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Reviewer: Marcelo Martins Editor: Jennifer Pellman The Musée des métiers d'art du Québec (MUMAQ) hosted a remarkable exhibition this winter: “Louise Lemieux Bérubé: Around the World with 80 Textile Artists,” ...

Every two years, crowds of art lovers converge on the canals of Venice, Italy, to witness the collection of contemporary and historical artworks that make up the latest edition of ...

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 ...

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? ...

From archival deep dives to the collaborative future of textiles, TSA shares some of our recommendations for this Fall 2022 season! Nick Cave - Wall Relief (detail), 2013. Courtesy of ...

Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love  de Young Museum, San Francisco on display until April 24, 2022 Post was written by Sequoia Barnes Installation view of Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love at the ...

“Patterns and Portraits”, an exhibition by Vita Plume is currently on display at the University of New Brunswick Art Centre. The exhibition is split between the East Gallery and West ...

In her latest exhibition, The Regency Wardrobe, British artist and TSA member Stephanie Smart transports us into the world of Regency Britain through intricately crafted period garments created with paper ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bisa Butler: Portraits, an exhibition featuring twenty-two of the artist’s arresting portrait quilts, opened at the Art Institute of Chicago on November 16, 2020. Although the Art Institute had to ...

By: Amy Putansu A Decade in Fiber is an exhibition with surprising technical breadth, especially considering the work is all made by recent alumni of a two-year college textiles program ...

By Amy DiPlacido Since the temporary closure of San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles in March 2020, many people have asked me, “Now that the museum is closed, what ...

Kira Dominguez Hultgren at San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles by Shilpa Shah Arose, 2020. 132 x 132 x 26 in. Virgin and less pure wool in homespun marigold ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reviewed by Pat Hickman and Gail Hovey New Brunswick Museum Saint John, Canada June 9–September 9, 2019 Visit exhibition page here Vita Plume, Woman Making Basket-Ulmann Project. Woven at Oriole ...

Fiberart International is one of the longest running juried exhibitions of textile art in the world. A triennial event, this prestigious exhibition attracts an international group of artists ...

By Ann Peters, who is a member of the TSA Board. As an archaeologist, she analyzes textiles and other artifacts created from organic materials, working with museum collections and archives ...

Garrison Art Center in NY presents Streaming: Wind & Water, a site-specific installation of sculptural works by textile artist Pat Hickman. The exhibition will be on view in the Riverside ...

By Talia Connelly, a textile student from Seattle, WA who is currently completing a BFA at Rhode Island School of Design. In her work, she explores topics related to cultural ...

by Pat Hickman and Gail Hovey; Pat is a studio artist in the Lower Hudson Valley, emeritus professor of Art, head of the Fiber program at the University of Hawai’i, ...