23-09-2023

Workshop “Traditional Textiles from Central and Eastern Europe” – Programme and Abstracts

Traditional Textiles from Central and Eastern Europe
Workshop organized by the Muzeul Textilelor, from Băița, Hunedoara County, in collaboration with
ASTRA Museum, Sibiu, and the National Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest, Romania.

Workshop Program
September 25-27th, 2023, Romania

Monday, September 25th — Muzeul Textilelor, Building B, Băița, Hunedoara County

Monday sessions will be streamed live on the EuroWeb YouTube Channel.

9:00—Departure from Deva to Băița

Meeting points (Mercedes, white color, no. HD-02-PCB):

8:45 Hotel Wien;
9:00 in front of the Museum Civilizatiei Dacice si Romane

9:40-10:00am
Florica Zaharia and Irina Petroviciu: Welcome and Introduction

Part I
Moderator: Florica Zaharia

10:00-10:45am
Keynote speaker Erilda SELAJ: Albanian Traditional Garments and Textiles; an overview of their typology

10:45-11:05am
Enxhelina HARIZI: Weaving Fabrics in Northern Albania

11:05-11:25am
Coffee break

11:25-11:45am
Vassiliki NIKOLOVIENI: Sersigkas: The female dress of Missolonghi – Greece, 19th century

11:45-12:05pm
Gerasimoula Ioanna NIKOLOVIENI: Looking at the dynamic of Traditional Ecological Knowledge for the research and the exhibition of traditional textiles from modern Greece

12:05-12:25pm
Katrin KANIA: Medieval Women’s Headwear in Middle Europe

12:25-12:40pm
Florica MĂȚĂU: Craftspeople, artefacts, and institutions. The general picture of traditional textiles in the eastern part of nowadays Romania

12:40-1:00pm
Questions

1:00-2:15pm
Lunch at “La Dragus” (including transportation from and back to the event)

Part II
Moderator: Erilda SELAJ

2:30-3:10pm
Ana URSESCU: Chromatics within the Romanian household textile industry – recovery and revitalization

3:10-3:50pm
Irina PETROVICIU: Dyes in traditional textiles from Romanian collections

3:50-4:10pm
Florica ZAHARIA: The traditional woman’s blouse of Pădureni

4:10-4:30pm
Coffee break

4:30-4:45pm
Questions

4:45-5:15pm
Florica ZAHARIA: tour of the exhibition Visible Textile Heritages: Traditional Costumes from Romania and Japan at the Muzeul Textilelor

5:45pm—Departure for hotels in Deva

Tuesday, September 26th—Muzeul Textilelor, Building B, Băița, and Building C, Hărțăgani Hunedoara County
9:00—Departure from Deva to Băița (same meeting points, same hours)

9:30-10:30am Muzeul Textilelor, Building B, Băița
Viewing Romanian textile fibers selection
Viewing costumes from Romania and neighboring countries

10:30-10:50am
Coffee break

10:50-11:00am
Travel to Hărțăgani village

11:00-1:00pm
Florica ZAHARIA: Hemp fiber technology in the context of the traditional farm

1:00-2:15pm
Lunch at “La Dragus” (including transportation from and back to the event)

2:15-5:00pm
Ana URSESCU and Irina PETROVICIU: The colorful world of natural dyes (dyeing workshop based on local flora and recipes)

Festive dinner at the Building C/MT in Hărțăgani village

8:00pm Departure for Deva

Wednesday, September 27th—ASTRA Museum, Sibiu

10:00—Departure from Deva to Sibiu (same meeting points, 9:45 and 10:00)
12:00—Arriving in Sibiu ASTRA Museum

12:30-1:30
Free time, or participate in CApP Workshop 1: Textile and jewellery craftsmen techniques and mysteries, Part 1

1:30—2:30pm
Lunch at the ASTRA Center for Heritage or at the Hanul Tulgheș

2:30-4:00pm
Participants could attend Workshop 1: Textile and jewelry craftsmen techniques and mysteries, coord. Rodica Ispas, Elena Pascu, Maria Ciucă, Ioana Corduneanu & Victoria Geutskens, Part 2

4:15-6:00pm
Technical Guided Tour – The “ASTRA” Museum of the Traditional Folk Civilization – Open Air Museum

6:15-6:30pm —Departure for Deva or to hotels in Sibiu

 

Full programme available here.

Book of Abstracts available here.