2025 News

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 ...