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Spring 2026 Colloquium STD
TSA ANNOUCEMENT
Spring 2026 Colloquium

In-Person & Virtual Access: April 16, 2026

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Spring 2026 Colloquium STD
Textiles Close Up 2026
TSA ANNOUCEMENT
Textiles Close Up: New York

The Dressed Body & Wearable Innovations

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Textiles Close Up 2026
Textile Tour 2026
tsa programs
TSA x Ai Kijima
21-Day Textile Study Tour
to Rajasthan & Gujarat
September 10-October 1, 2026
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Gur Inbar, A Thread of Clay, 2024, sheep wool yarn; dyeing, freehand tufting, 165×140 cm (photo: David Seth).

Textile Tour 2026
TSA Membership Updated July 2025
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Gur Inbar, A Thread of Clay, 2024, sheep wool yarn; dyeing, freehand tufting, 165×140 cm (photo: David Seth).

TSA Membership Updated July 2025
Research Travel Grant 2026 Announcement
TSA ANNOUCEMENT
Textile Research Travel Grant

Applications Now Open January 15 | Deadline April 15, 2026

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Research Travel Grant 2026 Announcement
R.L. Shep Memorial Book Award
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R.L. Shep Memorial Book Award
Eligible titles published in 2025 must be submitted by March 31, 2026.
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Building a foundation of anti-racism and a culture of care, the mission of the Textile Society of America is to foster an international collective community—diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible—for the exchange and dissemination of knowledges and experiences about textiles worldwide.

Our Focus on Diversity

The Textile Society of America, an international organization, recognizes the profound global reach of textiles. We are committed to developing leadership initiatives, membership, and programming rooted in the plurality of textile histories, producers, and purposes. With an eye toward expanding our voices and audience, we will focus on inclusion of underrepresented groups, and advocacy for robust diversity of our personal and professional viewpoints.

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Nominate a Book for the R.L. Shep Memorial Book Award

Nominate a Book for the R.L. Shep Memorial Book Award

Nominate a book published in 2025 by March 31, 2026. We are pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2026 R.L. Shep Memorial Book Award, presented annually by the Textile Society of America. This award honors the late Robert Lee Shep, a devoted supporter of textile scholarship, whose legacy continues through an endowment he established in 2000 ...
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2026 News, Awards, R.L. Shep Award, TSA News
Textile Study Tour to Rajasthan & Gujarat

Textile Study Tour to Rajasthan & Gujarat

The Textile Society of America invites members and the public on a journey unlike any other: a Textile Study Tour to Rajasthan and Gujarat, India (September 10–October 1, 2026) organized in collaboration with artist Ai Kijima. Across 21 days, participants will weave their way through India’s diverse textile landscapes, guided by Chiman Dangi (Udaipur–Jodhpur) and Shokat Ali (Jaisalmer–Ahmedabad). This tour ...
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2026 News, Study Tour, TSA Announcements
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Textiles Close Up: New York

The Dressed Body & Wearable Innovations The Textile Society of America (TSA) is pleased to announce Textiles Close Up: The Dressed Body & Wearable Innovations, a new two-day, multi-site public humanities program taking place June 23–24, 2026, in Syracuse and Ithaca, New York. Developed by the TSA in collaboration with exceptional regional partners, Skä•noñh Great Law of Peace Center; the ...
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SECAC 2026 CFP: Interwoven Labors: Motherhood, Care, and the Politics of Visibility in Art and Design

SECAC 2026 CFP: Interwoven Labors: Motherhood, Care, and the Politics of Visibility in Art and Design

Starts:
October 21, 2026
Ends:
October 21, 2026
Venue:
Winston-Salem, NC
Transformations: Dialogues in Art and Material

Transformations: Dialogues in Art and Material

Starts:
May 9, 2026
Ends:
May 9, 2026
Venue:
browngrotta arts
“REWEAVING ANCIENT MEMORY: Community Fashion in Oaxacan Mexico” with Eric Mindling, Fine Art Documentary Photographer, Textile Expert, Entrepreneur

“REWEAVING ANCIENT MEMORY: Community Fashion in Oaxacan Mexico” with Eric Mindling, Fine Art Documentary Photographer, Textile Expert, Entrepreneur

Starts:
March 14, 2026
Ends:
March 14, 2026
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Webinar: Virtual via Zoom, Registration required
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Rooted in Oaxacan dye traditions and shaped throug Rooted in Oaxacan dye traditions and shaped through contemporary tufting, Yasmin Mora @umaguma___ creates large-scale textile works that feel like living, breathing landscapes of memory. She joins TSA’s Colloquium on April 16.

Mora is a Chicana textile artist whose practice centers naturally dyed Mexican wool, fiber lineage, and body-powered fabrication. Working in close relationship with a Zapotec family in Oaxaca, she honors ancestral knowledge while expanding it into sculptural, emotionally driven forms.

Through her studio, Umaguma, tufting becomes a ritual practice, an intuitive and physically demanding process that reflects her experience navigating inherited traditions while carving space for agency and evolution. Her work moves between softness and structure, past and present, transforming wool into tactile expressions of identity and becoming.

🌟🗣️ Mora is a featured panelist at our 2026 Colloquium on April 16, presented in person at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, CA, and online. Learn more at the link in our bio.

Colloquium is made possible in part by support from the Teitelbaum Family Fund and Latin American Fund.

Yasmin Mora, installation view. Photography by @alejandro_ramoroz. Works represented by @toromanifesto
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