Programs

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 ...
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PROGRAM INFO Contemporary Voices: Jovencio de la Paz Tuesday, October 11, 2022 7 – 8 p.m. EDT / 4 – 5 p.m. PDT Join artist Jovencio de la Paz online ...
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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 ...
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Join the Textile Society of America for this online colloquium showcasing (re)claimed stories/narratives and histories of textile creation, practice, and study. In these presentations and panel discussions, innovative artists and ...
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Online program Tuesday, September 13 7–8 pm EDT / 4–5pm PDT Join artist Fabiola Jean-Louis for a discussion of her ongoing exploration of the relationship between history, memory and identity ...
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In honor of Juneteenth this year, TSA is privileged to make available to the public a recording of the second event in our 2022 colloquium series, (re)claiming futures. Titled “Surviving ...
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Series DescriptionJoin the Textile Society of America for this online colloquium showcasing (re)claimed stories/narratives and histories of textile creation, practice, and study. In these presentations and panel discussions, innovative artists ...
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Series DescriptionJoin the Textile Society of America for this online colloquium showcasing (re)claimed stories/narratives and histories of textile creation, practice, and study. In these presentations and panel discussions, innovative artists ...
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The recently published special issue of the Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice (volume 9, issue 3) is the second collaboration between the Textile Society of America and the ...
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by: Caroline Kipp The Textile Society of America, in partnership with The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, is delighted to present the spring season of Contemporary Voices ...
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by: Caroline Kipp The Textile Society of America in partnership with The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum is delighted to present the fall season of Contemporary Voices ...
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2020 Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber Art Recipient Melissa Cody is a textile artist from the Navajo Nation of northern Arizona. Cody’s career spans over two decades and is ...
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The Textile Society of America’s Affinity Groups provide a forum to connect with others in the textiles field with similar interests. These virtual meetings are hosted on Zoom by the ...
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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 ...
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By Amy DiPlacido Since the temporary closure of San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles in March 2020, many people have asked me, “Now that the museum is closed, what ...
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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 ...
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Joanne Segal Brandford was born in Philadelphia in 1933. She received her BA in decorative art in 1955 and her MA in design in 1967 from UC Berkeley, with Ed ...
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Lillian Wolock Elliott was born in Detroit in 1930. She received her B.A. in Art Education in 1952 from Wayne State University and her M.F.A. in 1955 from Cranbrook Academy ...
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About the Award The Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber was established to honor the lives and work of the late and beloved fiber artists Joanne Segal Brandford and Lillian ...
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1995 Lillian Elliott Award Recipient Recent Work - 2016 "Cloth speaks so eloquently perhaps because it receives one's impulse and then always replies, pushes back - often in an unexpected ...
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1996 Lillian Elliott Award Recipient Recent Work - 2014 "Within my site responsive objects, installations and drawings, I am fascinated with the interplay between the spatial, conceptual and architectonic conditions ...
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1997 Lillian Elliott Award Recipient Recent Work - 2016 Kyoung Ae states, "Nature has been conducting continuous experiments into processes, and has been doing it for millions of years. The ...
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1998 Lillian Elliott Award Recipient Recent Work - 2018 "When I touch, hold, release, hold again, and watch the paper in front of me, with just this simple movement, my ...
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2000 Lillian Elliott Award Recipient Recent Work - 2018, 2016 Over 250 people have stood shoulder to shoulder with the artist to unravel the contentious flag. It's a slow, arduous, ...
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2002 Lillian Elliott Award Recipient Recent Work - 2016 "Figurative forms constructed in parametric linear structures that contain space within reside in the existential field where the self and the ...
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2004 Lillian Elliott Award Recipient Recent Work - 2014 "I began using textile as a sculptural material in the mid 1980's when it was relatively absent from the mainstream of ...
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2006 Lillian Elliott Award Recipient Recent Work - 2008 Heavily mildewed and stained, partially finished quilt found on the street in the artist's neighborhood. Discarded along with photo albums and ...
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2008 Lillian Elliott Award Recipient Last Work Stephen Beal wrote of his installation, Fontleroy Plantation, (which was featured in the April/May 2010 issue of Fiberarts), “The work consists of three ...
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2010 Lillian Elliott Award Recipient Recent Work - 2018 "The current work that most excites me is not my routine of making personal objects of clothing, but how those same ...
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2012 Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber Art Recipient Olivia Valentine, who has studied at Cooper Union, Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, and The School of the Art ...
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