TSA News

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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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”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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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by Roxane Shaughnessy, Chair of 2014 FPA Awards Committee The Founding Presidents Award was inaugurated in 2008 to recognize excellence in the field of textile studies and to ensure that ...
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Vice President/President Elect Vita Plume is an artist and educator who has exhibited her work through- out Canada, U.S.A., Japan, Poland, Latvia, and Finland. She holds an MFA (Nova Scotia ...
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A Review of TSA's program Textiles Close Up: Historic and Contemporary African Textiles that took place at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the home of Joanne Eicher in Minneapolis, ...
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We all had a wonderful day at the newly renovated Cleveland Museum of Art April 25th for the Textiles Up Close Islamic Textiles seminar. There were fourteen participants from as ...
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Dear Members, It is with great enthusiasm that I introduce you to the newest member of the TSA staff. Lauren Hartman joined TSA in June in as Membership Associate. This ...
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Gerhardt Knodel is a renowned contemporary textile artist, member of TSA, and a juror for TSA's New Directions: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Textiles opening at the Craft & Folk Art ...
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MAC ARTHUR FELLOWS SPEAKERS The Symposium is coming up very soon and we are all gearing up for an amazing series of events. Today I wanted to share with you ...
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for the 2014 Biennial Symposium, New Directions: Examining the Past, Creating the Future, in Los Angeles, September 10-14 10. A Beautiful Setting Enjoy warm fall weather amongst the flowers and bamboo ...
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