2025 News
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 Kijimia 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 ...
Craftsmanship and Intention; The American Woolen Company’s Revival
Author: A. Zarinah Nuri This is a members only article. Become a member Jacob Long inspecting a woven cloth. Image courtesy of American Woolen Company. [memberonly] In my conversation with ...
Knitting Without Turning: a Self-Taught Bidirectional Method
Author: Alessandra Massa Edited by: Jennifer Pellman This is a members only article. Become a member [memberonly] A completed lace panel worked in yellow silk using the author’s method. The ...
From Chios to Lvov: Silk, Symbolism, and the Puzzle of the Inverted Inscription
Author: Piotr Wesolowski This is a members only article. Become a member [memberonly] The 1698 Lvov Parochet, Chios, silk brocade and embroidery.Image credit courtesy: Museum of Ethnography and Craft, Lviv, ...
Bound in Stitches: A Brief Guide to Common Bookbinding Stitches
Author: Harikleia Sirmans Edited by: Jennifer Pellman This is a members only article. Become a member [memberonly] Bookbinding is the process of attaching individual paper leaves or folded sheets into ...
Member Monday with Samantha Lance
This exhibition is all about love. Par Nair's "Letters of Haunting", hand-embroidery on mother's silk sarees. Installation view of The Love that Remains. May 1—July 27, 2024, Art Museum at ...
Call for TSA Members: Join the Nominations and Elections Committee
The Textile Society of America is seeking members to serve on the Nominations and Elections Committee beginning in January 2026. This committee plays a vital role in shaping TSA’s leadership ...
Textiles Close Up Returns to Chicago: On Loss and Absence
Featuring a Performance and Artist Talk by Nneka Kai This fall, TSA brings Textiles Close Up back to Chicago with a rare opportunity to experience the powerful exhibition On Loss ...
Member Monday with Nikita Shah
Meet TSA member Nikita Shah, Brooklyn-based textile artist, fashion designer, and educator, whose practice is rooted in the ancient South Indian tradition of Kalamkari. Through hand-drawn narrative cloths, collective storytelling, ...
TSA Member Social Media Takeover Call for Entries
Are you a maker, scholar, curator, or textile enthusiast with a story to tell? The Textile Society of America invites our members to step into the spotlight through our TSA ...
2025 Research Travel Grants Awards
The Textile Society of America is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Research Travel Grant: Dr. Nisaphi Lyndem and Katarin María Laruelle Aránguiz. These exceptional scholars are undertaking ...
Member Monday with Harikleia Sirmans
All photographs taken by and courtesy of Harikleia Sirmans. Meet Harikleia Sirmans in this edition of Member Monday! Sirmans’s textile journey began with a sheep named Stella and has unraveled ...
Textiles Close Up Returns + Research Travel Grant Now Open
The Textile Society of America is pleased to announce the return of Textiles Close Up—TSA’s signature in-person program offering participants rare, behind-the-scenes access to textile collections, exhibitions, and contemporary practices ...
Nominate a Book for the R.L. Shep Memorial Book Award
Nominate a book published in 2024 by May 15, 2025. We are pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2025 R.L. Shep Memorial Book Award, presented annually ...
