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Michael James has long been fascinated with patterns. As a metaphor for the complex systems that run through our world, James explores the patterns in his non-traditional quilts to evoke ...
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For this month's profile, we speak with Emma Harling about her recent collaboration with Chatham, some common misconceptions about her work, and the chance to deep dive into textile archives ...
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Member Kyle Marini researches pre-contact Andean visual culture as a Doctoral student of art history at Penn State University. Fueled by a semester abroad in Ecuador painting the landscape plein ...
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Happiest and most joyful of years to all! We are so pleased to welcome 2023 with TSA member Sally C. Garner, a textile artist and educator based in Atlanta. Sally's ...
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Jimil Ataman is an ethnographer of the social, political, and cultural dimensions of clothing and its entanglements. In this month’s member feature, she shares her globe-spanning fieldwork and considers the ...
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Our September Featured Member is Marcelyn (Lynn) Bennett-Carpenter, an interdisciplinary fiber artist and educator. In this month’s conversation with TSA News, Bennett-Carpenter shares her explorations into textiles as architecture, graffiti ...
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At our June TSA Stitch-In, TSA member Sarah Pedlow shared about her recent project, Threshold. Sarah Pedlow makes textile works and photo-based drawings that honor traditional embroidery, handmade clothing, and ...
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My studio practice is rooted in creation and process. Through making, I develop a certain understanding of parts of myself and the world I exist in. My work is influenced ...
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We were delighted to host Dr. Anu Gupta for Textile Society of America Stitching Affinity Group’s June 2021 Stitch-In. Dr. Anu H. Gupta is Chairperson and Assistant Professor at the ...
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This is my orientation today. As we navigate a global pandemic, the time of the AIDS crisis has come again; I feel this in my body. Emerging out of the ...
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For this installment of Member Monday, TSA News shares a recent artist talk by Assistant Professor Hillary Waters Fayle.  Prof. Fayle presented this artist talk along with a virtual studio ...
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I write this shortly ahead of the one-year anniversary of the first national lockdown in the UK. It seems incredible to think how much our lives have changed in such ...
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In this edition of Member Monday, TSA News speaks to Assistant Professor Gabrielle Duggan about their ambitious textile installation hosted by the Greenville Parks and Recreation in October 2020 in ...
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TSA member Isabella Rosner of "Sew What?" podcast During the pandemic, I’ve become a historic needlework podcaster, which is not something I ever expected to say, let alone write. But ...
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Part 2: Expanding the American Textiles Conversation with Karen Hampton Continuing our interview with Karen Hampton from last week, this week we learn about Karen’s current projects. Part 1 for ...
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Karen Hampton is a textile artist whose moving work captures the stories and energy of the narratives she has discovered from extensive fieldwork throughout the American South and the African ...
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The Andean region is famous for its impressive textiles woven by skilled weavers. Albeit altered by Colonial policies, colonial Andean textiles maintained Andean standards while combining new colonial elements. At ...
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Tribal carpets and textiles have been enthusiastically collected by connoisseurs and ordinary people in Europe and the U.S. for years. In contrast, tribal carpets and textiles did not gain the ...
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For this year’s Textile Society of America symposium, I researched one special item often overlooked in the American Museum of Natural History's vast collection—the nineteenth-century at káté daakéit or Tlingit ...
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As a researcher and a conservator, I feel it is my responsibility to understand and preserve not only the tangible aspects of an object, but also the intangible: how it ...
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When my students at Appalachian State University left for spring break in March 2020, their first major projects were almost finished on the looms. They had just started learning the ...
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Preparation of a polychromic weft ikat at IKTT, Chot Sam village, Siem Reap, personal picture, 2016. In preparation for our upcoming symposium, we would like to introduce our members to ...
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Continuity During Times of Coronavirus – Bringing Together the Choctaw Textile Community By: TSA Member Jennifer Byram Originating in Mississippi and Alabama, Choctaw communities have been dispersed due to colonial ...
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Please note: This interview was originally planned as a celebration of Juneteenth, the day commemorating the ending of enslavement in the United States of America and had been scheduled with ...
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From book clubs to the history of sewing machines, TSA shares some of our textile event recommendations for this Spring season! Anne Lindberg’s immersive installation what color is divine light? ...
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Emerging Artists, Professionals, ...
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Join Now The Textile Society of America is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, dedicated to promoting and exchanging knowledge about textiles. Who Are TSA's Members? TSA's worldwide membership include museum curators, ...
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