The ORTS Award

The Oriental Rug and Textile Society is delighted to announce the creation of its ORTS Award to be given annually.

Applicants are invited to present any original material or research that reflects and develops the Society’s interest in peoples, cultures, and their textile and weaving techniques namely:

• To promote knowledge of the traditional and new centres of Asian weaving and textiles.
• To advance the understanding of the processes involved in the creation of rugs and textiles.

To participate, an entrant will provide a maximum of 1500 words containing no more than 5 hyperlinks and a maximum of 5 images of no more than 250kb each. The competition is open to all whether they are formally studying Textile or Oriental subjects or not. Subjects may vary for example from say a critique of Naga headgear to a new direction identified in Southwest Persian Rugs.

Entry is open to those aged up to 25 as of 1st Sept 2011 and affiliated to a British Institution or workplace during 2011/2012

1st PRIZE

• The Society’s Annual Silver Cup.
• One week in your own private house in the historic quarter of Istanbul (Blue Mosque).
• One Complimentary return flight from UK.
• Three year's free Society membership.

2nd PRIZE

• The Society's Annual Runners-up Silver Cup
• Two year's free membership of the Society

Entries to be sent to ortscup@orientalrugandtextilesociety.org.uk by March 31st 2012. The winner will be announced on 30th April 2012. Referees are not prerequisite but short listed entrants will be required to formalise their application later and may be required for interview by a sub committee.