Symposia
Film Sessions
Each day will end with a film presentation. Symposium attendees will stream the videos on their own, and then join the presenters for a Q&A session Olimpia Newman, Colcha Circle: ...
Member Monday with Magali An Berthon
Preparation of a polychromic weft ikat at IKTT, Chot Sam village, Siem Reap, personal picture, 2016. In preparation for our upcoming symposium, we would like to introduce our members to ...
Virtual Symposium FAQ
The Textile Society of America is excited to present our biennial symposium virtually this year. While we recognize the value of meeting face-to-face, we hope that this year’s meeting will ...
Keynote & Plenary Sessions
Keynote Speaker Sanford Biggers. Photo credit: Matthew Morocco Sanford Biggers Lenore G. Tawney/TSA Keynote Address [Sanford Biggers' talk was cancelled due to a family emergency. We are planning to reschedule ...
Symposium 2020 – Hidden Stories/Human Lives
Recorded Sessions are now available for viewing on Youtube. The theme Hidden Stories/Human Lives presents opportunities to reveal complex and hidden stories of global textile making and coincides with the ...
Call For Vendors
Handwoven Scarf, image courtesy Kalabandar Deadline Extended: Applications Due April 25th Marketplace Applications Due March 5th TSA invites vendors to sell their wearable art, ethnic textiles, textile construction tools and ...
Members Exhibition
CLICK HERE TO APPLY Deadline: April 1, 2020 Extended to April 15th. Drawing on the theme Hidden Stories/Human Lives, TSA will sponsor a member’s juried exhibition that reflects the Symposium ...
Registration
Registration Timeline: Registration opens Aug 17thRegistration deadline for presenters: September 15thRegistration closes Oct 14th Registration is closed Full Symposium registration gives you access to twelve concurrent sessions, keynote and plenary ...
Recorded Sessions
Watch videos recorded at past symposia. Links will take you to external sites. 2020 Biennial Symposium: Hidden Stories/Human Lives 2018 Biennial Symposium: The Social Fabric: Deep Local to Pan Global ...
Past Symposia
TSA Symposia are held in different locations around the US and Canada, allowing a broad number of participants to explore regional specialties. Some of the venues have included Hawaii, New ...
Abstract Writing Tips
For First-Time Submitters What is an abstract? An abstract is a short 300-word summary of the content of your presentation that tells readers what the presentation will be about and ...
Awards & Scholarships
Need-Based Registration Fee Waivers for Presenters and Attendees APPLY FOR ATTENDEE FEE WAIVER HERE Financial aid applications for presenters are closed A limited amount of financial aid in the form ...
Call for Submissions
The Call for Submissions is now closed. Hidden Stories/Human LivesTextile Society of America 17th Biennial SymposiumBoston, Massachusetts – October 14-18, 2020 Online submission process opens May 30, 2019 Deadline for ...
Symposium 2020 and COVID-19
5/22/20 Dear TSA Members, A heartfelt thanks to so many of you for sharing your thoughts and concerns on our survey earlier this month. The board reviewed all of your ...
Proceedings Guidelines
Submission Deadline: January 30, 2021 Papers will be published digitally at the University of Nebraska Digital Commons, a free and open access archive service of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln libraries ...
Opening Reception
Wednesday, September 19, 7:00 PM-10:00 PM at the UBC Museum of Anthropology Welcome and Introductions, 7:45 PM The Museum of Anthropology acknowledges that it is built on the traditional, ancestral ...
Evening at Granville Island
Friday, Sept. 21; 5:45 pm - 9:30 pm In the early 1900s, Granville Island was home to factories and sawmills. Rejuvenated in the 1970s, it has been touted as a ...
Sponsors & Donors
The TSA symposium would not be possible without our donors and sponsors who support the programs that make this biennial event such an amazing experience. We are very pleased that ...
Gallery Hop Evening
Thursday, Sept. 20; 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm On Thursday evening Symposium attendees have the option to visit textile exhibitions especially mounted by local galleries to coincide with the TSA ...
Workshops & Tours
Pre-Symposium Workshops Rediscovering the Potential of Warp Limited to 12 participantsLocation: MakerlabsTime: This is a two-day workshop. Tuesday September 18, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm and Wednesday September 19, 9:00 ...
Keynote & Plenary
Lenore G. Tawney/TSA Keynote Address Thursday September 20th, 8:15 am - 10:00 am Meghann O'Brien, "Threads That Do Not Break" Keynote Speaker Meghann O'Brien. Photo credit: Stasia Garraway Drawing from ...
Exhibitions
TSA Members’ Exhibition Member exhibitions of contemporary artwork are relatively new to TSA. These visual displays have come as a response to the increased numbers of textile artists who are ...
Symposium 2018 – The Social Fabric
The 2018 Textile Society of America Symposium will take place in Vancouver, BC, Canada, at the Sheraton Wall Centre. To maximize scholarly interchange, the Symposium will consist of multiple, concurrent ...
Symposium 2014 – New Directions
September 10 – Sunday, September 14, 2014 The theme of the Symposium, New Directions: Examining the Past, Creating the Future, explores change and innovation in textiles in the past while ...
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 ...