Webinar: "Think Big! New Light on Textiles from Late Antique Egypt" Saturday, July 23, 10 am Pacific / 1 pm Eastern / 6 pm London, Textile Museum Associates of Southern California. In English, with Dr. Cäcilia Fluck, Senior Curator, Museum für Byzantinische Kunst/Bode Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, and Gail Rothschild, Artist, Brooklyn, New York. Register for free: https://tinyurl.com/TMATnkBgrgrbt . The Museum für Byzantinische Kunst (Museum of Byzantine Art) in Berlin owns the largest collection of Late Antique Egyptian textiles in Germany. This rich collection became the source of inspiration for New York artist Gail Rothschild’s new series of monumental paintings. Rothschild transforms everyday woven objects from late antiquity into 21st-century art in her paintings. By juxtaposing her work with the original small-format ancient textiles from the 4th‒9th centuries, a fascinating dynamic emerges between the artifacts of a past culture and contemporary artistic production. The enormous size of Rothschild’s works encourages viewers to examine the small-format textile fragments more intensively, which provides an opportunity to re-experience the original weavings as handcrafted masterpieces, as well as to learn about their everyday functions and uses by cultures of the past. This program is inspired by an new exhibition at the Museum of Byzantine Art, and will feature Senior Curator Cäcilia Fluck in conversation with artist Gail Rothschild, both about the art, and the textiles themselves. To Register for free: https://tinyurl.com/TMATnkBgrgrbt To read more program details: https://tinyurl.com/TMAJuly22Newsltr See Tma/Sc's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/tmascinc