TSA posts a variety of opportunities in the textiles field including information on national and international symposium calls for papers, jobs and internships, workshops, and calls for art. Submissions are posted at the discretion of the Textile Society of America. If you have an opportunity to share with the TSA community, please visit our Submit an Opportunity page.
Academic research survey — adult creative practitioners (18+)
Deadline: Sunday November 08, 2026
How does time shape the way you create? Do deadlines help you find a direction, interrupt experimentation, or do both? I’m Martin Deutsch, an MA Innovation Management student at Central Saint Martins, researching how schedules and deadlines shape uncertainty and creative decisions. Textile and fibre practitioners’ experiences are especially welcome: the time demanded by materials […]
Executive Director – Craft and Creative Economy Nonprofit
Deadline: Saturday November 14, 2026
SummaryOur non-profit client, CraftNOW Philadelphia, is seeking an energetic and passionate Executive Director to build on its well-established programmatic vision and steward the organization into the future through their leadership, development, fundraising, and guidance. The Executive Director (ED) is the chief operational, strategic, and administrative leader of the organization. This position will work closely with […]
Farm Studio International Artist Residency 2027
Deadline: Sunday November 15, 2026
Residency Timings: Artists of all disciplines creating in any media are welcome to apply: dance, theatre, music, sound, performance art, writing, painting, drawing, printmaking, textiles, culinary, photography, video/film, animation, architecture, sculpture (any material), ceramics, pottery, mixed-media / multi-media, interdisciplinary, installation, and other new/alternative media. Researchers, curators, and art critics are also welcome to apply. Open […]
The Estelle Center for Creative Arts – 2028 Artist-in-Residency Program
Deadline: Wednesday November 25, 2026
La Veta, Colorado In 2028, we will host four artists across two three-week winter sessions in January and February. Residents will have dedicated facilities for dry media and portfolio work, along with opportunities for meaningful experiences in town. Our large, sunny studio, with its high ceilings and design walls, gives artists the space and time […]
Mesoamerican Codex Painting Instructional Program
Deadline: Sunday November 29, 2026
The Mesoamerican Codex Painting Instructional Program acknowledges the rich artistic heritage of Mesoamerican codices and offers a nuanced perspective that connects traditional tlacuilo —painter-scribes trained in complex artistic traditions— painting techniques with contemporary artistic practices. This 3-week mentored production program includes 27 hours of master instruction by Arquetopia’s studio maestro, who teaches techniques historically associated […]
Pinstripe World Founding Artists Open Call
Deadline: Monday November 30, 2026
Pinstripe World (https://pinstripeworld.com) is a new online art marketplace where every artist gets their own 3D museum and shop. Textile and fiber artists, weavers, quilters and all makers are welcome. Artists sell originals and objects (they ship those themselves) and prints (Pinstripe prints and ships them). 14 days free with no card, then $3/month; 10% […]
Arthurdale Weaving Residency
Deadline: Thursday December 31, 2026
This is a two-week long residency for emerging Appalachian weavers who strive to hone their practice. The weaver-in-residence will have access to Arthurdale’s Loom Room which is outfitted with a variety of floor looms (many of which are historic to 1930s Arthurdale), rigid heddle table looms, and inkle looms (see the full inventory here). The […]
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) – Fiber
Deadline: Monday January 18, 2027
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) – Fiber Full Time FacultyKansas City, MO, US Salary Range:$60,858.48 To $64,592.97 Annually POSITION TITLE: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) Fiber DIVISION: Academic Affairs DEPARTMENT: Fiber REPORTS TO: Chair of Fiber PAY TYPE: Exempt WORKER TYPE: Full-Time UPDATED: September 2026 PAY: $60,858.48 – $64,592.97 The Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) seeks a collaborative and […]
International Textile and Fibre Art Exhibitions “Scythia”
Deadline: Monday February 01, 2027
Call for art The 5th International Micro Textile and Fibre Art Exhibition “Scythia” will be held 2-16 June, 2027, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine. Deadline for entries is the 1st of February 2027. Artists from all over the world, who work in different textile and fiber art techniques and materials are invited. Artists can submit 2 artworks, 2 […]
Textile India Residency
Deadline: Saturday April 10, 2027
The KIAR Textile India Residency — an immersive residency for textile designers, fashion designers, textile artists, fibre artists, researchers and creative practitioners who want to discover the extraordinary textile culture of Odisha. Set in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, KIAR places you in one of India’s most culturally distinctive regions — a land where ancient maritime connections, indigenous […]
Call for Chapters: One Stitch at a Time: Telling Stories, Archiving Histories, and Threading Narratives of Resistance and Rebellion through Embroidered Art and Needlecraft
Deadline: Wednesday June 30, 2027
For thousands of years, embroidery and embroidered work have been used as a mode of visual storytelling and of documenting national or cultural histories. From the 12000 years-old fiberwork found in the Guitarrero Cave, to twine textile artwork of the Peruvian Norte Chico civilization of 2500 BCE, the thousands of years old Chinese silk thread […]
