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Gur Inbar, A Thread of Clay, 2024, sheep wool yarn; dyeing, freehand tufting, 165×140 cm (photo: David Seth).

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Gur Inbar, A Thread of Clay, 2024, sheep wool yarn; dyeing, freehand tufting, 165×140 cm (photo: David Seth).

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Gur Inbar, A Thread of Clay, 2024, sheep wool yarn; dyeing, freehand tufting, 165×140 cm (photo: David Seth).

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Gur Inbar, A Thread of Clay, 2024, sheep wool yarn; dyeing, freehand tufting, 165×140 cm (photo: David Seth).

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Our Mission

Building a foundation of anti-racism and a culture of care, the mission of the Textile Society of America is to foster an international collective community—diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible—for the exchange and dissemination of knowledges and experiences about textiles worldwide.

Our Focus on Diversity

The Textile Society of America, an international organization, recognizes the profound global reach of textiles. We are committed to developing leadership initiatives, membership, and programming rooted in the plurality of textile histories, producers, and purposes. With an eye toward expanding our voices and audience, we will focus on inclusion of underrepresented groups, and advocacy for robust diversity of our personal and professional viewpoints.

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Textiles Close Up Returns to Chicago: On Loss and Absence

Textiles Close Up Returns to Chicago: On Loss and Absence

Featuring a Performance and Artist Talk by Nneka Kai This fall, TSA brings Textiles Close Up back to Chicago with a rare opportunity to experience the powerful exhibition On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival at the Art Institute of Chicago, November 16–17, 2025. The exhibition gathers over 100 works from across centuries and cultures to ask how ...
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Member Monday with Nikita Shah

Member Monday with Nikita Shah

Meet TSA member Nikita Shah, Brooklyn-based textile artist, fashion designer, and educator, whose practice is rooted in the ancient South Indian tradition of Kalamkari. Through hand-drawn narrative cloths, collective storytelling, and embodied memory, Shah explores themes of migration, gender, grief, and healing. From saris to storycloths, and from workshops to drag performances, her work reclaims craft as ritual, resistance, and ...
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TSA Member Social Media Takeover Call for Entries

TSA Member Social Media Takeover Call for Entries

Are you a maker, scholar, curator, or textile enthusiast with a story to tell? The Textile Society of America invites our members to step into the spotlight through our TSA Member Social Media Takeover Series! We’re offering multiple opportunities throughout the year for members to host takeovers on TSA’s Instagram and Facebook channels. Whether you want to showcase a project, ...
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Events

Beauty is Resistance: art as antidote at browngrotta arts

Beauty is Resistance: art as antidote at browngrotta arts

Starts:
October 11, 2025
Ends:
October 11, 2025
Venue:
Browngrotta Arts
Sketching the Surface Exhibition Opening

Sketching the Surface Exhibition Opening

Starts:
September 25, 2025
Ends:
September 25, 2025
Venue:
NYSID Gallery
“ENUNDO -Circles of Motion-” Exhibition & Film

“ENUNDO -Circles of Motion-” Exhibition & Film

Starts:
September 15, 2025
Ends:
September 15, 2025
Venue:
Tenri Cultural Institute of New York
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TSA’s 17th Biennial Symposium

Hidden Stories/Human Lives, our first virtual symposium, was a big success! Video recordings from all sessions are now available on Youtube.

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Symposium 2020 Boston MA

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⏰ Don’t wait! Early Bird registration ends Wed ⏰ Don’t wait! Early Bird registration ends Wednesday, September 10th for Textiles Close Up: On Loss and Absence. Enjoy curator-led access to the exhibition, explore the @micromacro_saic Textile Resource Center, and see how textiles carry memory, ritual, and resilience across cultures and centuries. 

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Image used with permission: On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival Hardcover – October 21, 2025 by Isaac Facio (Editor), Nneka Kai (Editor), L Vinebaum (Editor), Anne Wilson (Editor), Jerry Bleem (Contributor), Valerie Cassel Oliver (Contributor), Gustavo da Silva (Contributor), Wafa Ghnaim (Contributor), Jen Chen-su Huang (Contributor), Cristian Koepfli (Contributor), Alipio Melo (Contributor), Sarah Molina (Contributor), Maria Jose Murillo (Contributor), Lucinda Pelton (Contributor), Sharbreon Plummer (Contributor), Jenni Sorkin (Contributor), Barbara Teller Ornelas (Contributor), Lynda Teller Pete (Contributor), Cybele Tom (Contributor), Melinda Watt (Contributor), Danitza Willka (Contributor), Folayemi Wilson (Contributor)
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Header image courtesy of The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., 1982.37.2, Ruth Lincoln Fisher Memorial Fund