RTAB News

March 20, 2022

๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ซ. ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐†๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ซ of the William H Geiger Family Foundation

A virtual meeting with Mr. & Mrs. Geiger and Mrs. Krista Amason, President, Friends of the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan (FRTAB) was held on 23rd February 2022. During the meeting, the on-going activities of [โ€ฆ]
January 5, 2022

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ

7 students from the College of Language and Culture Studies currently undergoing internship at the Division for Cultural Properties, Department of Culture visited the Textile Museum. They were taken on a guided tour to the [โ€ฆ]
October 29, 2021

๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‘๐“๐‚ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‘๐“๐€

22 Students from the B.A in Anthropology, third year, and 2 teachers from Royal Thimphu College (RTC) visited the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan as part of their outdoor learning experience and field trip They [โ€ฆ]
August 30, 2021

๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ค๐ข ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‘๐“๐€

32 students led by 2 instructors from the Choki Traditional Art School, Kabesa visited the Royal Textile Academy on 25th August, 2021 as part of their field visit and outdoor learning session. They were taken [โ€ฆ]
May 13, 2021

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ค๐š๐ซ ๐๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ 

A team consisting of eight members is at Dungkar Nagtshang, Lhuentse for carrying out conservation treatment of Thangkas for the establishment of Wangchuck Heritage Center. Dungkar Nagtshang, the ancient home of Dungkar Choeje and the [โ€ฆ]
May 7, 2021

Inauguration of InFocus – a Photography exhibition

The Department of Information and Media, Royal Government of Bhutan, Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) in collaboration with the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan (RTA) is organizing an exhibition titled โ€œInFocus a photography exhibitionโ€ [โ€ฆ]
May 7, 2021

Training on Natural Dyes

With funding support from William H. Geiger Foundation, a training on Natural Dyes, using both traditional and contemporary methods is currently ongoing in Tsangkhar, Radhi gewog, Tashigang. The 7 days training that commenced on 8th [โ€ฆ]
April 8, 2021

๐๐€ ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ (๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ), ๐‘๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ

39 BA Anthropology, first-year students along with their lecturer visited the Textile Museum as part of their study tour. The students were taken on a guided tour to the galleries, storage rooms, and weaving center [โ€ฆ]
March 16, 2021

Winners of the 19th National Design and Art Competition (NDAC).

16 March 2021 The Textile Museum under the Department of Culture, MoHCA and the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan and announce the winners of the 19th National Design and Art Competition (NDAC).NDAC is an annual [โ€ฆ]
December 16, 2020

Khadar Offering for the Royal Patron’s award for being Individual Laureate for the 2020 United Nations Population Award

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ The staff of the RTA offered Khadar to Royal Patron Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck for being awarded the Individual Laureate for the 2020 United Nations Population Award by the UNFPA. [โ€ฆ]
November 24, 2020

๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ โ€˜๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—Ÿ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€๐—ฒ

A team consisting of four members from the RTA are at Dungkar Nagtshang, Kurtoe in Lhuentse to assess the textile components mainly Thangkas (religious scrolls) for necessary conservation treatment. There are about 30 Thangkas at [โ€ฆ]
November 24, 2020

๐™‰๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ (๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐˜พ) ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™…๐™ช๐™™๐™œ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™‹๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ

A consultative meeting for the National Design and Art Competition (NDAC) was held with the judges and participants at the RTA from 18 – 20 November 2020. This was held mainly to discuss and finalize [โ€ฆ]
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