Cotsen Textile Traces Colloquiu: Tracing Wiener Werkstätte Textiles: Continuing Wiener Werkstätte – FESCH.TV

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Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection houses more than 300 Wiener Werkstätte textiles. The
Wiener Werkstätte, or Vienna Workshop (1903-1932), was a key participant in the development of modernism, with its textile and fashion divisions and the establishment of branches in Berlin, New York, and Zurich.

This three-day virtual colloquium (April 21-23, 2022) brought specialists, young professionals,
and students together, presenting and discussing a range of topics about Wiener Werkstätte, including their preservation, global export, and positioning within modernist textile theory.

Panel 4: Continuing Wiener Werkstätte
Moderated by Régine Bonnefoit, professor of Art History and Museology, University of
Neuchâtel, Switzerland and Marie-Eve Celio-Scheurer, academic coordinator for the Cotsen
Textile Traces Study Center, The George Washington University Museum and The Textile
Museum, Washington D.C.
Johannes Schweiger, co–founder at Wiener Times, Vienna, Austria
Verena Dengler, artist and author, Vienna, Austria
Kara Braciale, artist and educator, Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, George Washington University, Washington D.C.