TSA News
Textile Tuesday with LaShawnda Crowe Storm for “Past is Present”
Artist LaShawnda Crowe Storm presents her contribution to "Past Is Present," an exhibition curated by Jonathan Square ...
Announcing the 2022 Recipient of the Brandford/Elliott Award: Tyrell Tapaha
The Textile Society of America is pleased to announce that Tyrrell Tapaha is the recipient of the 2022 Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber Arts. Tyrrell Tapaha is a Dinéweaver ...
Tyrrell Tapaha
2022 Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber Art Recipient The Textile Society of America is pleased to announce that Tyrrell Tapaha is the recipient of the 2022 Brandford/Elliott Award for ...
Update to the Nominations for TSA’s Board of Directors timeline and incoming President announcement
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 ...
Registration Open for (re)claiming futures session 4: (re)claiming our past, present, and future by writing, telling and living our own stories
Please join the Textile Society of America on November 1, 2022, for our fourth session in the (re)claiming futures colloquium series. November is American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month ...
Board Election Slate
Vote Now for your 2023 - 2027 Board of Directors Dear TSA Members I am pleased to inform you that Isaac Facio has agreed to take on the role of ...
Member Monday with Jimil Ataman
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 ...
Announcing the 2022 Winner of the R. L. Shep Award
Image of book cover from Textiles in Burman Culture – Silkworm Books Textiles in Burman Culture is this year’s winner of the R.L. Shep Award. It was selected as the ...
Textile Tuesday at the Walters Art Museum, The Abduction of Helen Series
Abduction of Helen series. Dario di Giovanni (ca. 1420–before 1498) and collaborators, The Departure of Helen and Her Entourage for Cythera. empera and Pressbrokat on spruce. The Walters Art Museum, ...
In Memoriam
Masako KinoshitaApril 24, 1926 -August 4, 2022 Masako Kinoshita (née Matsuoka) passed away in her sleep on August 4, at the age of 96. Born in Kochi, Japan, she and ...
Member Monday with Lynn Bennett-Carpenter
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 ...
Fall Textile Events
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 ...
Contemporary Voices: Jovencio de la Paz
PROGRAM INFO Contemporary Voices: Jovencio de la Paz Tuesday, October 11, 2022 7 – 8 p.m. EDT / 4 – 5 p.m. PDT Join artist Jovencio de la Paz online ...
Registration Open for Session 3 Cripping Disability: Transforming Meanings and Practices Through Textiles
Join the Textile Society of America for this online colloquium showcasing (re)claimed narratives and histories of textile creation, practice, and study. In these presentations and panel discussions, innovative artists and ...
Announcing Session 3 and 4 of the TSA Colloquium Series (re)claiming futures
Join the Textile Society of America for this online colloquium showcasing (re)claimed stories/narratives and histories of textile creation, practice, and study. In these presentations and panel discussions, innovative artists and ...
Contemporary Voices: Fabiola Jean-Louis
Online program Tuesday, September 13 7–8 pm EDT / 4–5pm PDT Join artist Fabiola Jean-Louis for a discussion of her ongoing exploration of the relationship between history, memory and identity ...
Judges Shortlist Four Books for the R. L. Shep Award
Four books have been selected by TSA’s Shep Award Book Committee for a shortlist of titles published in 2021 under consideration for this year’s R. L. Shep Award. The four ...
Job Opportunity: Interim Executive Director Position with TSA
The submission deadline was September 1, 2022 and is now closed. Join us and share your leadership ideas. The Textile Society of America (TSA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has an exciting ...
Welcome Lauren Baccus!
Image: Jeffrey Albright TSA is excited to welcome Lauren Baccus as our TSA News Digital Content Editor. Lauren is a textile artist, writer and researcher whose work centers around the ...
Congratulations to TSA Member Sara Clugage
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 ...
Call for Nominations extended to August 28, 2022.
Call for Nominations for Board of Directors is now closed. TSA is extending the Call for Nominations for Board of Directors to August 28th, 2022. As we continue to develop ...
TSA Member Dr. Jonathan M. Square in Conversation with Noel Puello
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 ...
Surviving Blackness in America: Quilts as Political Statement
In honor of Juneteenth this year, TSA is privileged to make available to the public a recording of the second event in our 2022 colloquium series, (re)claiming futures. Titled “Surviving ...
Textile Tuesday with Isabella Rosner
“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 ...
Job Opportunity: TSA News Digital Content Editor
TSA is seeking a Digital Content Editor to work closely with the Communications Director, Assistant Communications Director, Social Media Coordinator, Interim Executive Director, Interim Administrator, President and Board of Directors ...
Join Us! TSA Nominations and Volunteers Virtual Info Session on June 11, 2022
Would you like to volunteer and serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Textile Society of America? Do you know a colleague with leadership and organizational ...
Register for TSA Nominations and Volunteers Virtual Information Session on May 21, 2022
Would you like to volunteer and serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Textile Society of America? Do you know a colleague with leadership and organizational ...
Registration Open for Session 2: TSA Colloquium Series (re)claiming futures
Series DescriptionJoin the Textile Society of America for this online colloquium showcasing (re)claimed stories/narratives and histories of textile creation, practice, and study. In these presentations and panel discussions, innovative artists ...
Registration Open for Session 1: TSA Colloquium Series (re)claiming futures
Series DescriptionJoin the Textile Society of America for this online colloquium showcasing (re)claimed stories/narratives and histories of textile creation, practice, and study. In these presentations and panel discussions, innovative artists ...
Member News: Special Issue of the Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice
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 ...