Symposia

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 ...

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 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 ...

The Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts TSA's 17th Biennial Symposium will be held at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Other host institutions for workshops, tours, and receptions ...

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 ...

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 ...

Upcoming Symposium Announcing the 2024 Textile Society of America Symposium! The theme "Shifts and Strands: Rethinking the Possibilities and Potentials of Textiles" invites us to reflect on the many exciting ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please note that this is a preliminary program and session details are subject to change.All times are in Eastern Daylight Time.* An asterisk indicates that the paper is a Founding ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Margaret Hubert Margaret Hubert started in the needle arts business in 1963, as co-owner of a small yarn shop. She later became the needlework instructor for Bloomingdale’s in White Plains, ...

By Laura Sapelly Laura Elizabeth Sapelly's research merges her background in fiberarts, women's history, feminist theory, and art education. While earning her Ph.D. at Penn State, she related the pedagogical significance ...

By Sam Norgard Sam Norgard grew up working in her family-run flower shop. By her grandmother’s side, she learned design, quality crafts(wo)manship and humor.  A long career of university teaching ...

By Mirka Knaster Mirka Knaster, Ph.D., creates contemporary textile art in a studio overlooking the Pacific Ocean in northern California. Growing up cross-culturally and living and/or traveling across the world’s continents, ...

By Lin Hsin-Chen Lin Hsin-Chen is the founder of Taiwan Art Quilt Society (TAQS). Born and raised in Taiwan, she is a fiber artist and an independent curator who has been ...