Supporting Programme 2026
The TEXTILE KULTUR HASLACH summer symposium will be held this year from 20 to 31 July 2026. Between the two course weeks, the international WEBERMARKT with fibre zone will take place on the weekend of 25/26 July.
The theme of this year's summer symposium is TEXTILE WASTE THINKING NEW. It revolves around current issues relating to overproduction and recycling, scrutinises the handling of fast fashion and production waste and focuses on ideas that see waste as a valuable resource. Several exhibitions and evening events will shed light on various facets of this extensive topic. And, of course, the course programme also makes reference to this: our course instructors will stimulate your creativity by weaving, braiding, knitting or sewing with textile waste materials, and many a seemingly useless material will be given a new lease of life with fresh ideas!
In the first week of the course, we offer a full-day excursion on Monday to various textile companies in the Mühlviertel region that provide production waste for the courses. Some courses in which these materials are used will therefore only start on Tuesday this year. Further details on the supporting programme and the exhibitions can be found here.
We look forward to you becoming part of our textile summer and cordially invite you to the Mühlviertel!
Programme preview
Exhibitions & supporting programme
Two exhibitions will focus on this year's theme. The exhibition „MIST! Rethinking textile waste!“ in the special exhibition room of the Textile Centre Haslach explains the background to different types of textile waste, conveys innovative recycling ideas and provides future-oriented examples of contemporary design that show how residual materials can become valuable raw materials.
In the second exhibition „TWIST - Art from Dung“, free, experimental works are presented on the eight floors of the Haslach church tower, which utilise various textile waste materials to formulate independent modes of expression and artistic statements. In addition to works by invited international artists, contributions by students from the University of Art and Design Linz and other educational institutions will also be on display, opening up a young, fresh perspective on the subject.
Opening of both exhibitions on Monday, 20 July, 19:30
mist!
rethinking textile waste
Textile Centre Haslach
21 July 2026 - 30 March 2027
twist
art from dung
Haslach church tower
21 July - 16 August 2026
In addition to the two large exhibitions, there will be other smaller exhibitions, activities in public spaces and lectures. There will be a finissage on Friday from 3:00 to 4:00 pm, where the results of the courses will be shown.
The detailed supporting programme will be published in May!
Weavers' market weekend: Sat 25 / Sun 26 July
International weaving market in the old „Stelzen“ district and around the textile factory: Sat 25 July 9:00-18:00 and Sun 26 July 9:00-17:00
Fibre zone: Sale of yarns, material & accessories: Fri 24 July 16:00-18:00, Sat 25 July 9:00-18:00, Sun 26 July 9:00-17:00
Admission: 4 Euro
Review of the 2025 programme
In the summer of 2025, there was also an extensive supporting programme with special exhibitions, museum tours, children's programmes, etc.
Here you will find an overview of the 2025 programme.
Special exhibitions
COLOURFUL ELEMENTS. Textile art by Arezou Shayesteh Sadafian
📍 Special exhibition room at the Textile Centre Haslach
🕒 Fri 6 pm–8 pm, Sat 9 am–6 pm, Sun 9 am–5 pm
IN ABUNDANCE Highlights from Gery Keszler's Life Ball collection
📍 Haslach church tower, church square
🕒 Fri 7 pm–9 pm, Sat 9 am–6 pm, Sun 9 am–5 pm
URBAN FABRIC Collages by Delphine Leger
📍 Gwölb Gallery | Market Square 15
🕒 Sat 10 am – 6 pm, Sun 10 am – 5 pm
COLOUR Birgit Hrouzek, Gabriele & Alois Hain
📍 hainAG WERK + RAUM | Sternwaldstraße 10
🕒 Sat & Sun, 1 pm – 6 pm
Supporting Programme
Children's programme
📍 Activity room at the Manufaktur
🕒 Sat and Sun: 10 am – 12 pm and 2 pm – 5 pm
Music at Weavers' Market
📍 At the Old Tower, Windgasse 10
🕒 Sat from 6 pm: Strawanza
Organised in cooperation with KulturSpontan
Museums & Showplaces
Museum of Weaving at the Textile Centre Haslach
📍 Steel mill 4
🕒 Sat 9 am–6 pm, Sun 9 am–5 pm
🕒 Guided tours: Sat & Sun, 10 am and 3 pm
Haslach manufactory
📍 Steel mill 3
🕒 Sat 9 am – 6 pm, Sun 9 am – 5 pm
🕒 Guided tours: Sat and Sun, 2 pm
Museum Mechanical Sound Factory
📍 Stilts 15
🕒 Guided tours: Sat and Sun at 2 pm (visits only with guided tour)
Merchant Museum
📍 Windgasse 17
🕒 Sat & Sun, 10 am – 6 pm
🕒 Guided tours: Sat & Sun at 4 pm
Mühlviertel oil mill
📍 Steel mill 1-2
🕒 Guided tours: Sat & Sun at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm
COLOURFUL ELEMENTS. Textile art by Arezou Shayesteh Sadafian
In her work, artist Arezou Shayesteh Sadafian combines textile materials with abstract studies of colour and form. Her colourful thread pictures are the result of an interplay between intuition, structure and mathematical principles. The exhibition will be on display from 13 July as part of the summer symposium and will be continuously expanded until mid-October. There will be artist talks on site on several evenings.
IN ABUNDANCE. Highlights from Gery Keszler's Life Ball collection
Extravagant costumes from 26 years of Life Ball tell a story of diversity, glamour and textile richness. Gery Keszler's extraordinary collection is being shown for the first time in the church tower of Haslach – spread over eight floors as a sensory experience and homage to creative freedom and social commitment.
URBAN FABRIC. Collages by Delphine Léger
French artist Delphine Léger is exhibiting cardboard-based cityscapes at the Galerie im Gwölb that reflect on urban spaces in the context of climate change. Her colourful collages combine critical issues such as resource waste and heat islands with an aesthetic lightness that radiates hope and creative power.
An artistic exploration of the future of our cities – poetic, political and visually impressive.
An artistic exploration of the future of our cities – poetic, political and visually impressive.