TSA News
D.C.’s Newest Museum: by GWU Museum & Textile Museum Staff
D.C.'s Newest Museum Prepares to Make Debut The George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum Opens Sprint 2015 by the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum staff ...
Woven Luxuries: REVIEW by Qamar Adamjee
Woven Luxuries: Indian, Persian, and Turkish Velvets from the Indictor Collection by Qamar Adamjee, Associate Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, Asian Art Museum In November 1616, King James ...
International Report
compiled by Dominique Cardon, International Advisor to the Board of TSA Editor’s note: Dominique Cardon inaugurates a column featuring museums, research centers, and associations concerned with textiles outside of North ...
Member Exhibitions
CALIFORNIA The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA. Mar. 13- Nov. 1, 2015 “Woven Luxuries: Indian, Persian, and Turkish Velvets from the Indictor Collection.” Silk velvets have been preeminent luxury ...
Member Publications
Elena Phipps. “Inka Textile Traditions and Their Colonial Counterparts,” in Izumi Shimada ed. The Inka Empire: A Multidisciplinary Approach (The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture ...
Member Workshops and Lectures
CALIFORNIA Slow Fiber Studios, Berkeley, CA. Jul. 26 – Aug. 16, 2015 Jiro Yonezawa will be leading a series of lectures, bamboo jewelry workshops, and basketry workshops hosted by Slow ...
Member Honors and Achievements
Dominique Cardon has been awarded the Silver Shuttle by the NGO « Tours Cité de la Soie » (Tours, City of Silk) last February 19, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts ...
Explore TSA’s Online Membership and Registration System
Explore TSA’s Online Membership and Registration System with Membership Associate Lauren Hartman In 2013 TSA implemented an online system for membership, donations, and program registration. This system has strengthened our ...
CAA Annual Conference
CAA returns to New York in 2015 for its 103rd Annual Conference. The conference will be held at the Hilton New York from Wednesday, February 11 to Saturday, February 14 ...
Past President’s Letter: Last Year’s Santa Fe International Folk Art Market—Join us this year!
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 ...
Letter from the President
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 ...
Upcoming Conferences & Symposia
New York Material in Motion, 10th biennial North American Textile Conservation Conference (NATCC), New York, NY. Nov. 16-20, 2015 The tenth biennial NATCC will be held in New York City ...
Member Workshops and Lectures
California Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Oct 11, 2014 “Storytelling Through Thread”: The Los Angeles-based artist Karen Hampton uses the art of embroidery, coupled with found textiles, to ...
Member Honors and Achievements
Wendy Weiss has been awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholar grant to continue her research in Gujarat, India during the 2014-2015 academic year. Her project title is “Documentation and Design Development ...
Member Publications
Ethnic Dress in the United States: A Cultural Encyclopedia featuring a contribution by TSA Board Member Laura Camerlengo. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic ...
Member Exhibitions
California Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles, Berkeley, CA Jacqueline Davidson has donated her collection of knotted-netting and related items, including netted textiles, netting, needlework tools, and books about lace ...
Donation of Fiberarts Magazine Editorial Archives
Thrums LLC, formerly Interweave Press LLC of Loveland, has donated the editorial archives of Fiberarts magazine to the Morgan Library Archives & Special Collections at Colorado State University in Fort ...
Review of TSA’s Juried Exhibition New Directions by Hadley W. Jensen
Review of TSA’s Juried Exhibition New Directions: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Textiles By Hadley W. Jensen,SNPA recipient New Directions at CAFAM is not only visually stunning, but also indicative ...
Review of TCU in Toronto by Alejandra Gómez Colorado
Alejandra Gomex Colorado was the TSA scholarship recipient for this program. She is a Social Anthropologist specializing in Islamic Art and Culture. She is professor and curator for the Middle East collections at Museo ...
Stromata: The Carpet as Artifact, Concept & Metaphor in Literature & the Arts
Stromata: The Carpet as Artifact, Concept & Metaphor in Literature, Science & the Arts Florence, Italy, Nov 3-6, 2014 Conference Reviewed by Elena Phipps  An ambitious conference in the ...
Rojo Mexicano/Mexican Red: International Colloquium on Cochineal
Rojo Mexicano/Mexican Red: International Colloquium on Cochineal in Art Palacio de Bellas Artes and ENCRyM, Mexico City, Nov 11-14, 2014 Reviewed by Elena Phipps Organized by the Museo del Palacio ...
12th Brandford/Elliott Awardee Announced
Andrea Donnelly Honored with 12th Brandford/Elliott Award at Textile Symposium The Textile Society of America convened for its 14th Biennial Symposium in Los Angeles, Sept. 10-14, 2014. At the closing ...
Session Review ”Textiles in China” by Mei Rado
”Textiles in China: Identity, Literacy & Communication” by Mei Rado, SNPA Recipient Chinese textiles and dress constitute a relatively understudied field in art history, textile history, and fashion studies. While ...
A Review of ‘Material Magic’ by Whitney Artell
Material Magic A Review of Clare Graham & MorYork: The Answer is Yes by Whitney Artell, SNPA recipient Pop tops, old teddy bears, paint by numbers, and bottle caps are ...
Letter from TSA’s New President Roxane Shaughnessy
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 ...
Textile Society of America Announces 2013 Winner of R.L. Shep Ethnic Textiles Book Award
Berkeley, CA—Resplendent Dress from Southeastern Europe: a History in Layers, by Elizabeth Wayland Barber and Barbara Belle Sloan, editors, earned the 2013 R. L. Shep Ethnic Textile Book Award from ...
A Colorful Journey by Ngoc Anh Luu Dam
A Colorful Journey by Ngoc Anh Luu Dam, SNPA Recipient  Natural dye was featured at the workshop titled “Early Dyebooks and the Investigation of the Science of Color” held ...
TSA’s Inaugural Juried Exhibition
Hosted by the Craft & Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles by Eulanda Sanders The 2014 TSA Symposium, New Directions: Examining the Past, Creating the Future, concluded on September 13th ...
Interlocking Regions A Session Review by Sarah Baitzel
Interlocking Regions A Session Review by Sarah Baitzel, SNPA recipient The role of archaeological textiles in understanding regional interaction in the pre-Columbian Andes was the subject of a Friday morning, ...
Post-Symposium Tour Review Kay: Sekimachi Retrospective & Asian Textiles
Kay Sekimachi Retrospective & Asian Textiles at the Mingei Balboa Park, San Diego. Sunday September 14, 2014 by Barbara Shapiro Expert guides and special guests: Kay Sekimachi, Signe Mayfield, Sarah ...