TSA News
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 ...
Louise Mackie Retires from Cleveland Museum of Art
Louise W. Mackie announced her retirement from the Cleveland Museum of Art, where she has served as Curator of Textiles and Islamic Art since 1998. Her last day was Friday, ...
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 ...
Introducing TSA’s new Membership & Communications Coordinator
Please join us in welcoming Caroline Hayes Charuk as TSA’s new Membership & Communications Coordinator: Caroline is a visual artist who works with textiles, ceramics, and other materials to make ...
Textile Society of America announces 2014 winner of R.L. Shep Ethnic Textiles Book Award
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, ...
Special invitation for TSA members only
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 ...
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 ...
TEXTILE CLOSE UP: INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART MARKET by Dr. Margaret Gbemi Areo
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 ...
Ann Hamilton awarded National Medal of Arts
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
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, ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CALL FOR PRESENTATION & EXHIBITION SUBMISSIONS
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 ...
Featured Object: Golf Magic
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 ...
Letter from the President
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 ...
2016 Symposium Call For EXHIBITIONS
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, ...
R.L. Shep Ethnic Textile Book Award: 2014 Nominees
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 ...
TSA Establishes a New Award Fellows of the Textile Society of America.
“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, ...
In Memoriam – Dika Eckersley
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 ...
TCU Santa Fe: Last Chance to Register!
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: ...
Bauhaus Weaving Theory REVIEW by Pauline Verbeek-Cowart
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 ...
Maya Threads REVIEW by Mary A. Littrell
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 ...
Sahib, Bibi, Nawab: Baluchar Silks of Bengal: REVIEW by Susan S. Bean
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 ...
Italian Textile Materials: Past, Present, and Future Preservation REVIEW by Rosalia Bonito Fanelli
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: 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 ...