Schedule (tentative)

The 2nd ASEAN Traditional Textiles Symposium
Habi: Sustaining Traditional Textiles of the ASEAN (Theme)
The Museum Foundation of the Philippines and the National Museum of the Philippines
Symposium Proper (Manila) 1 – 3 February, 2009
Post-Symposium Visit (Aklan) 4 – 6 February, 2009
TENTATIVE Session Schedule (revised 28 January 2009)
http://aseantextiles09.museumfoundationph.org/

Day 1/Sunday, 1 February
am & pm Arrivals
1:00 Market Encounter bazaar (1-6 pm) Ground floor, National Museum of the Filipino People
6:00 pm Welcome Cocktails & Remarks
Attire: Smart Casual
Mrs. Maria Isabel Ongpin, Ex-Officio Director, Museum Foundation of the Philippines & Co-Chair 2009 Symposium Ablaza Hall, National Gallery


Day2/Monday, 2 February
8:00 – 9:30 am Registration
Tour of National Museum Galleries
Market Encounter bazaar
(8 am-6 pm)
National Museum of the Philippines
Tour guides from National Museum & Museum Foundation of the Philippines
Ground floor, National Museum of the Filipino People
9:30 – 9:40 am Plenary Session
Welcome Remarks
Ms. Corazon Alvina, Director
National Museum of the Philippines & Co-Chair 2009 Symposium
9:40 – 9:50 am Opening Address Ms. Teresa Taguiang,
Executive Director, Office of ASEAN Affairs,
Dept. of Foreign Affairs
9:50 – 10:00 am Brief Address Dr. Filemon Uriarte, Jr.
Executive Director, ASEAN Foundation
10:00 – 10:10 am Keynote Address Senator Loren Legarda
Majority Leader
Senate of the Philippines
10:10 – 10:30 am Coffee break Ground floor
10:30 – 11:00 Formal Opening of T/ISSUE exhibition, curatorial Tour Sen. Legarda, Dr. Uriarte & Ms. Taguiang
Led by Ms. Corazon Alvina and Ms. Marian Pastor Roces
Exhibition gallery
4th Floor
11:00 – 11.15 Session 1 Philippines
Mr. David B. Baradas

Committee on Intangible Heritage, National Commission for Culture and the Arts
– Southeast Asian Textile Links in the Philippines
Tambunting-Villonco Hall
11:15 – 11:30 Vietnam
Dr. Michael C. Howard

School for International Studies
Simon Fraser University
– Textiles of the Thai & Cham & their influence on Southeast Asian textiles
11:30 – 11:45 Philippines
Dr. Cherubim A. Quizon

Dept of Sociology and Anthropology
Seton Hall University, New Jersey
– Of Beauty & Prowess: Situating Tradition & Modernity in Contemporary Bagobo & Iban Ikat Textile Practice
11:45 – 11:55 Q & A Moderator:
P. Benitez-Johannot
12 noon – 1:15pm Lunch then free to tour the National Museum Marble Hall


Day 2/Monday, 2 February
Time Venue 1 (Tambunting-Villonco Hall) Venue 2 (Ayala Theater)
1:15 – 1:30 pm Session 2 Myanmar
(with translator)
Mr. Thein Lwin, School of Archaeology (Pyi), Department of Archaeology, National Museum and Library, Ministry of Culture
– creating alternative product lines to meet challenges
Session 3 Brunei
Dr. Siti Norkhalbi Haji Wahsalfelah

Academy of Brunei Studies, University of Brunei Darussalam
– production & consumption of textiles related to Malay ceremonies in Brunei
1:30 – 1:45 pm Myanmar
Ms. Thint Thint

Divisional Professor, Cottage Industry, Sounder Weaving Industry, Ministry of Cooperatives
– Chin Backstrap Loom (gyapkhout hand-loom) demonstration
Timor Leste
Ms. Cecilia Fonseca

Manager, Economic Development Program, Alola Foundation, Dili
– The primacy of Cloth: The Timorese Experience
1:45 – 1:55 pm Q & A Moderator:
Dr. Susan Conway
Q & A Moderator:
Mr. Edric Ong
2:00 – 2:15 pm Session 4 Indonesia
Dr. Ananda Moersid

Institut Kesenian Jakarta IKJ
– Re-inventing Culture in the context of Traditional Textile: A Marketing Strategy
Session Leader: Mr. Biranul Anas
Session 5 Philippines
(with translator)
Yabing Dulo, Helen Lacna, Maribeth Farnazo
– B’laan Ikat Dyeing and the Difficulties and Hopes in Reviving A Weaving Project
2:15 – 2:30 pm Indonesia
Mr. Don Hasman

Textile researcher
– Badui Textiles of West Java
Vietnam
Mrs. Phu Thi Mo
Cham weaver from My Nghiep Village
– Cham weaving demonstration
2:30 – 2:40 pm Q & A Moderator:
Mrs. Barbara Johnson
Q & A Moderator:
Mr. David B. Baradas
2:45 – 3:00 pm Coffee Break, free to visit bazaar Ground floor
3:00 – 3:15 pm Session 6 Vietnam (w/ translator)
Ms. Luong Thanh Son
Director, Museum of Dak Lak
– Sustaining Traditional Textiles in the Central Hinterlands of Vietnam
Session 7 Singapore
Mr. Randall Ee

Asian Civilisations Museum
– Peranakan Beadwork and Embroidery: A Closer Look at Nyonya Traditional Craft from the Peranakan Chinese Community in Singapore
3:15 – 3:30 pm Vietnam
Dr. Thanh Phan

Vietnam National University
– Reviving Cham weaving
Indonesia
Mrs. Asmoro Damais

Founder, Batik Museum, Pekalongan
– Setting up a community textile museum
3:30 – 3:40 pm Q & A Moderator:
Mr. Noel Cuevas
Q & A Moderator:
Mr. Cecilio Salcedo
3:45 – 4:00 Session 8 Iran
Ms. Shahla Amini

University of Art, Tehran
Faculty of Applied Arts
– Similarities of tablet weaving in Iran and Southeast Asia
Session 9 Malaysia
Edric Ong

President of Society Atelier Sarawak (Arts and Crafts Society of Sarawak, Malaysia)
–The Sun and the Moon: Mystic Iban Textiles of Malaysian Borneo
4:00 – 4:15 pm Indonesia
Mr. Merdi Sihombing

Designer and Community organizer, North Sumatara
– Reviving the Ulos Batak weaving of North Sumatra
Myanmar
Dr. Susan Conway

Centre for Southeast Asian Studies,
School of Oriental and African Studies
– Shan Dress and Textiles: Ancient Traditions, Modern Trends
4:15 – 4:25 pm Q & A Moderator:
Mrs. Mariah Waworuntu
Q & A Moderator:
Ms Corazon S. Alvina
4:30 – 4:45 pm Coffee break Ground floor
4:45 – 5:00 Session 10 Cambodia
Ms. Gillian Green

Honorary Associate, Dept of Art History & Film Studies
University of Sydney
– Modernity in Cambodian Textiles
Session 11 Thailand
Mr. Wattana Wattanapun

Academic Consultant, Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University & University of Technology Rajamangala Lanna, Chiang Mai
– Using traditional textile images in painting
5:00 – 5:15 Mr. SENG Sopharith, Cambodia
Deputy Director of Human Resources at the Artisans d’Angkor Co., Ltd, President of Khmer Arts and Crafts Association
– Silk Textiles in Cambodia: Development, Manufacture, and Sustainability
Ms. Lesley Pullen, Researcher and Lecturer, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
– Kain Bebali: Reviving and Sustaning Balinese Sacred Textiles
5:15 – 5:25 Q & A Moderator:
Belen Ponferrada Thirkell
Q & A Moderator:
Mr. John Forbes
5:30 – 5:45 pm Session 12 Philippines
Ms. Laida Lim

– Re-Inventing Piña in Palawan: creating change, developing people, & strengthening communities
Session 13 Philippines
Dr. Norma Respicio

University of the Philippines
– The Philippines confronts contemporary issues: case studies and proposed measures
5:45 – 6:00 Guam, Dr. Donald Rubenstein
Micronesia Area Research Center, University of Guam
– Paradoxic Problems in Sustaining Traditional Textiles on Fais Island in Micronesia
Philippines
Ms. Cora Jacob

President, Cora Cares Foundation
– The indigenous genius: weaving success into our lives
6:00 – 6:10 Q & A Moderator:
To be announced
Q & A Moderator:
Josefina Manahan
6:15 – 6:30 pm Board buses for return to hotels, free evening


Day 3/Tuesday, 3 February
Time
8:00 am Market Encounter (8 am – 6 pm) Ground floor, Museum of the Filipino People
8:15 – 8:30 am Board buses, depart for Makati City
9:00 – 11:00 am Tour of Ayala Museum Led by Ms. Petty Benitez-Johannot
11:00 – 11:30 am Depart for Intramuros
11:30-1:00 pm Tour of Intramuros Led by Mr. Ino Manalo Mainly Intramuros Administration, Casa Manila
1:00-2:30 Lunch at Café Ilustrado and visit shops
2:30-2:45 Plenary Session, Sinagtala (2nd floor of Café Ilustrado)
Launching the Southeast Asia Textile Art Community
Dr. Mariah Waworuntu,
Ms. Cora Alvina or a Philippine representative,
Dr. Michael Howard,
and ASEAN representatives
2:45 – 2:55 Closing Address Mrs. Adiati Arifin Siregar
President, Himpunan Wastraprema
2:55 – 3:05 pm The 2009 Symposium in Retrospect Mrs. Maria Isabel Ongpin
Co-Chair, 2009 Symposium
3:05 – 3:30 pm

Handover of Banner to Host of 3rd ASEAN Textile Symposium

Four creations by Iwan Tirta and four by Suraya Shaari will be integrated into this segment of the program

Mrs. Siregar will pass the banner on to Mrs. Ongpin & Ms Alvina. They, in turn, will hand it over to the 2011 host (Malaysia): Dr. Sulaiman Abdul Ghani and Mr. Edric Ong will accept.



Mrs. Ongpin will invite all to reconvene at 7:30 pm for cocktails

3:30 – 3:45 Board buses & travel to hotels
6:10 – 6:20 Board buses & travel to National Museum
6:30 pm Cocktails and Habi: Weaving the Fabric of Life Show
Attire: Traditional or Cocktail


Four modern batik designs by Malaysian Ms. Suraya Shaari to open the show

Marble Hall
National Museum of the Filipino People
Attire: Traditional


Day 4/Wednesday, 4 February
Time Optional Out-of-Town Tour
6:00 am Depart for domestic airport to board flight to Kalibo, Aklan


Day 5/Thursday, 5 February
Time
8:00 am Continue tour in Aklan


Day 6/Friday, 6 February
Time
6:00 am Depart Kalibo for Manila
pm Depart for home countries