2023 Spring News

With a bounty of both in-person and virtual textile events, TSA shares some of our recommendations for the Fall season! Exhibition Image, A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs ...

Recent international research on Japanese modernism of the early 20th century has set the stage for a more critical look at one of the most brilliant manifestations of that modernism, ...

Dear members of the Textile Society of America, As your new Awards and Scholarships committee chairs, we write to introduce ourselves, to update you about upcoming opportunities, and—most importantly—to thank ...

Following a national search, TSA is thrilled to welcome artist, administrator, and entrepreneur Anita Enriquez (she/her) to the position of Contract Administrative Coordinator and to the Textile Society of America ...

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 ...

Through the 2022 (re)Claiming Futures and the upcoming 2023 (re)Imagining Futures: Shifting Methodologies colloquium series, we look to the wider field of textile cultures to amplify the work of our ...

Judging a book by its cover Image: Emerald green bookcloth with discolored spine. Courtesy of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers ...

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 ...

Member letter from Isaac Facio, TSA President 2023-2025, and Co-Vice Presidents Sharbreon Plummer (President-elect) and L Vinebaum (Symposia Academic Chair) Dear members of the Textile Society of America, We acknowledge ...

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? ...

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 ...

By A. Zarinah Nuri Traditional Carrickmacross lace techniques (detail). Courtesy Theresa Kelly The rhythmic pulling and pushing of needle and thread through layers of cloth can calm anxieties and evoke ...

Qualeasha Wood is a textile artist whose work contemplates realities around black female bodies, contemporary technology, and consumption. Meet this young artist reimagining craft in a digital era. Qualeasha Wood ...