Indian Textile Trade Symposium
114 Central Ave
Ithaca
NY 14853
At this daylong symposium, speakers will discuss topics related to the exhibition Traded Treasure: Indian Textiles for Global Markets, including the use of Indian textiles in Southeast Asia, the ingenious ways that Indian artisans designed and produced cloths of astonishing beauty and technical sophistication, and how cross-cultural interchange through trade contributed to global aesthetic developments.
This program is cosponsored by Cornell’s South Asia Program, Southeast Asia Program, and Department of the History of Art and Visual Studies; and supported by the Stoikov Asian Art Lecture Fund at the Johnson, which was funded by a generous gift from Judith Stoikov ’63. The symposium will be live streamed on live.alumni.cornell.edu.
Symposium registration is free; please contact Elizabeth Saggese at eas8@cornell.edu or 607 254-4642. Preferred seating is available for current Johnson Museum Members upon request. Registration will be confirmed by email. Click here for information about parking at the Museum.
The keynote lecture on Thursday, April 18 is free and open to the public, no registration required.
