Symposia

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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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By Diana Chen Diana Chen is an artist, educator, and art critic, who was born in Guizhou, China. She received her Master's degree in Art and Art Education from Columbia University, ...
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By Stephen Wagner Stephen Wagner is a professor of art history at the Savannah College of Art and Design. His area of interest is art and architecture of the Middle ...
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By Nancy Cohen Nancy Cohen’s work has been widely exhibited throughout the United States and is represented in important collections, such as The Montclair Museum, The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Yale ...
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By Iviva Olenick Iviva Olenick is a Brooklyn born and based artist and educator. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in French Language and Literature/Psychology from Binghamton University, and an ...
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By Patricia Malarcher Patricia Malarcher is a studio artist and independent writer. She has exhibited throughout the United States and in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and has work in museum, corporate, and ...
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By Helena Hernmarck Helena Hernmarck is a Swedish-born tapestry artist and weaver best known for her monumental tapestries designed for architectural settings. Her designs derive from sources ranging from photographs, ...
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From top: Jill Kinnear, "With Grains in her Hair" (linocut) and "Oryza glaberrima" (linocut) By Jill Kinnear Jill Kinnear received her initial degree in textiles from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, ...
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Port of Charleston Text by Janis Jefferies; photography by Kelly Thompson Janis Jefferies is an artist, writer and curator, Professor of Visual Arts and Research, Research Fellow at the Constance Howard ...
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In the colonial and antebellum periods, South Carolina’s wealth was shaped not only by the products of plantation agriculture but also by the commerce of a dynamic urban center. By ...
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by Deborah First and Anne Swartz, Professors at Savannah College of Art and Design In October, members of the Textile Society of America (TSA) will travel to Savannah, Georgia to ...
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Opening Plenary Panel "Crosscurrents: The Transnational Flows of Textiles" Lynne Milgram is Professor of Anthropology at OCAD University, Toronto, Canada. Her research on gender, development, and urbanization in the Philippines ...
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Lenore G. Tawney/TSA Keynote Address Laurel Thatcher Ulrich: “An Orphaned Sewing Machine” Friday, October 21st, 6pm at The Lucas Theatre Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is the 300th Anniversary University Professor at ...
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By Tara Bursey Established in 1733, Savannah is the oldest city in Georgia; a port city alive with shadows of the past. Attending the 2016 TSA Symposium will allow you ...
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By Tara Bursey Last year, I went to Los Angeles for the TSA Symposium to present some research with some colleagues and had a blast. In four short days, I ...
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Now accepting proposals to present at Crosscurrents: Land, Labor, and the Port TSA’s 15th Biennial Symposium in Savannah, Georgia Berkeley, CA—The Textile Society of America (TSA) announces its 15th Biennial ...
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Savannah, Georgia, October 19th - 23rd, 2016 Textile Society of America’s 15th Biennial Symposium: Crosscurrents: Land, Labor, and the Port Organized in collaboration with Savannah College of Art and Design. Academic ...
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Savannah, Georgia, October 19th - 23rd, 2016 Textile Society of America’s 15th Biennial Symposium Organized in collaboration with Savannah College of Art and Design. Timeline Submission process opens: May 1, ...
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Get Published If you missed the deadline to submit your paper for publication in the Proceedings, our editor has graciously offered to accept late submissions. Guidelines for late submissions are ...
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