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.
Publishing grant through the Decorative Arts Trust
Deadline: Sunday March 31, 2024
The Decorative Arts Trust recently announced the creation of a new publishing grant program. This latest expansion of the Trust’s efforts to invigorate scholarship and broaden appreciation of material culture represents a major initiative that recognizes the strong demand for and limited supply of resources focused on publishing in the art community. This new endeavor […]
The Textile Museum Centennial Volume—Call for article proposals
Deadline: Tuesday April 30, 2024
The Textile Museum Journal is seeking article proposals for our 52nd volume to be published in 2025. This volume will celebrate the centennial of The Textile Museum‘s establishment, and will be devoted to new research on textile objects in The Textile Museum Collection. Submissions may examine any aspect of textiles from all historic and pre-historic periods, […]
Call for Proposals – Necessary, Useful, or Desirable: Histories of Furnishing Fabrics
Deadline: Saturday June 01, 2024
Histories of furnishing fabrics—their production, categorization, and use—are often folded into other topics (history of upholstery, history of interior decorating, history of printed textiles, etc) but are not often studied in their own right. As a result of the ongoing exploration of a significant corpus of furnishing fabrics in the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, […]
Call for Submissions – Spotlight on Student Fiber Trends 2024
Deadline: Saturday June 29, 2024
The Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance (SEFAA) and the Professional Crafts – Fibers Program at Haywood Community College have joined forces to organize, promote, and host a juried student exhibition of creative works in fiber art. The exhibition exclusively features the work of post-secondary students to honor and encourage the next generation of fiber artists and it showcases a wide […]
Call for Art: Complexity 2024
Deadline: Saturday July 06, 2024
Note: no application deadline was provided, the deadline listed is the start of the exhibition. Complex Weavers announces Complexity 2024, a juried international members’ exhibition featuring works that employ complex or innovative design, techniques, and/or weave structures. Complex weaving is defined by the cloth produced and the mind it took to create it, not by the equipment […]