University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Textile Society of America Newsletters Textile Society of America Spring 2011 Textile Society of America Newsletter 23:2 — Spring/Summer 2011 Textile Society of America Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsanews Part of the Art and Design Commons Textile Society of America, "Textile Society of America Newsletter 23:2 — Spring/Summer 2011" (2011). Textile Society of America Newsletters. 61. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsanews/61 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Textile Society of America at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Textile Society of America Newsletters by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Textile VOLUME 23 n NUMBER 2 n SPRING/SUMMER, 2011 Society of America Tinkuy de Tejedores by Marilyn Murphy CONTENTS accompanied with translations in English, Quechua, and Spanish. 1 Tinkuy de Tejedores Topics covering fiber and natu- 2 TSA News ral dyes, ancient and traditional 3 From the President weaving, and the recovery and commercialization of textiles 4 TSA Study Tours were crammed into two days. 5 TSA Member News Representatives from the commu- 8 Tinkuy de Tejedores, cont’d. nities spoke alongside the scholars and other invited guests. Q&A 9 Conference Reviews time followed each presentation. 10 Symposium 2010: Reports by For most of the first day, the TSA Award Recipients questions came from the English- 11 Textile Community News speaking participants. But slowly, 13 Book Reviews the indigenous women’s voices emerged. 14 Publication News GATHERING OF WEAVERS The Welcome Ceremony The richness of Tinkuy went 15 Featured Collection: American took place in the Sacred was led by an Andean priest, far beyond the speakers and their Swedish Institute A Valley of Peru Nov. 5-8, two members of the Qero com- presentations. Textiles swathed 16 Call for Papers 2010. Tinkuy was organized munity, and D.Y. Begay of the the columns. Babies enveloped 17 Member News, cont’d. by the Center for Traditional Navajo Nation. Earlier, the priest in mantas cried softly. The indig- Calendar Textiles of Cusco (CTTC) under had prepared and blessed the enous dress worn by each of 20 TSA Symposium 2012 Call For the leadership of the founder coca leaves that were then dis- the communities blanketed the Participation and director, Nilda Callañaupa. tributed to the attendees with room. The blowing of the conch Her vision of bringing together these words from Nilda: “I hope shell by Chahuaytire men began weavers from the Americas was you took your three leaves of and ended each session. The depth THE TEXTILE SOCIETY OF AMERICA, achieved—Canada, United States, coca with an offering from your of activity during breaks and meals, INC. PROVIDES an IntERnatIOnaL Mexico, Ecuador, Argentina, heart … Inside of each coca leaf as well as the evenings’ festivities of FORUM FOR THE EXCHanGE Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and goes our happiness and satisfac- music, dancing, singing, and spin- anD DIssEMInatION OF Guatemala were all represented. tion for this Tinkuy. We go with ning races, eclipsed the event itself. INFORMatION ABOUT Her desire to have weavers from them through the coca leaves.” One of the primary goals TEXTILES WORLDWIDE, the nine CTTC communities Formal panel and individual of the gathering was for the FROM ARTIstIC, CULTURAL, together, and for them to experi- PowerPoint presentations--some weavers to relate what their com- ECONOMIC, HIstORIC, ence a wider world of what’s pos- given by those who had never munity had experienced since POLITICAL, SOCIAL, anD sible, was certainly accomplished spoken into a microphone, much joining CTTC. And so the stories TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVES. as well. less used a computer—were unfolded … to p. 8 The Reed Foundation has TSA Receives 2010 tsa BOARD OF DIREctORS OFFICERS generously supported TSA ini- Outstanding Event tiatives. Most recently, for the PRESIDEnt 2010 Biennial Symposium in Award from Lincoln Ruth Scheuing TSA TEL 604/254-6322 Lincoln, NE, a grant from The Mayor [email protected] Reed Foundation enabled TSA News VICE PRESIDEnt to organize the Pre-Conference HE OUTSTANDING EVENT AwaRD Elena Phipps workshop on natural dyes, led T was presented by the TEL 212/349-4485 by Dominique Cardon and Mayor of Lincoln, NE, to the [email protected] Elena Phipps; and the interna- Textile Society of America‘s 12th RECORDING SECREtaRY TSA Awards Seven tional two-session conference Biennial Symposium, Textiles and Roxane Shaughnessy panel, “Natural Dyes and Color.” Settlement: From Plains Space to TEL 416/599-5321 ext. 2226 [email protected] Travel Grants for For the conference panel, dyers, Cyber Space. This award recog- TREasURER ISEND 2011 scholars, and artists from Japan, nizes a performance, exhibition, Mary Littrell China, India, Mexico, Europe event, or project that took place TEL 970/491-5811 HE TEXTILE SOCIETY OF and the UK, and the USA were in Lincoln during the previ- [email protected] America is pleased to con- T invited to present a wide range ous year that will be notable in DIRECTOR OF IntERnaL RELatIOns gratulate the awardees of a spe- Mary Anne Jordan of papers on the subject of natu- community memory for years cial travel grant program spon- TEL 785/864-3919 ral dyes, and their meaning in to come. The award is spon- [email protected] sored by The Reed Foundation, cultures around the world. sored by Joe and Judye Ruffo of Inc. The award, a total of DIRECTOR OF EXTERnaL RELatIOns The ISEND 2011 confer- Lincoln, NE. Michele A. Hardy $12,000, combines (in part) two ence is a fitting continuation of The Mayor’s Arts Awards, a TEL 403/220-4137 years of grant funds from The [email protected] the subject of natural dyes. TSA gala event celebrating the arts, Reed Foundation, in order to is especially pleased that The was held on Jun. 8 at the Lied Past PRESIDEnt assist selected TSA members to Patricia Hickman Reed Foundation has provided Center for Performing Arts to attend the international confer- TEL 845/947-8735 a grant that will allow the orga- formally honor contributions [email protected] ence on natural dyes (ISEND nization to continue to support and achievements in the Lincoln 2011), in La Rochelle, France DIRECTORS AT-LARGE scholarship and participation, not community. Apr. 24-30, by covering some Gerry Craig only in TSA-sponsored events, of the costs for travel and TEL 785/532-6605 but in events of international [email protected] registration. Seven TSA/Reed scope. This action is firmly Symposium Joanne B. Eicher Foundation ISEND 2011 Travel established within the mission TEL 651/645-2914 Grants were awarded to: Proceedings Posted [email protected] of our organization that seeks Ivy Haliimaile Andrade (HI), Sarah Fee to provide opportunities for our SA SYMPOSIUM 2010 Carissa Carman (Montreal, TEL 647/347-9246 members to expand their knowl- Proceedings can now be [email protected] QC, Canada) T edge about textiles and “provide found online at the University Frances Waller Dorsey Matilda McQuaid an international forum for the of Nebraska-Lincoln Digital TEL 212/849-8451 (Halifax, NS Canada), exchange and dissemination of Commons website. 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TSA LIstsERV ManaGER TSA National Office the site contains more than Lydia Fraser – Elena Phipps TSA Member Services 36,500 articles, papers, ebooks, [email protected] PO Box 193 documents, presentations, cre- TSA NEWSLEttER EDITOR Middletown, DE 19709 ative activities, master’s theses, Karen Searle [email protected] TEL 302/378-9636 and dissertations. TSA BIBLIOGRAPHY EDITOR FAX 302/378-9637 TSA plans to post the Marlys McGuire [email protected] Proceedings of the two previous [email protected] TSA Website: Symposia on the UNL Digital 2009 SHEP AWARD CHAIR http://www.textilesociety.org Commons in the near future. Jill D’Alessandro [email protected] Your source for membership Plans to post past issues of the Newsletter are also in the works. TSA SYMPOSIUM 2012 CO-CHAIRS forms, study tour information, Sumru Belger Krody and the latest news. [email protected] Cecilia Gunzberger Anderson [email protected] 2 tsa NEWSLEttER tions that will take place during our Symposium. We discussed the From The International Study Tours to Korea (September, 2011) and President India (October, 2011). The board approved a scholarship of $1000 for each of the tours. In addition, the scholarship recipient will have waived the $500 tax- INALLY, SPRING FLOWERS ARE deductible contribution to TSA Fblooming here in Vancouver that is part of the tour fees. and I try to take a few moments We also discussed Regional away from end-of-term teaching to Tours and encourage each of Exhibition view of “Riotous Colour, Daring Patterns” at the Royal Ontario communicate what has happened you to think of ideas that would Museum, Toronto. at TSA over the last few months. be of interest to a regional or now published at University As at previous board meet- Many of us are concerned national audience.