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Berkeley, CA—The Textile Society of America is pleased to announce that Ralph Isaacs is the recipient of the 2014 R.L. Shep Ethnic Textiles Book Award for his book titled Sazigyo, ...

Talking Textiles Seminar, Tuesday, November 17, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm, NCY Dorothy Waxman, member of Textile Society of America and resident of New York City, invites members to attend ...

By Tara Bursey Established in 1733, Savannah is the oldest city in Georgia; a port city alive with shadows of the past. Attending the 2016 TSA Symposium will allow you ...

TEXTILE CLOSE UP: INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART MARKET – SANTA FE, JULY, 9 – 12, 2015 The Santa Fe Textile Close Up began on Thursday evening with an interactive session, involving ...

One of the 2014 Textile Society of America Symposium Planery Speaker's, Ann Hamilton will be awarded the National Medal of Arts on Thursday September 10th.  Hamilton was cited for work that ...

Coby Foundation Awards nearly $400,000 to Fashion and Textile Projects.  Exhibitions of American Romantic Era Fashions, African Textiles and New York City Hatmakers receive funding in 2014 The Coby Foundation, ...

Now accepting proposals to present at Crosscurrents: Land, Labor, and the Port TSA’s 15th Biennial Symposium in Savannah, Georgia Berkeley, CA—The Textile Society of America (TSA) announces its 15th Biennial ...

Golf Magic, designed by Brian Connelly (American, 1926 – 1962) for Associated American Artists, printed by Signature Fabrics, ca. 1953. Screen-printed cotton. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2003-23-1, Museum purchase ...

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 ...

Savannah, Georgia, October 19th - 23rd, 2016 Textile Society of America’s 15th Biennial Symposium Organized in collaboration with Savannah College of Art and Design. Timeline Submission process opens: May 1, ...

Nominations for the 2014 R.L. Shep Ethnic Textile Book Award are in and what an exciting list of works it includes! The annual Shep Book Award, recognizes the best book ...

 “As we honor path-breaking leaders in the field, we also foreground the diverse ways that textiles are integral to human experience, emphasize the central roles that textiles play in life, ...

Dika Eckersley (1939-2015) contributed to the world of textiles as a catalog designer, friend and lover of excellent design in any form, especially finding pleasure in textiles and dress. She ...

Craft & Social Enterprise Close Up July 9- 13, 2015 International Folk Art Market & Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico Registration Closes May 1st Expert guides: ...

Author: T'ai Smith University of Minnesota Press, 2014 ISBN 978-0-8166-8724-4 Published text validates the writers’ pursuits and imbues their work with clarity and purpose. In Bauhaus Weaving Theory, author T’ai ...

Authors: Walter F. Morris, Jr., Carol Karasik, & Janet Schwartz Thrums Books distributed by Small Press United, 2015 ISBN: 978-0-9838860-6-8 Dramatic change in dress is underway among the Maya of ...

CSMVS Museum Mumbai, India. December 11, 2014- February 15, 2015 Accompanying cataloguer by Eva-Maria Rakob, Shilpa Shah and Tulsi Vatsal. Surat: Tapi Collection, 2014. For availability contact the Tapi Collection ...

The Georgia Museum of Art recently hosted two exhibitions featuring Italian textiles, historic and modern. Preserving these textiles for the future is an important concern. The historic exhibition, The Material ...

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: 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 with Membership Associate Lauren Hartman In 2013 TSA implemented an online system for membership, donations, and program registration. This system has strengthened our ...

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 ...

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 ...

 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 ...