Cotsen Textile Traces Study Center

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.

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.