RTAB News

August 16, 2019

Textile Acquisition from the Weaving Communities

With the support from Geiger Family Foundation based in the USA, the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan went to three communities which are most famed in weaving and producing the reputed textiles in the country. [โ€ฆ]
August 16, 2019

Little Dragon School visits RTA

Seventy students and five teachers from Little Dragon School,Thimphu, Bhutan visited the Royal Textile Academy on August 7,2019 as part of their outdoor learning session. The students were taken on a guided tour by the [โ€ฆ]
August 15, 2019

Training on Natural Dyeing Ends

A training on Natural Dyes, using both traditional and contemporary methods, was conducted at the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan. The training was conducted for the weavers at the RTA as well as for the [โ€ฆ]
August 15, 2019

RTA marked Zero Waste Hour

Following National Environment Commissionโ€™s (NEC) launch of Zero Waste Hour initiative, the staff of the Royal Textile Academy initiated an hour long cleaning and advocacy campaign on the 2nd August 2019 along Norzin Lam, Yarden [โ€ฆ]
August 15, 2019

Summer Weaving Program Ends

  The thirteenth summer weaving skill program for school going children/youths started on July 1, 2019 and concluded on July 30,2019. During the closing ceremony the forty-six participants were awarded certificates and stipend by the [โ€ฆ]
February 8, 2019

2nd Global Friendship Art Festival held in Bhutan

The 2nd Global Friendship Art Festival was held in Bhutan at the Royal Textile Academy on the 4th February 2019. The Art Festival was organised by the Bangladesh Artists Group. The Art Festival aims to [โ€ฆ]
February 8, 2019

Winter Weaving Program Concludes

The Winter Weaving Program for 2018-19 concluded on February 4, 2019. The closing was attended by the participating students, staff of the RTA and representatives from various media houses. The students were awarded certificates of [โ€ฆ]
February 1, 2019

Briefing session on Product Development and Design Training Workshop

โ€œWhat is that textile that you can create differently that the people have not seen and even you have not seen?โ€ Dr. Joseph Lo asked the participants during the information session this morning. Participants who [โ€ฆ]
January 25, 2019

Registration for Product Development and Design Workshop Training

The Royal Textile Academy is calling for applicants to participate in a Product Development and Design Training Workshop conducted by Dr. Joseph Lo from Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage from 4th March till [โ€ฆ]
December 21, 2018

Winter Weaving Programme begins

The Winter Weaving Programme at the RTA began on 20th December. 20 young girls from schools across Thimphu are attending the weaving class. They will learn traditional weaving over the span of one month. Below [โ€ฆ]
November 11, 2018

RTA celebrates successful completion of 3rd phase office building

    Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck graced the inauguration of the 3rd phase of the Royal Textile Academyโ€™s office building on the 4th and 5th November. Her Majesty Gyalyum is the Royal Patron [โ€ฆ]
April 16, 2018

Collaboration with Smithsonian CFCH

A team from the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH) led by its Director General Dr. Michael Mason was in Bhutan from April 2-11, 2018, as guests of the Royal Textile Academy. The [โ€ฆ]
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