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Cotsen Textile Traces Study Center, 701 21st Street NW, Washington D.C., DC (2026)

02/12/2022

We are delighted to announce that an exhibition of new work, entitled “Let Me Hear Your Voice”, by Cotsen Studio Artist-in-Residence Ghiora Aharoni is on view at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, in Washington DC.

This body of work is a response to the peripheral Jewish edict that women’s voices should not be heard, because they are too seductive. Aharoni presents an alternative perspective, one of equality where women’s voices are celebrated rather than suppressed. Its title, “Let Me Hear Your Voice”, comes from The Song of Solomon.

The Cotsen Studio is a year-long program that invites artists and designers to visit the museum and research the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection. It includes an on-site research residency and an exhibition in dialogue with the collection, in addition to academic and public programming. New York based artist Ghiora Aharoni mines cultural artifacts and sacred texts, recontextualizing these words and symbols in order to question their significance, and the power they exert over our contemporary culture. He is the inaugural Cotsen Studio Artist-in-Residence.

You are welcome to come and explore the artist’s re-contextualization of stunning Yemeni headdresses in dialogue with objects from the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection. The installation is open through May 8, 2022.

Video and images: ©Ghiora Aharoni Studio

04/16/2021

Thank you for supporting the next generation of scholars!

Please join our young scholars tomorrow, 10am-3pm (EDT), as they sharpen their focus on unique fragments that intrigue them from the global Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection and engage in critical discussions with professors!

To learn more about the colloquium, please check out our website at museum.gwu.edu/cotsen-textile-traces-student-colloquium

Students and professors are from:
- George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
- American University, Washington, D.C.
- University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland

Panel Topics:
- European Textiles: Late-19th to Early 20th Century
- Euro-American Textiles: 17th to 20th Century
- Byzantine Textiles
- “Coptic” Textiles
- South Asian Textiles

Image: A tenth-century embroidered textile from Iran (T-1930) and a loupe are displayed on glass above a 15th-century resist and dyed textile from India (T-2066) in the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Center. Photo by Harrison Jones / The George Washington University.

04/15/2021

Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium. April 17.

Meet Jessica Layton from The George Washington University will present her research on “Textile Fragments as Catalysts for Radical Imagination” on April 17 in Panel 5: “South Asian textiles” on April 17 during the first all-day Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium.

To learn more about the colloquium, please check out our website at museum.gwu.edu/cotsen-textile-traces-student-colloquium

She will also engage in critical discussion about her findings with Cristin Sethi, assistant professor of art history, The George Washington University.

The colloquium features the scholarship of 11 students--from George Washington University and American University in Washington D.C., University of California in Los Angeles, and Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland--who have selected fragments from the CTTSC for their research projects.

India, Bengal, late 19th-early 20th century. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-1903.

04/14/2021

Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium. April 17.

Meet Catherine Gille from The George Washington University will present her research on “The Significance of Jain Iconography on Embroidered Textiles” on April 17 in Panel 5: “South Asian textiles” on April 17 during the first all-day Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium.

To learn more about the colloquium, please check out our website at museum.gwu.edu/cotsen-textile-traces-student-colloquium

She will also engage in critical discussion about her findings with Cristin Sethi, assistant professor of art history, The George Washington University.

The colloquium features the scholarship of 11 students--from George Washington University and American University in Washington D.C., University of California in Los Angeles, and Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland--who have selected fragments from the CTTSC for their research projects.

India, Gujarat, 1920-1950. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2567.

04/13/2021

Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium. April 17.

Meet Emma Veon from The George Washington University will present her research on “Communicating Kingship and Devotion across Cultures: Phaa Nunggarments Produced on the Coromandel Coast for the Siamese Court” on April 17 in Panel 5: “South Asian textiles” on April 17 during the first all-day Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium.

To learn more about the colloquium, please check out our website at museum.gwu.edu/cotsen-textile-traces-student-colloquium

She will also engage in critical discussion about her findings with Cristin Sethi, assistant professor of art history, George Washington University.

The colloquium features the scholarship of 11 students--from George Washington University and American University in Washington D.C., University of California in Los Angeles, and Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland--who have selected fragments from the CTTSC for their research projects.

Image: India, Coromandel coast, late 18th century. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0669

04/12/2021

Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium. April 17.

Meet Lexie Allen from The George Washington University will present her research on “Greco-Roman Influence on Late Antique Egyptian Textiles” on April 17 in Panel 4: “Coptic textiles” on April 17 during the first all-day Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium.

To learn more about the colloquium, please check out our website at museum.gwu.edu/cotsen-textile-traces-student-colloquium

She will also engage in critical discussion about her findings with Elise Friedland, associate professor of classics and art history, George Washington University.

The colloquium features the scholarship of 11 students--from George Washington University and American University in Washington D.C., University of California in Los Angeles, and Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland--who have selected fragments from the CTTSC for their research projects.

Image: Egypt, 7th century. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0214a.

04/11/2021

Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium. April 17.

Meet Shadow Curley from The George Washington University will present her research on “Genesis in a Late Antique Egyptian Textile” on April 17 in Panel 4: “Coptic textiles” on April 17 during the first all-day Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium.

To learn more about the colloquium, please check out our website at museum.gwu.edu/cotsen-textile-traces-student-colloquium

She will also engage in critical discussion about her findings with Elise Friedland, associate professor of classics and art history, George Washington University.

The colloquium features the scholarship of 11 students--from George Washington University and American University in Washington D.C., University of California in Los Angeles, and Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland--who have selected fragments from the CTTSC for their research projects.

Image: Egypt, Akhmim, 7th-9th century. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0304.

04/10/2021

Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium. April 17.

Meet Sofia Pitouli from University of California, Los Angeles will present her research on “Thus, Everything is Clothed in Beauty; Everything Fills the Eye with Wonder: Shifting Vision and Illuminating Media” on April 17 in Panel 3: “Byzantine textiles” on April 17 during the first all-day Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium.

To learn more about the colloquium, please check out our website at museum.gwu.edu/cotsen-textile-traces-student-colloquium

She will also engage in critical discussion about her findings with Sharon Gerstel, professor of Byzantine art and archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.

The colloquium features the scholarship of 11 students--from George Washington University and American University in Washington D.C., University of California in Los Angeles, and Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland--who have selected fragments from the CTTSC for their research projects.

Egypt, 683-785. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2583.

04/09/2021

Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium. April 17.

Meet Erin Russell from the American University will present her research on “Chasing Chintz: Finding the Maker of a French, Printed Cotton Textile Fragment from the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection” on April 17 in Panel 2: “17th-20th century Euro-American textiles” on April 17 during the first all-day Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium.

To learn more about the colloquium, please check out our website at museum.gwu.edu/cotsen-textile-traces-student-colloquium

She will also engage in critical discussion about her findings with Cecilia Gunzburger, adjunct professorial lecturer of decorative arts and design history, George Washington University.

The colloquium features the scholarship of 11 students--from George Washington University and American University in Washington D.C., University of California in Los Angeles, and Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland--who have selected fragments from the CTTSC for their research projects.

Image: France, c.1780. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0453.

04/08/2021

Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium. April 17.

Meet Mun Kim from the George Washington University will present her research on “European Interpretation of Japanese Katagami Stencils” on April 17 in Panel 2: “17th-20th century Euro-American textiles” on April 17 during the first all-day Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium.

To learn more about the colloquium, please check out our website at museum.gwu.edu/cotsen-textile-traces-student-colloquium

She will also engage in critical discussion about her findings with Cecilia Gunzburger, adjunct professorial lecturer of decorative arts and design history, George Washington University.

The colloquium features the scholarship of 11 students--from George Washington University and American University in Washington D.C., University of California in Los Angeles, and Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland--who have selected fragments from the CTTSC for their research projects.

Image: Vienna?, Japan?, early 20th century. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0193.270.

04/07/2021

Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium. April 17.

Meet Léa Girardin from Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, will present her research on “Soviet Textiles as Message Carriers: an Example with a Textile Designed by Sergei Burylin and Manufactured by Ivanovo-Voznesensk Factories” on April 17 in Panel 1: “European Textiles: Late 19th to Early 20th Century” on April 17 during the first all-day Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium.

To learn more about the colloquium, please check out our website at http://museum.gwu.edu/cotsen-textile-traces-student-colloquium

She will also engage in critical discussion about her findings with Marie-Eve Celio-Scheurer, academic head of CTTSC and guest professor of art history, Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland.

The colloquium features the scholarship of 11 students--from George Washington University and American University in Washington D.C., University of California in Los Angeles, and Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland--who have selected fragments from the CTTSC for their research projects.

Image: Russia, Ivanovo, Sergei Burylin (1876-1942), “Tractors”. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2102.041.

04/06/2021

Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium. April 17. Meet Marie-Amélie Coyos from Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, will present her research on “Raoul Dufy’s “Neptune”: a Journey Through Arts Movements” on April 17 in Panel 1: “European Textiles: Late 19th to Early 20th Century” on April 17 during the first all-day Cotsen Textile Traces Student Colloquium.

To learn more about the colloquium, please check out our website at museum.gwu.edu/cotsen-textile-traces-student-colloquium

She will also engage in critical discussion about her findings with Marie-Eve Celio-Scheurer, academic head of CTTSC and guest professor of art history, Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland.

The colloquium features the scholarship of 11 students--from George Washington University and American University in Washington D.C., University of California in Los Angeles, and Arc School of Conservation-Restoration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland--who have selected fragments from the CTTSC for their research projects.

Image: France, c.1920, Raoul Dufy (1877-1953), “Neptune”. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-1140.

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