SYMPOSIUM ?ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II FROM 14:00 TO 18:00

International Symposium on Ties That Bind – Ikat: Past, Present, Future

 

Session I – Ikat Usage, Tradition and Beyond

Iban Textiles of Sarawak - Edric Ong, Advisor, WCC-APR

Legacy of Narda Capuyan in Reviving Cordillera Ikat of Philippines - Lucia Catanes, Ikat Master Weaver

Calligraphic Ikats of Odisha - Sarat Chandra Patra, Master Weaver in conversation with Gunjan Jain, Designer

 

Chair: Khun Surapee Rojanavongse, Advisor, WCC-APR

 

Session II – Innovating Within Traditions

The Warp Zone – Contemporary Ikats of Española - Amanda Speer & Dain Daller, Weavers, New Mexico, USA

Indian Ikats in Fashion - Dr. Vandana Bhandari, Professor, NIFT, New Delhi

Telia Rumal and Beyond - Gajam Govardhan, Padmashree and Master Weaver in conversation with Ritu Sethi, Chairperson, CRT

 

Chair: Dr. Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi, President, WCC-APR

 

Wrap-up – Jasleen Dhamija, Textile Art Historian and Edric Ong

 

(Collaboration: World Crafts Council; World Crafts Council: Asia-Pacific Region [WCC-APR]; and Craft Revival Trust)