TSA News

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 ...
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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? ...
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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 ...
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Happiest and most joyful of years to all! We are so pleased to welcome 2023 with TSA member Sally C. Garner, a textile artist and educator based in Atlanta. Sally's ...
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Carol Sauvion via Craft Council  As one of the last (though certainly not least) gifts of 2022, we had the opportunity to speak with Carol Sauvion, a true advocate for ...
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Dear TSA members, As President, I have the privilege of announcing the newly elected board members who will begin their terms in January. Our thanks goes to the Nominations committee, ...
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Dear TSA Members, I am pleased to inform you that Isaac Facio has agreed to take on the role of President Elect. As a reminder, when former VP/President Elect Karen ...
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Jimil Ataman is an ethnographer of the social, political, and cultural dimensions of clothing and its entanglements. In this month’s member feature, she shares her globe-spanning fieldwork and considers the ...
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Our September Featured Member is Marcelyn (Lynn) Bennett-Carpenter, an interdisciplinary fiber artist and educator. In this month’s conversation with TSA News, Bennett-Carpenter shares her explorations into textiles as architecture, graffiti ...
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Congratulations to Sara Clugage, TSA Member and Assistant Director of Communications! Sara has written the 2021 edition of the annual Haystack Monograph Series, “New Recipes: Cooking, Craft, and Performance.” The ...
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Noel Puello, the brand and the person, embodies many of the values that I hold dear: blackness, queerness, body inclusivity, and sustainability. Their brand breaks free of conventions of the ...
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“The Toilet of the Princess” (from a pair of Indo-Chinese scenes), 1690-1715, attributed to the workshop of John Vanderbank the Elder, probably woven by Great Wardrobe (Great Queen Street, Saint ...
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The recently published special issue of the Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice (volume 9, issue 3) is the second collaboration between the Textile Society of America and the ...
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Dr. Sharbreon Plummer was our guest speaker for the December 2021 TSA Stitch-In. She shared her journey in textiles and discussed how her great grandmother's life laid the foundation for ...
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Detail of a gros point lace collar, likely British, fourth quarter of the 17th century, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. From Elena’s episode. As Sew What?, my podcast about ...
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The TSA Stitching Affinity Group was excited to host artist and educator Rachel Meginnes for our October 2021 TSA Stitch-In. Known for her exciting explorations deconstructing and repurposing vintage textiles, ...
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The Textile Society of America is excited to announce the recipients of the 2021 Research Travel Grants. Established through the generosity of Elena Phipps (TSA President 2012-2014) and Alan Finkel, ...
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“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 ...
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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 ...
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To start off Textile Month 2021, Dr. Sharbreon Plummer and Cathy Stevulak host a conversation with 2019 TSA Fellow, Ruby Ghuznavi. Learn more about Ruby Ghuznavi's work on her TSA ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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“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 ...
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Part 2: Expanding the American Textiles Conversation with Karen Hampton Continuing our interview with Karen Hampton from last week, this week we learn about Karen’s current projects. Part 1 for ...
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Karen Hampton is a textile artist whose moving work captures the stories and energy of the narratives she has discovered from extensive fieldwork throughout the American South and the African ...
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