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Please note: This interview was originally planned as a celebration of Juneteenth, the day commemorating the ending of enslavement in the United States of America and had been scheduled with ...

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 ...

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 ...

To our members, our siblings of color, our friends, families and communities affected by racism and systemic injustice across the United States and around the world, How are you doing? ...

"Installation View of Anni Albers at Tate Modern", 2018. Courtesy of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 Crisis, exhibitions and related events have been canceled ...

Scientists and artists both thrive on uncertainty and a sense of adventure.These two ideas inspire my studio practice. I make textile art about science and because of this, my work ...

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 ...

As we all navigate the many challenges resulting from the developing COVID-19 crisis, we need to make the following TSA announcements: - The April TCU in Toronto is canceled and ...

It is with excitement that we announce that the TSA Board has voted and agreed that the Textile Society of America Newsletter will shift from the twice yearly PDF format ...

December 7, 1931–October 31, 2019 By Mary Lane Archie Brennan. Photo credit: Alex Kistler Archie Brennan passed away on October 31, 2019. He was born in Roslin, Scotland on December ...

By Lisa L. Kriner, TSA President, 2018–2020 This article was originally published in the Fall 2019 issue of the TSA Newsletter. Marion Coleman at the 2018 NEA National Heritage Fellowships ...

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 ...

By Kathleen Curtis Wilson This article was originally published in the Fall 2019 issue of the TSA Newsletter. Morocco is a land of beauty and poverty, heat and dust, a ...

This article was originally published in the Fall 2019 issue of the TSA Newsletter. The Intentional Thread: A Guide to Drawing, Gesture, and Color in Stitch Author: Susan Brandeis Published ...

Janice Lessman-Moss learned that she had been awarded a prestigious United States Artist Fellowship at the closing plenary session of the September 2018 Textile Society of America Biennial Symposium ...

During a recent trip to Morocco, co-sponsored by TSA and Peters Valley School of Craft, I experienced a culture of beauty, vibrant color, and craftsmanship ...

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 Erica White, operations manager of Haiti Babi, in Cap Haitien, Haiti; all photos courtesy of Haiti Babi In December of 2010 I graduated from the University of Nebraska with ...

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 Wendy Weiss, TSA Communications Director and Newsletter Editor Camille Ann Brewer has been working energetically to develop programs, outreach, and a curatorial vision since arriving at the George Washington ...

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, ...

The Cooper Hewitt Museum has invited TSA Members to share their favorite textile pieces. One will be featured each day, through the month of September, as the Object of the ...

By Jasmine Kornel, an MFA candidate in Textile Art at Kent State University. She gained a deep interest in sustainable design practices while earning her undergraduate degree in Fashion Design and is ...

By Dawn Williams Boyd, a visual artist who changed her primary medium from acrylic paints on various mediums to fabric in 2001. She graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, MO ...

By Sarah Molina Sarah Molina was the TSA scholarship recipient for this program. She is a Graduate Intern in the Museum Profession at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., where ...

By Aram Han Sifuentes, who uses a needle and thread as her tools to examine immigration, citizenship, race and craft. She has exhibited, performed, and demonstrated her work at the Museum ...

Exhibition review of two shows at form & concept, 435 S Guadalupe St., Santa Fe, NM 87501 (This review will appear in the Spring/Summer issue of the TSA members newsletter, ...

By Beatrijs Sterk, former publisher of Textile Forum Magazine and founder and secretary general of the European Textile Network (ETN) until May 2015. She currently writes for the Textile Forum Blog, ...