TSA News
TSA Textile Research Travel Grant Recipient Article: The Tribal Weavers of Nagaland and the Traditions They Continue to Sustain.
Author: Dr. Nisaphi Lyndem, 2025 TSA Textile Research Travel Grant Awardee This article is available to everyone. On the road to the Hills of NagalandPhoto credit: Dr. Nisaphi Lyndem Across ...
Digital Weaving: Innovation through Pixels, A Book Review
Author: Janice Lessman-Moss Co-Editor: Dr. Karen Perlman This article is a member benefit. Become a Member [memberonly] Front cover of publicationPhoto credit: Helle Kjelland Ekaas The book Digital Weaving: Innovation ...
Working at a Joyous, Creative Thing: Kelly Cobb Elevates the Life and Art of Letty Esherick
Author: Katie Wynne Co-Editor: Dr. Karen Perlman This article is a member benefit. Become a Member [memberonly] Leticia “Letty” Nofer Esherick. Undated photograph by Consuelo Kanaga. WhartonEsherick Museum Collection. Leticia ...
Global and Ecological Influences in Early to Contemporary American Quilts
Author: Dr. Karen Perlman This article is a member benefit. Become a Member [memberonly] The American Folk Art Museum (AFAM), New York City has held many quilt exhibitions, but the ...
Textile as Object Symposium at CUNY Graduate Center, A Symposium Review
Author: Nazanin Hedayat Munroe Editor: Jennifer Pellman This article is a member benefit. Become a Member [memberonly] Eiren Shea (Grinnell College) and Rachel Silberstein (SOAS) with their finished woven samplers.Photo ...
From the Artist: Notes & Artefacts from altared futures – Temporarily closed for healing
Author: Rafael Edem Kouto Editor: Jennifer Pellman This article is a member benefit. Become a Member [memberonly] Multidisciplinary designer Rafael Edem Kouto shares with us his writing from a research ...
The Power of an Online Artist Residency
Author: Rachael Mayer This article is available to all. Meli Bandera, We wear it on the inside (pero lo llevamos nosotros donde que vamos), 2024. Needle felted wool, yarn, and ...
Letter from the Editor
Author: Kris Cnossen, Director of Communications and Chair of Newsletter Committee Hello! I’m Kris Cnossen, and I’ve had the joy of helping bring the Newsletter back to the Textile Society ...
Remembering Nancy F. Hall
The Textile Society of America mourns the passing of our member, Nancy F. Hall, who died on December 21, 2024. She was 77. While Nancy was celebrated as a foundational ...
Remembering Dilys E. Blum: TSA Member & Pioneering Curator
The Textile Society of America notes with sadness the passing of our member and colleague, Dilys E. Blum, on December 27, 2025. A visionary force in the field, she was ...
(re)Membering: Textiles as Living Systems of Memory, Labor, and Connection
Author Ashley Occhino, Executive Director, Textile Society of America One week ago, on April 16th, the Textile Society of America gathered in Long Beach, California, and online for our Spring ...
Member Monday with Sara Rosenthal
Multidisciplinary artist, writer, and researcher Sara Rosenthal explores time, transformation, and material memory through weaving, installation, video art, and performance. From handwoven “mold” and tapestries featuring reimagined stone mother figures ...
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 ...
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–September 30, 2026) organized ...
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 ...
Open Call for TSA Members: Nominate a Nominator for the 2026 Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber Art
The Textile Society of America invites members to participate in the nomination process for the 2026 Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber Art (B/EA) by recommending a Nominator, an individual ...
TSA’s Spring 2026 Colloquium
TSA Announces Colloquium: "(re)membering" The Textile Society of America (TSA) announces its Spring 2026 Colloquium, “(re)membering,” to be held on April 16, 2026, from 9:00 AM–12:00 PM PDT, online and ...
Research Travel Grant Now Open
Now Open: TSA Textile Research Travel Grant The TSA Textile Research Travel Grant supports TSA members in traveling to conduct textile-focused research. This may include visiting museum collections, engaging with ...
Member Monday with Laura Splan
This Member Monday features interdisciplinary artist Laura Splan, whose conceptually driven practice bridges textiles, science, and digital processes. From reimagining viruses as lace to transforming data into woven forms, Splan’s ...
In Memory of Lotus Stack, TSA Founding President
When Lotus Stack joined the small group of visionaries who founded the Textile Society of America on April 3, 1987, she helped ignite a force for connection and scholarship that ...
A Note from Our Executive Director: Building Our Community, Together
As I sit down to write this year-end message, I find myself reflecting not just on numbers, but on the human energy those numbers represent. The data tells a powerful ...
Announcing the 2025 Winner of the R. L. Shep Award
The Royal Inca Tunic: A Biography of an Andean Masterpiece (Princeton University Press, 2024) by Andrew James Hamilton is the Winner of the R. L. Shep Memorial Book Award for ...
The Lab: Mentorship & Momentum for Emerging Textile Thinkers
The Lab February through July 2026 The Textile Society of America (TSA) is relaunching The Lab, as a six-month virtual incubator designed to spark connection, collaboration, and creativity across the ...
Member Monday with Ava Roth
Toronto-based artist Ava Roth creates striking interspecies collaborations with thousands of local honeybees, embedding her encaustic collages and textile-inspired forms directly into living hives. Her ongoing Honeycomb Collection celebrates the ...
Judges Shortlist Three Books for the R. L. Shep Memorial Book Award
The Textile Society of America is pleased to announce the top three finalists for the 2025 R. L. Shep Memorial Book Award for books published in 2024. The award is ...
Documenting Dyeing Knowledge: Color, Memory, and the Last Indigo Dyer of San Cristóbal de Las Casas
Film Screening + Conversation with TSA grantee Katarin María Laruelle Aránguiz and Karla Faro Ruiz of the Centro de Textiles del Mundo Maya A.C. The Textile Society of America is ...
Textiles as Living Memory: Reflections on Six Months in India
Author: Ai Kijima When I arrived in Udaipur in October 2024, the city was alive with Diwali celebrations. Candles glowed in doorways and courtyards, marking the festival of light. It ...
A Letter from the Executive Director
Dear TSA Community, As I approach the ten-month mark as TSA’s Executive Director, I’ve been reflecting on how much we’ve already accomplished together and the possibility that lies ahead. Stepping ...
TSA Textile Research Travel Grant Award Recipient Article: Francisco Álvarez Montoya and the Indigo Tradition of the Barrio de los Mexicanos in San Cristóbal de Las Casas.
Author: Katarin María Laruelle Aránguiz Edited by: Jennifer Pellman This is a members only article. Become a member [memberonly] The Barrio de los Mexicanos was founded by the Mexicas (Aztecs), ...
Student/New Professional Award Recipient Reports, Fall 2025 edition
The Student/New Professional Award was established by TSA’s Board of Directors (2004-2006) to support and encourage students and new professionals in the textile field to attend the biennial Symposium. The ...
