2020 Spring News

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 ...

By: Susan Brown and Kat Diuguid Since 2017, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, has hosted the Textile Society of America on its Object of the Day blog to celebrate New ...

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 ...

On July 2nd, TSA hosted its first of many Affinity Group Conversations focused on the craft economy. I worked alongside Mimi Robinson, a textile designer and author, to launch this ...

Given annually to a publication judged to be the best book in the field of ethnic textile studies, the R.L. Shep Ethnic Textiles Book Award consists of a cash prize ...

The Textile Society of America’s Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber Art (BEA) honors the lives and work of the late and beloved fiber artists Joanne Segal Brandford and Lillian ...

Since our first post on virtual events and exhibitions in May, we have discovered many more resources to share with the TSA Community. As quarantine continued and everyone adjusted to ...

Amy DiPlacido is currently the Head Curator at San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, where she has collaborated on shows involving historic and contemporary fashion and textiles. Amy oversees ...

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 ...

By Laura L. Camerlengo, Associate Curator of Costume and Textile Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), Contemporary Muslim Fashions ...

Dear TSA Members, As this letter was in its final draft and going to press, the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the senseless death of so many other ...

To our members, our siblings of color, our friends, families and communities affected by racism and systemic injustice across the United States and around the world, How are you doing? ...

"Installation View of Anni Albers at Tate Modern", 2018. Courtesy of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 Crisis, exhibitions and related events have been canceled ...

Scientists and artists both thrive on uncertainty and a sense of adventure.These two ideas inspire my studio practice. I make textile art about science and because of this, my work ...

Reviewed by Diane Newbury John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin August 18, 2019 — January 19, 2020 Visit exhibition page here In Poetry and Silence: The Work and Studio ...