at 3 - 5, Woodland Road:
"FAR and NEAR, SEEN and HEARD"
Outline information on the programme from October onwards is available here.
Wednesday 24th September, 7 to 8.30 p.m., at 3 - 5, Woodland Road:
"FAR and NEAR, SEEN and HEARD"
Wednesday, 21st May , 7 to 8.30 p.m., in Arts Faculty Lecture Room 1, 3 - 5, Woodland Road:
"COSTUME in KOREAN GENRE PAINTINGS of the 18th CENTURY"
Talk, illustrated with slides, by Mrs Beth McKillop, Curator of the Victoria & Albert Museum's Samsung Gallery of Korean Art (1990-2), now Head of East Asian Collections, The British Library
*Wednesday 30th April, 7 to 8.30 p.m. in Arts Faculty Lecture Room 1, 3 - 5, Woodland Road:
EASTERN JOURNEYS ON THE INDIGO TRAIL
Talk, illustrated with slides and textile samples, by Dr Jenny Balfour-Paul, University of Exeter and author of 'Indigo' (British Museum Press)
Tuesday 18th March, 7.30 to 9 p.m., in Bristol City Art Gallery, Queen's Rd:
co-hosted with the Friends of the Bristol Art Gallery; N.B. special time & venue.
Talk, illustrated with slides, by Rosemary Crill,
Senior Curator, South & South-East Asian section, Asian
Department, Victoria & Albert Museum.
*Saturday, 1st March, 2.15 to 3.45 p.m.
VISIT to the reserve
collections of Japanese art at the Bristol City Art
Gallery
to celebrate the Japanese Doll Festival.
Led by Kate Newnham, Curator, Eastern Art & Culture.
Participation £2; non-members welcome.
Subscriptions will be donated to the Eastern Art
department's book purchase fund. Application form
accompanying or on request; subscriptions by 15th February,
please.
*Wednesday 19th February, 7 to 8.30 p.m., in Arts Faculty Lecture Room 1, 3 - 5, Woodland Road:
DRESS in IRAN, PAST and PRESENT
Talk, illustrated with slides, by Dr Patricia L. Baker, lecturer and author of 'Islamic Textiles' (British Museum Press)
Friday 31st January, 6.30 to 9 p.m., at Clifton Hill House
THE SOCIETY'S 26th ANNUAL CONVERSAZIONE
To mark the year guiwei Water Sheep/Goat (which starts 1st February).
Our yearly feast (with paybar) followed by discussion of Members' collections, with ample accommodation for Members and their guests. Participation form enclosed for Members or on receipt of membership applications: participation £4.
Wednesday 4th December, 7 to 8.30 p.m., in Arts Faculty Lecture Room 1, 3 - 5, Woodland Road:
The link above includes information about the agenda for the AGM and about the Society's programme for 2003.
*Wednesday 20th November, 7 to 8.30 p.m., in Arts Faculty Lecture Room 1, 3 - 5, Woodland Road:
REFRESHING CALLIGRAPHY - the People who have Revitalised the Art in Modern China
Talk, illustrated with slides, by Gordon Barrass, author of 'The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China' and the guest curator of 'Brushes with Surprise', the exhibition held at the British Museum this Spring
*Wednesday 30th October, 7 to 8.30 p.m., in Arts Faculty Lecture Room 1, 3 - 5, Woodland Road:
The LAND of SHEBA - NEW DISCOVERIES
Talk, illustrated with slides, by Alexandra Porter, Assistant Curator for the exhibition ‘Queen of Sheba- Treasures from Ancient Yemen’, and archaeologist in Yemen, Dept of the Ancient Near East, the British Museum.
Tuesday 24th September, 7 to 8.30 p.m., at 3 - 5, Woodland Road:
*Saturday, 13th July, 9 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
NOTE that the date has been changed since the mailing to members.
VISIT to the exhibition Return of the Buddha - the Qingzhou Discoveries
at the Royal Academy of Arts (Sackler Wing), with introductory talk on the outward journey
Wednesday 22nd May, 7 to 8.30 p.m., at 3 - 5, Woodland Road:
Talk, illustrated with slides, by Peter Hardie, freelance curator:
*Saturday, 27th April, 2 to 3.30 p.m.
VISIT to the exhibition Visions of the Golden Land -
Burma and the Art of Lacquer
at the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath
guided by Ralph Isaacs, Director of the British Council in Burma, 1989- 94,
*Wednesday 17th April, 7 to 8.30 p.m., at 3 - 5, Woodland Road:
Talk, illustrated with slides, by Jessica Harrison-Hall, Curator, Department of Oriental Antiquities, the British Museum: