bauhaus imaginista: Learning From

In the United States, "Learning From" explores the legacy of Bauhaus emigrants and their students who made an in-depth study of PreColumbian era material cultures in North and South America.

In the United States, Learning From explores the legacy of Bauhaus emigrants and their students who made an in-depth study of PreColumbian era material cultures in North and South America through research travel, study, and the development of personal collections. Learning From in the USA looks at how an interest in the indigenous and pre-modern flowed into the art of weaving in general and into the American Fiber Art movement in particular. A working group of artists, designers, curators and art historians, including specialists in American indigenous cultures, will tour a series of museum collections in New York, to study and discuss the work of the artists in question and the material cultures they admired. This workshop will question the ethics and implications connected with appropriation and display of cultures decimated by European colonization. Following the workshop, the research group will present its ideas in a public symposium.