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Meetings
THE 15TH ETN CONFERENCE 2009
Programme Structure
The 15th ETN Conference including General Assembly will take place from 21st to 24th of July 2009 in Haslach and Linz/Upper Austria.
The subject: CULTURAL REVIVAL OF OLD TEXTILE CENTRES
Organisers are ETN together with the association Textile Culture Haslach (http://www.textile.kultur.haslach.at)
and
the Department of Textile/Art & Design of the Linz Art University (http://www.ufg.ac.at
http://www.im-rechten-winkel.ufg.ac.at).
Conference Languages: English (and German on 23rd of July 2009)
PRE-CONFERENCE IN LINZ (optional)
Monday 20th July: Arrival of pre-conference participants
Tuesday 21st July
Prof. Mara Persson, leader of Textile Department at the Linz Art
University is inviting to a one-day international symposium on
themes related to textile education & training. She hopes to be able
to organise an accompanying exhibition at the university gallery
located at the very centre of Linz in the frame of the “Linz Cultural Capital 2009” programme (subsequently shuttle to Haslach)
THE CONFERENCE
Wednesday 22nd July In the morning: Registration; tour no. 1 through the
Haslach Textile Centre
In the afternoon: ETN General Assembly
(alternatively) Tour no. 2 through the Haslach Textile Centre
In the evening: Exhibition opening (more later)
Thursday 23rd July
In the morning: Registration (2nd time)
In the morning and the afternoon: Symposium to the theme CULTURAL REVIVAL OF OLD TEXTILE CENTRES
tba: Presentation of the concept, programme and perspectives
of the new Haslach Textile Centre
tba: Presentation of the neighbouring Czech partner region to the North and its cultural resources; presentation of further European
cultural centres with a focus on textiles aiming at exchange of
information, experiences, staff and projects
In the evening: 1st Networking session of ETN members and guests, resp. visiting the exhitition "Silk Weavings" by Franz Ippoldt and Michiko Uchara, organized by Haslach Textile Culture.
Friday 24th July
In the morning and the afternoon: 2nd and 3rd networking sessions
(10 minutes lectures by participants wishing to co-operate,
with the aim to find partners; or presentation of good examples
of events/projects of interregional/international importance).
Time schedule and structure to follow later
In the evening: Farewell dinner at the conferencevenue
Post-Conference Workshops (optional)
On Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th of July a major international
weavers market will take place in Haslach.
In addition several tours
are on offer during this weekend:
Saturday 25th July One-day tour to textile attractions in the Southern Czech Republic (Krumlov/Krumau and
Českých Budejovic/Budweis)
Sunday 26th
In the morning: Visit of the Haslach Weavers Market, alternatively
visit of the Vieböck Linen Mill in Helfenberg.
In the afternoon: Visit to the Dyeing Museum in Gutau and
to the textile exhibition at the University gallery in Linz
(subsequently departure from Linz, respectively return to Haslach)
Monday-Friday 27th – 31st July
A rich choice of courses with English-speaking leaders
(Course programme is currently in the works)
The association “Textile Culture Haslach” will be offering courses in German language during the ETN Conference from Monday 20th July to Friday 24th July. This course programme will be published at the beginning of 2009.
Our 2009 conference hosts
Beatrijs Sterk, ETN Secretariat
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