Turkish
Carpets at Washington Textile Museum
September 13, 2002 - February 16, 2003
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| Konya
Rug,19th Century, The Textile Museum |
The Turkish
Times - "The Classical Tradition in Anatolian Carpets," a major exhibition
of Turkish pile carpets, will be on view at The Textile Museum, Washington
D.C., September 13, 2002 - February 16, 2003. The exhibition features
more than 50 outstanding carpets, including many of the Museum's masterpieces
of Turkish carpet weaving, and will give visitors a unique opportunity
to explore the artistry of an enduring tradition that has been the subject
of wonder and admiration in both the East and West for many centuries.
Turkish
pile carpets represent a highly diverse body of art - varied in technique,
design, symbolism and function. The carpets and motifs reveal a great
deal about design sources that inspired Anatolian carpet weavers, and
the adaptation and evolution of designs as they were passed from one
generation to the next. In addition to carpets from The Textile Museum's
collections, the exhibition will include loans from The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, The Jewish Museum, and several leading private collectors.
The exhibition
is guest-curated by Walter B. Denny, Professor of Art History at the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and accompanied by a handsome
full-color catalogue now available through the TM
Shop. A
wide range of educational programs, including the 25th Annual Rug Convention,
are planned in connection with the exhibition. For more information,
visit the calendar section of the TM
website.
THE
TEXTILE MUSEUM
2320 S Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008-4088
Phone: (202) 667-0441
Fax: (202) 483-0994
Open:
Monday - Saturday
10 am to 5 pm, Sunday 1 to 5 pm
Closed: All Federal Holidays and December 24
Admission: Free; with a suggested donation of $5.
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17,500
Attended Ottoman Art Exhibit in North Carolina
The Turkish Times - A total of 17,500 visitors attended the Ottoman
Art Exhibit at NCMA (North Carolina Museum of Arts) this summer, according
to ATA-NC officials. More importantly, 1,800 attended the Lecture Series
on Turkish Arts, Crafts and Historic Sites. 800 attended Turkish Music
Concerts, 1,000 attended Turkish Craft and Rug Workshops, while 1,100
attended the Turkish Family Day Festival. ATA-NC officials and volunteers
(www.ata-nc.org) worked hard to make sure the Exhibit would be promoted
properly all over the state.
Burhan
Öçal and the Istanbul Oriental Ensemble
World-renowned
Turkish multi-instrumentalist and singer Burhan Öçal and
his rip-roaring Istanbul Oriental Ensemble played Gypsy roots music
with jubilant virtuosity and unusual imagination. As amazon.com raves,
this luxurious, highly-ornamented mixture of hand drums, kanun zither,
violin, oud, and clarinet is as sumptuous as a fatty-food feast, heady
as a pot of frankincense, and intoxicating as a shot of 151-proof rum.
Group
Ayna
Group Ayna, one of the best established pop music bands in Turkey, also
performed during the festivities. Their original and unique style redefines
Turkish Pop Music with Turkish Folk Music rhythms in the most tasteful
harmony. This redefinition has been characterized by the band as a "Reflection"
or "Mirror" of these two musical styles within one another. Ayna means
Mirror in Turkish.
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