Symposia
Thank You for Joining Us at the 2024 Symposium!
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our 2024 Symposium, “Shifts and Strands: Rethinking the Possibilities and Potentials of Textiles”! We enjoyed 6 days of dynamic events: keynote lectures, ...
Keynote presentation: Weaving Gallery Conversations with Lois Biggs and Gaby Lavalle
We hope you’ll join us Sunday, Nov. 17, 2:45–4:15 EST, for our Closing Plenary, featuring the keynote presentation ”Weaving Gallery Conversations with Lois Biggs and Gaby Lavalle." The keynote will ...
Film screening: “Wax Print” followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Aiwan Obinyan
Please join us during the Symposium for a screening of Wax Print! The film will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Aiwan Obinyan, moderated by Dr. Christine Checinska (Senior ...
Announcing the Founding Presidents Award Nominees
Nominees Top, left to right: Jennifer Byram, Kristal Hale, Elena Kanagy-LouuxBotton, left to right: Dr. Manpreet Chanal, Sandra Sardjono, Jennifer Green TSA is proud to announce the five presentations at ...
TSA Opportunities: Editor positions for Special Issue and Proceedings
Textile Society of America is seeking to fill two editorial positions. Editor, TSA special issue of Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice The editor is responsible for a special ...
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2024 Symposium Whova Agenda
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2024 Symposium Agenda
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 12:45-1:00pm EST Opening Plenary 1:00-2:30pm EST Keynote Lecture: Wafa Ghnaim, Messages in Tatreez Motifs: Decoding the Language of Palestinian Embroidery in the Diaspora 2:45-4:15pm EST Concurrent ...
2024 Symposium Acknowledgements
TSA is a volunteer-run organization, except for a few part-time contractors. We would not exist without our volunteers, funders, and sponsors. We want to take a moment to name all ...
Symposium Keynote: Wafa Ghnaim
TSA is excited to welcome Palestinian dress historian, researcher, and author Wafa Ghnaim as the keynote speaker for our 2024 Symposium, Shifts and Strands! The Symposium will take place Nov ...
2024 Symposium FAQs
When is the 2024 Symposium? November 12-17, 2024 Is the Symposium an in-person event? No. The symposium is virtual. In which time zone will the Symposium events take place? The ...
Symposium Registration is Now Open!
Registration is now open for TSA’s 2024 virtual Symposium, Shifts and Strands. Take advantage of early registration rates now!TSA’s Symposium will take place through Whova, a digital platform and app ...
Registration for the 2024 TSA Symposium is open for all!
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2024 Symposium Preliminary Program
Welcome Welcome to the preliminary program. A final agenda with updated abstracts will be published later. As we finish organizing the agenda on Whova - the platform we are using ...
Registration for the 2024 TSA Symposium is now open for presenters
This page provides registration rates, information, and a form for the 2024 TSA Symposium, "Shifts and Strands: Rethinking Possibilities and Potentials of Textiles." Registration is only open to presenters now ...
Registration for the 2024 TSA Symposium
This page provides information about registration rates for the 2024 TSA Symposium, "Shifts and Strands: Rethinking Possibilities and Potentials of Textiles." Registration is not open yet. Registration opens on July ...
TSA Symposium: Submissions Portal is Open
View this post as an accessible PDF The submission portal for the TSA Symposium is now open! TSA is accepting proposals for individual presentations, chaired sessions, panel discussions and roundtable ...
TSA Symposium “Office Hours” and Mentorship Sessions
Upcoming sessions: Feb. 26th (9-10am CT) Feb. 27th (8-9pm CT) Would you like to present your work at the 2024 TSA Symposium? The portal to submit your proposal for the ...
Call for Participation
Call for Submissions deadline has passed. Textile Society of America 2024 SymposiumShifts and Strands: Rethinking the Possibilities and Potentials of TextilesNovember 12-17, 2024Virtual on Zoom View this information in an ...
Announcing Symposium 2024—Shifts and Strands
Announcing the 2024 Textile Society of America Symposium! Title: Shifts and Strands: Rethinking the Possibilities and Potentials of Textiles Date: mid-November 2024 Modality: Virtual on Zoom The theme "Shifts and ...
Symposium 2024 – Shifts and Strands
Key information: Textile Society of America2024 SymposiumShifts and Strands: Rethinking the Possibilities and Potentials of TextilesNovember 12-17, 2024Virtual on Zoom Important links: Open Registration: 2024 Symposium Agenda: 2024 Symposium Volunteers: ...
Recorded Sessions from Hidden Stories/Human Lives, TSA’s 2020 Biennial Symposium, are now available for viewing.
TSA is pleased to share video recordings from nearly all sessions from our 2020 Symposium. Thanks to our virtual format, we were able to easily capture recordings and share much more content than ever before. These video recordings are ...
Symposium Session Review: Connection and misconnections: The benefits and pitfalls of craftivism. A review of Session 6C, Individual Papers: Craftivism
by: Emily J. Oertling, Student/New Professional Award Recipient The individual papers presented in Session 6C: Craftivism shed light on the complexity of crafting for a cause. The presenters' critical perspectives ...
Symposium Session Review: Immigrant Labor in Asiatic Silk Production
by: Tayana Fincher, Student/New Professional Award Recipient The role of immigrant labor in silk production between West and Southeast Asia was the subject of a session during the TSA’s 17th ...
Symposium Review: Coded Communications: Digital Weaving as Artistic Technology
by: Anie Toole, Student/New Professional Award Recipient Coded Communications: Digital Weaving as Artistic Technology was one of the concurrent sessions on the first day of the 17th Textile Society of ...
Symposium Review: Japanese Traditional Crafts
By: Ayaka Sano, Student/New Professional Award Recipient Under the mission to foster greater exchange and dissemination of textile knowledge worldwide, the Textile Society of America’s 2020 symposium, organized virtually for ...
Session Recordings
As a benefit of this year's virtual format, we were able to record video of all sessions, and will be able to share nearly all of them at the discretion ...
Download the Full Program
When we meet in person, TSA distributes a printed program booklet. This year, we offer this document as a downloadable PDF. Open to read abstracts and bios for all sessions, ...