TSA News

TSA members are invited to participate in a community conversation and listening session with TSA leadership and Board members on Thursday, May 25th, from 10am-11am CST. This will be an ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Dear TSA members and friends, With gratitude for their service, the Textile Society of America announces four resignations from its Board of Directors in late 2021 and early 2022. Ms ...

TSA President's Letter December 2021 Dear TSA Members, We regret to announce that Caroline Charuk had tendered her resignation as Executive Director of Textile Society of America (TSA). Since 2015, ...

TSA President's Letter May/June 2021 Dear TSA Members, Skyline, 1958Designed by Eleanor Kluck (American, 1919-2016) and Henry Kluck (American, 1922-2007)Produced by Elenhank Designers, Inc.Screen printed linen269 × 132.1 cm (105 ...

Dear TSA Members, This is my last letter as President of TSA, and it has been an honor to serve in this position over the past 2 years. I am ...

Dear TSA Members, As this letter was in its final draft and going to press, the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the senseless death of so many other ...

Dear Members and Friends, Spring has come at last to Toronto, where we recently held our Board meeting at the Textile Museum of Canada, and I am pleased to update ...

For all the years that I have travelled annually to Santa Fe, in the past it was generally to see the Ethnographic textile shows that take place in August. These ...

Dear Members and Friends, As we move through the fall season, I recall the energy present at our recent Symposium and the strong sense of fellowship and community. This opportunity ...

Dear Members and Friends, Just over a month ago many of us were enjoying the shared excitement of joining together on the beautiful UCLA campus, and participating in the 14th ...

MAC ARTHUR FELLOWS SPEAKERS The Symposium is coming up very soon and we are all gearing up for an amazing series of events. Today I wanted to share with you ...

Dear Members, There have been a couple of changes to the standing Board of Directors which I would like to share with you. At our March meeting, the Board agreed ...

College Art Association is coming up February 12-15, 2014 in Chicago. Its always heartening to see textiles presented in this context, and this year there are a number of panels ...

July 12, 2013 Last night I attended the opening in Chelsea of very intriguing show.  Curated by Terry Winters, a New York painter, the show is called Roving Signs.  It ...

Well, Paris is nice, but New York also has a lot to offer in the textile world. Today at MOMA I was curious about the different textile-related art that might ...

Monday April 8, Today was the opening of the exhibition The Philippines: archipelago of exchange at the Quai Branly Museum.  An unexpected mix of 16th century wooden male and female ...

I am currently spending a month in Paris teaching a seminar, Coloring the Globe: textiles and dyes, trade and culture, at the Ecoles des Hautes Etudes. This also gives me ...