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Symposium 2016
Aesthetics of Pleasure
By Dr. Yolanda Sánchez Born in Havana, Cuba, Dr. Sánchez immigrated to the United States in February 1960. She obtained a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Florida State University and has ...
Embroidery and Bondage
By Erlend Helling-Larsen Erlend Helling-Larsen is a Norwegian artist who studied at the Oslo School of Painting and Drawing and at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, where he received a Bachelor ...
Common Coin
By Joshua Callandret Joshua Callandret is a writer residing in Savannah Georgia. He develops online courses for the Savannah College of Art and Design while also pursuing his MFA in ...
Reflections
By Margaret Hubert Margaret Hubert started in the needle arts business in 1963, as co-owner of a small yarn shop. She later became the needlework instructor for Bloomingdale’s in White Plains, ...
A Feminist Pedagogy through the Sociopolitical Stitch
By Laura Sapelly Laura Elizabeth Sapelly's research merges her background in fiberarts, women's history, feminist theory, and art education. While earning her Ph.D. at Penn State, she related the pedagogical significance ...
Falling In Love Again: A Continuing Mystery about Stitched Glass
By Sam Norgard Sam Norgard grew up working in her family-run flower shop. By her grandmother’s side, she learned design, quality crafts(wo)manship and humor. A long career of university teaching ...
A City’s History and a Family’s History Woven Together in Poland
By Mirka Knaster Mirka Knaster, Ph.D., creates contemporary textile art in a studio overlooking the Pacific Ocean in northern California. Growing up cross-culturally and living and/or traveling across the world’s continents, ...
True Colors of Plants
By Lin Hsin-Chen Lin Hsin-Chen is the founder of Taiwan Art Quilt Society (TAQS). Born and raised in Taiwan, she is a fiber artist and an independent curator who has been ...
Women’s Writing – Miao Batik
By Diana Chen Diana Chen is an artist, educator, and art critic, who was born in Guizhou, China. She received her Master's degree in Art and Art Education from Columbia University, ...
The Impact of Silk in the Middle Ages
By Stephen Wagner Stephen Wagner is a professor of art history at the Savannah College of Art and Design. His area of interest is art and architecture of the Middle ...
Wandering Around, With Water, With Paper
By Nancy Cohen Nancy Cohen’s work has been widely exhibited throughout the United States and is represented in important collections, such as The Montclair Museum, The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Yale ...
Textiles and Ports
By Iviva Olenick Iviva Olenick is a Brooklyn born and based artist and educator. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in French Language and Literature/Psychology from Binghamton University, and an ...
Tracking Traditional Appliqué to Its Source
By Patricia Malarcher Patricia Malarcher is a studio artist and independent writer. She has exhibited throughout the United States and in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and has work in museum, corporate, and ...
Parallel Threads: Sweden and United States
By Helena Hernmarck Helena Hernmarck is a Swedish-born tapestry artist and weaver best known for her monumental tapestries designed for architectural settings. Her designs derive from sources ranging from photographs, ...
Oryza glaberrima
From top: Jill Kinnear, "With Grains in her Hair" (linocut) and "Oryza glaberrima" (linocut) By Jill Kinnear Jill Kinnear received her initial degree in textiles from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, ...
What does it mean to arrive in a port?
Port of Charleston Text by Janis Jefferies; photography by Kelly Thompson Janis Jefferies is an artist, writer and curator, Professor of Visual Arts and Research, Research Fellow at the Constance Howard ...
Join us for “Textiles in Town and Country in Early South Carolina”
In the colonial and antebellum periods, South Carolina’s wealth was shaped not only by the products of plantation agriculture but also by the commerce of a dynamic urban center. By ...
Welcome and Introduction to the 2016 Textile Society of America Symposium Blog
by Deborah First and Anne Swartz, Professors at Savannah College of Art and Design In October, members of the Textile Society of America (TSA) will travel to Savannah, Georgia to ...
ROAD TO SAVANNAH, PART TWO: A Rough Guide to The Hostess City
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 ...
