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.
Open Call: Textile Talks
Deadline: Sunday April 28, 2024
Open Call for Textile Talks at the 2024 Contextile Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art, 08th September, Auditorium CCVF, Guimarães | Portugal A fundamental part of Contextile’s programme is based on the reflection and debate of ideas, setting Textiles and their growing importance and prominent presence in artistic events in the context of international contemporary art. […]
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 Textile Submissions: Celebrating TAC Quinceañerx
Deadline: Tuesday April 30, 2024
Deadline: April 30, 2024 Fee (USD): $5.00 For 15 years, Textile Arts Center has been a place that promotes community care. Looking into the future, we want to build a space that challenges race and gender norms while continuing to be a space of creation. Through textiles, we aim to create a vibrant and inclusive […]
Textiles Trails: Legacies of the Silk Roads in Southeast Asia Symposium- Call for Papers
Deadline: Wednesday May 01, 2024
Textiles Trails: Legacies of the Silk Roads in Southeast Asia Symposium / Call for Papers. November 3 – 6, 2024. Hosted by the International Association for the Study of Silk Road Textiles in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, also known as Laos. This country is home to 50 government-recognized ethnic groups, each with unique weaving […]
Artist Residency with Farm Studio in India
Deadline: Sunday May 05, 2024
Farm Studio International Artist Residency is located in a rural community in India. Residents stay and create in a quiet art centre and beautiful environment where they can develop their artwork free from accustomed distractions. Farm Studio residency provides three types of working spaces where artists can explore their art and ideas in the rural […]
Fiber Art Now Special Projects Grant
Deadline: Wednesday May 15, 2024
Fiber Art Now Magazine Special Projects Grant This grant supports special projects developed by artists that benefit the fiber community and/or the public. Funds may be applied to artist stipends, materials, equipment, or programming directly related to the project. Priority will be given to artists who have traditionally been underserved by the grantmaking community and […]
New MA program in Bespoke & New Couture
Deadline: Friday May 31, 2024
The MA/PgD in Bespoke and New Couture is uniquely designed for students who possess a deep appreciation for bespoke and slow fashion, customisation, historical influences, meticulous hand techniques, and exquisite craftsmanship as a basis for creativity and innovation. It provides a holistic approach to fashion design from concept and design ideation to visual communication, and […]
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 […]
Fiberart International 2025 Call for Entry
Deadline: Sunday June 30, 2024
Fiberart International 2025 (Fi2025) seeks to exhibit the best of contemporary art and invites submissions that reflect a wide range of works related to the fiber medium. The exhibition is recognized around the world as a benchmark that documents trends and innovations in the field. The goal of the exhibition is to include innovative work rooted […]
Subject Matter Expert | Fashion Design | Historical Patternmaking – Online Course Writer / AdjunctFaculty
Deadline: Sunday June 30, 2024
This is a rolling deadline The School of Fashion & Textiles seeks qualified applicants to serve as Subject Matter Expert in Historical Patternmaking for our new MA in Bespoke & New Couture program. The Subject Matter Expert will develop course content for an online asynchronous curriculum and contribute to a growing, dynamic community of diverse […]
FULL-TIME FACULTY POSITION IN TEXTILE CONSERVATION, SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Deadline: Sunday June 30, 2024
This application is open until filled. The School of Graduate Studies seeks a full-time faculty member in the Fashion and Textiles Studies Department specializing in Textile Conservation. The department offers courses in the conservation of textiles and dress, collection management, costume and textile mounting and museum practice, as well as in the history of fashion […]
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 […]
“The Art of Costume Couture”-Call for wearable art
Deadline: Thursday August 01, 2024
Submit your wearable art to “The Art of Costume Couture.” The Fantastical World of Costume Couture from the artists of Film and Cosplay. This is a call for wearable art, dipping into the world of fantasy, costume design, and fashion ideas that merge and float between art, fashion, and craftsmanship. In this show we are […]
Call for Articles on Embellishment
Deadline: Thursday September 12, 2024
Inviting submissions for the Embellishment volume of Encyclopedia of World Textiles (Bloomsbury publication). The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of World Textiles will offer, in 700 articles, 3 million words, and 3,500 images, the definitive resource on textiles across cultures and time. Drawing upon archaeology, anthropology, history, art, design, and the social sciences as well as materials science […]