Programs

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

2014 Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber Art Recipient Andrea says of her work, "Cloth, in its seemingly infinite varieties of texture, weight, appearance, and significance, is deeply linked to ...

2016 Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber Art Recipient Joanne Arnett combines the practices of photography and textiles into a single discipline. Her work explores the dualities of transience and ...

2018 Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber Art Recipient “I have been thinking about water for some time now. As a weaver and an artist whose practice is materials-based, I ...

Born in Washington DC to a psychiatrist from Trinidad and a nurse from Jamaica, Sonya Clark’s work draws from the legacy of crafted objects and the embodiment of skill. As ...

Ruby Ghuznavi Founder and Managing Director, Aranya Crafts Ltd (1991 to 2011) Watch a video of Ruby Ghuznavi in conversation with Cathy Stevulak and TSA Board member Dr. Sharbreon Plummer ...

Click anywhere on the image above to begin listening. This is a recording of the panel conversation from Textile Society of America's New Professionals Convening: Envisioning Textiles Futures, held on ...

Applications will Open in 2027 | Supports Travel for the In-Person Study of Textiles The Textile Research Travel Grant supports TSA members in traveling to conduct textile-focused research. This may ...

Through the generosity of Elena Phipps and Alan Finkel, TSA is able to offer a new grant to enable individual TSA members to travel to conduct textile research. The award ...

The Research Travel Grant is an opportunity for members of TSA only. Please log in below to access the application form. If you are not currently a member, click here ...

Nominations Are Now Closed We gather to celebrate the accomplishments of those individuals who, over the course of their careers, have made path-breaking contributions to the field in textile scholarship, ...