OATG Events Programme
Detail, Hmong (Miao) baby carrier, Guizhou, S W China - Pitt Rivers Museum 2000.35.1 |
©THE PITT RIVERS MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD |
The Oxford Asian Textile Group (OATG) annual programme includes a number of talks on a wide variety of textile related topics. Some lecturers are from the UK and some are specialists from overseas who are visiting England and enjoying some time in Oxford. Unless otherwise stated the talks take place in The Pauling Centre, 58 Banbury Road, Oxford starting at 5.45 p.m. with refreshments from 5.15 p.m. Visitors welcome (£2). No booking necessary.
Study visits are also arranged to museums and textile centres in Oxford and elsewhere, often to see material that is not on public exhibition. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to have the collector of the items, the researcher or the curator, to throw new light on the fabrics. Inevitably numbers must be restricted on these study days.
Tuesday 21 September The Pitt Rivers Museum has recently received Wendy Black’s collection of embroidered textiles from remote areas of S.W. China. Wendy will be showing and telling us about the textiles and Julia Nicholson, Joint Head of Collections, will also talk about the collection. Please contact Fiona or Rosemary by 16 September to book a place. Numbers will be limited to 15, and there will be a charge of £5 to be collected on the day,. |
Wednesday 27 October followed at 6.15pm by a talk: 'Legacy in Cloth: Batak textiles of Indonesia' Sandra is based in the Netherlands and is coming to Oxford to talk about her current project to take copies of the Legacy book back to the Sumatran weavers so that they may regain access to their textile heritage |
Wednesday 17 November at 5.30pm 'Silk production and Ikat weaving in Central Asia - History and Contemporary production' Mary Dusenbury |
Information about forthcoming events is also given in the OATG's magazine Asian Textiles, which comes out in February, June and October. Members are encouraged to view this website regularly for the latest news. From time to time events are arranged at short notice as our speakers cannot always confirm their travel arrangements and availability in time for publication in Asian Textiles. We don’t want you to miss out!
9 December 2009. Members of OATG being given a special tour of the new Textile Gallery at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford by its curator, Dr Ruth Barnes (standing, right) and former found Chairman of OATG. |