2021 Spring News

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 ...

For this special TSA News Conversation, member Dr. Jonathan M. Square had the honor and pleasure to chat with Letitia Huckaby, an artist who draws inspiration from textile histories in ...

Bates is a familiar brand to many, remembered fondly perhaps from a bedspread or mid-century clothing. Textiles & Design: Bates Mill 1930-1990 presents an engaging story of fabrics from Bates ...

Last year, as the feverish swirl of life-changing events forced us to re-examine the way we work, share spaces and how we think about our individual and collective roles in ...

The judges serving on TSA’s Book Award Committee have selected a shortlist of three titles for this year’s R. L. Shep Award, for books published in 2020. The three were ...

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 ...

Dear TSA members and friends, I am writing to inform you of the Board’s final decision to cancel our proposed in-person event scheduled for September 2021 in Boston. We came ...

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 ...

TSA is pleased to share video recordings from nearly all sessions from our 2020 Symposium. Thanks to our virtual format, we were able to easily capture recordings and share much more content than ever before. These video recordings are ...

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 ...

TSA President's Letter May/June 2021 Dear TSA Members, Skyline, 1958Designed by Eleanor Kluck (American, 1919-2016) and Henry Kluck (American, 1922-2007)Produced by Elenhank Designers, Inc.Screen printed linen269 × 132.1 cm (105 ...

Nominate your mentors, and leaders, trailblazing artists, scholars and practitioners as 2021 Fellows of the Textile Society of America through 31st of July 2021. Nominate A Fellow Every two years, ...

by: Emily J. Oertling, Student/New Professional Award Recipient  The individual papers presented in Session 6C: Craftivism shed light on the complexity of crafting for a cause. The presenters' critical perspectives ...

by: Karl Reichert, Textile Center Executive Director "We Are the Story: A Visual Response to Racism" by Carolyn L. Mazloomi, front cover, courtesy Textile Center. As We Are the Story enters its ...

by: Anne Hilker, co-curator of the exhibition Front cover of "Erica Wilson: A Life in Stitches". Courtesy of the author. If what’s appearing on Instagram and other platforms is any ...

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 ...

Reviewed by Catharine Ellis Book cover for "Workbook: Antoine Janot’s Colours" by Dominque Cardon and Iris Brémaud. Courtesy of authors. Any serious student or practitioner of natural dyeing is familiar ...

by: Tayana Fincher, Student/New Professional Award Recipient The role of immigrant labor in silk production between West and Southeast Asia was the subject of a session during the TSA’s 17th ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Counting, Still Counting…” by Pat Hickman is on view Feb. 5-March 29, 2021 at Buster Levi Gallery in Cold Springs, NY Hickman’s installation consists of a narrow, linear strip of ...

by: Anie Toole, Student/New Professional Award Recipient Coded Communications: Digital Weaving as Artistic Technology was one of the concurrent sessions on the first day of the 17th Textile Society of ...

We have gathered a list of events and exhibitions that we thought our membership would find exciting. Some venues have been able to reopen for in-person visits, but please make ...

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 ...