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The Textile Society of America, Inc. provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination of information about textiles worldwide from artistic, cultural, economic, historic, political, social and technical perspectives.
National Office
Textile Society of America (TSA)
Kim Righi, Executive Director
P.O. Box 70
Earleville, MD 21919-0070
Phone (410) 275-2329
Fax (410) 275-8936
E-mail [email protected]
http://www.textilesociety.org
TSA Board of Directors 2006-2007
Officers
President
Carol Bier, Berkeley, CA Research Associate, The Textile Museum, Washington, DC
Vice President
Patricia Hickman, Haverstraw, NY
Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaii/Artist
Treasurer
Patricia Cox Crews
Director, International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
Recording Secretary
Roxane Shaughnessy
Collections Manager/Curator, Textile Museum of Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Past President
Pamela Parmal
David and Roberta Logie Curator of Textile and Fashion Arts
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Director of Internal Relations
Lisa L. Kriner
Associate Professor, Art Department, Berea College
Berea, KY
Director of External Relations
Janice Lessman-Moss
Professor, Kent State University Kent, OH
Directors at Large
Frances Dorsey
Associate Professor, NSCAD University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Joanne Dolan Ingersoll
Curator of Costume and Textiles, The RISD Museum, Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
Mary Ann Fitzgerald
Exhibitions Coordinator, Chazen Museum of Art
Madison, WI
Sumru Belger Krody
Associate Curator, The Textile Museum
Washington, DC
Matilda McQuaid
Deputy Curatorial Director, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
New York, NY
Vita Plume
Assistant Professor, Art and Design, North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Task Representatives Co-Chairs, TSA 10th Biennial Symposium - Toronto 2006
Frances Dorsey
Associate Professor, NSCAD University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Nataley Nagy
Executive Director, Textile Museum of Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Co-Chairs, TSA 11th Biennial Symposium - Honolulu 2008
Reiko Brandon
Curator of Textiles, Retired, Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu, HI
Tom Klobe
Director Emeritus, University of Hawaii Art Gallery
Honolulu, HI
2006 Proceedings Editors
Carol Bier, Berkeley, CA
Research Associate, The Textile Museum, Washington, DC
Ann Svenson Perlman
Textile Conservator
Paia, HI
Newsletter Editor
Karen L. Searle
Artist and Writer St. Paul, MN
Bibliography Editor
Mary Mallia
Librarian, The Textile Museum
Washington, DC
Listserv Manager
Laura Strand
Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL
Website Coordinator
Ashley Callahan
Curator of Decorative Arts, Georgia Museum of Art
Athens, GA
R. L. Shep Ethnic Textiles Book Award, Chair
Margot Schevill
Textile and Folk Art Consultant
Berkeley, CA TSA Past Presidents
Pamela Parmal, David and Roberta Logie Curator of Textile and Fashion Arts Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Mary M. Dusenbury, Adjunct Research Associate, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas; Lisa Aronson, Associate Professor of Art History, Skidmore College; Beverly Gordon, Professor, University of Wisconsin; Louise W. Mackie, Curator of Textiles and Islamic Art, Cleveland Museum of Art; Mattiebelle Gittinger, Research Associate, The Textile Museum; Lotus Stack, Curator of Textiles, Minneapolis Institute of Art; Milton Sonday, Senior Researcher, Textiles, Cooper-Hewitt Museum; Peggy S. Gilfoy (deceased), Curator of Textiles, Indianapolis Museum of Art.
TSA Publications
TSA Newsletter
TSA publishes a newsletter for members in January, May, and September. In addition to organizational news, the Newsletter includes feature articles, reviews of books, conferences, and exhibitions, plus listings of textile-related events.
TSA Website
The TSA website at http://www.textilesociety.org provides an overview of the organization, a list of current board members with contact information, organizational news, a listing of current and upcoming TSA events including study tours, workshops, and the biennial symposium, and listings of other textile-related events and resources.
TSA Symposium Proceedings
Proceedings are published the year following each biennial TSA Symposium. To order Proceedings from past TSA Symposia, please contact the TSA office or visit
http://www.textilesociety.org.
Annual Textiles Bibliography
Published jointly by TSA and The Textile Museum, the Bibliography lists textile-related
books and articles published during the preceding year. Please send citations for publication by 31 December to Mary Mallia, Bibliography Editor, Arthur Jenkins Library, The Textile Museum, 2320 S St. NW, Washington, DC 20008-4088, [email protected]. TSA Listserv
TSA operates an e-mail listserv for textile-related discussions. Listserv members receive announcements of current textile-related events and research and can engage in discussions. The listserv is managed by Laura Strand. To subscribe: send an e-mail to [email protected]. Leave the subject blank. For the message, write: subscribe
tsalist, and add your e-mail address. On sending this message, you will be automatically
enrolled in the listserv.