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Fall 2023 Textile Events
With a bounty of both in-person and virtual textile events, TSA shares some of our recommendations for the Fall season! Exhibition Image, A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs ...
Member Monday with Mary Walter
Michael James has long been fascinated with patterns. As a metaphor for the complex systems that run through our world, James explores the patterns in his non-traditional quilts to evoke ...
Introducing the Lab
The Lab practice pitch session for TSA Colloquium Date: Friday, July 14 Time: 9:30am PST/12:30pm EST/5:30pm BST Attention all soon-to-be, new, and recent-ish graduates and school-eschewing professionals, we want to ...
June Member Listening Session
Member Listening Session on TSA programming TSA members are invited to participate in a conversation and listening session about future programming with TSA leadership and Board members Wednesday, June 28th, ...
Member Monday with Michael James
Michael James has long been fascinated with patterns. As a metaphor for the complex systems that run through our world, James explores the patterns in his non-traditional quilts to evoke ...
Member Monday with Emma Harling
For this month's profile, we speak with Emma Harling about her recent collaboration with Chatham, some common misconceptions about her work, and the chance to deep dive into textile archives ...
Spring 2023 Textile Events
From book clubs to the history of sewing machines, TSA shares some of our textile event recommendations for this Spring season! Anne Lindberg’s immersive installation what color is divine light? ...
Member Monday with Kyle Marini
Member Kyle Marini researches pre-contact Andean visual culture as a Doctoral student of art history at Penn State University. Fueled by a semester abroad in Ecuador painting the landscape plein ...
Member Monday with Sally C. Garner
Happiest and most joyful of years to all! We are so pleased to welcome 2023 with TSA member Sally C. Garner, a textile artist and educator based in Atlanta. Sally's ...
TSA Interview with Craft in America’s Carol Sauvion
Carol Sauvion via Craft Council As one of the last (though certainly not least) gifts of 2022, we had the opportunity to speak with Carol Sauvion, a true advocate for ...
Registration Open for (re)claiming futures session 4: (re)claiming our past, present, and future by writing, telling and living our own stories
Please join the Textile Society of America on November 1, 2022, for our fourth session in the (re)claiming futures colloquium series. November is American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month ...
Board Election Slate
Vote Now for your 2023 - 2027 Board of Directors Dear TSA Members I am pleased to inform you that Isaac Facio has agreed to take on the role of ...
Member Monday with Jimil Ataman
Jimil Ataman is an ethnographer of the social, political, and cultural dimensions of clothing and its entanglements. In this month’s member feature, she shares her globe-spanning fieldwork and considers the ...
Member Monday with Lynn Bennett-Carpenter
Our September Featured Member is Marcelyn (Lynn) Bennett-Carpenter, an interdisciplinary fiber artist and educator. In this month’s conversation with TSA News, Bennett-Carpenter shares her explorations into textiles as architecture, graffiti ...
Fall Textile Events
From archival deep dives to the collaborative future of textiles, TSA shares some of our recommendations for this Fall 2022 season! Nick Cave - Wall Relief (detail), 2013. Courtesy of ...
Registration Open for Session 3 Cripping Disability: Transforming Meanings and Practices Through Textiles
Join the Textile Society of America for this online colloquium showcasing (re)claimed narratives and histories of textile creation, practice, and study. In these presentations and panel discussions, innovative artists and ...
Job Opportunity: Interim Executive Director Position with TSA
The submission deadline was September 1, 2022 and is now closed. Join us and share your leadership ideas. The Textile Society of America (TSA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has an exciting ...
Call for Nominations extended to August 28, 2022.
Call for Nominations for Board of Directors is now closed. TSA is extending the Call for Nominations for Board of Directors to August 28th, 2022. As we continue to develop ...
Job Opportunity: TSA News Digital Content Editor
TSA is seeking a Digital Content Editor to work closely with the Communications Director, Assistant Communications Director, Social Media Coordinator, Interim Executive Director, Interim Administrator, President and Board of Directors ...
Join Us! TSA Nominations and Volunteers Virtual Info Session on June 11, 2022
Would you like to volunteer and serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Textile Society of America? Do you know a colleague with leadership and organizational ...
Register for TSA Nominations and Volunteers Virtual Information Session on May 21, 2022
Would you like to volunteer and serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Textile Society of America? Do you know a colleague with leadership and organizational ...
Join the Board of Directors
The Call For Nominations for the Board of Directors, 2023-2027 term is now closed. Board positions open for this next Election cycle include the list below. Click each title to ...
Join the Board of Directors
The Call For Nominations for the Board of Directors, 2023-2027 term is now open through July 10, 2022. Board positions open for this next Election cycle include: TreasurerAssistant Director of ...
Mark Your Calendar: “Contemporary Voices” Artist Talks Series
Written by Caroline Kipp The Textile Society of America with the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum are delighted to present their new program Contemporary Voices. Focused on ...
The Emergence of Artisan Designers in Kutch, India
By Judy Frater Indian artisans are reeling from COVID-19 and its economic repercussions, and people are concerned that they face an existential crisis. Once again, we face the fundamental question: ...
Interview with Annie Evelyn and Corey Pemberton of Crafting The Future
Caroline Hayes Charuk As the Textile Society of America works to make our membership and our field more representative and inclusive of people with marginalized identities, it is clear that ...
Textile Month 2020: Cooper Hewitt’s Object of the Week Blog
By: Susan Brown and Kat Diuguid Since 2017, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, has hosted the Textile Society of America on its Object of the Day blog to celebrate New ...
The Craft Economy
On July 2nd, TSA hosted its first of many Affinity Group Conversations focused on the craft economy. I worked alongside Mimi Robinson, a textile designer and author, to launch this ...
