In this online presentation, collectors Matthew Polk and Amy Gould will introduce participants to the uses and limitations of radiocarbon dating, with a focus on dating textiles from ancient Andean civilizations

Join TALA member Folk Lounge in a virtual meetup with Eric Mindling, who spent 25 years among the weavers of Oaxaca.

In this online conversation William Ingram will talk about the mission of "Threads of Life" a social enterprise and the Bebali foundation in supporting a community of around 1000 weavers/dyers in the Indonesian Islands.

The Textile Society of America invites you to join a special half-day virtual gathering featuring artists, scholars, makers, and cultural leaders engaging the urgent intersections of textiles, equity, and collective futures.

The Textile Society of America invites you to join a live virtual roundtable that brings together curators, scholars, artists, and cultural practitioners from across Central New York for an engaging exploration of textiles, collections, and contemporary research.

This online presentation and weaving demonstration will explore the profound and transformative journey of 10 Andean weaving associations collaborating with the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco. Together, they have successfully revived ancient textile techniques practiced by Inkan and pre-Inkan cultures — methods that were once on the brink of disappearance. 

In this online webinar, curator Shelley Burian will present an overview of the textiles on view and discuss how each is a reflection of the Andean world in the time of the Inka.

An intimate virtual session with Folk Lounge, featuring working artists and scholars across the world.
This month’s artist is Sona Gevorkyan.

Meet artist Martha Carmen López Nimacachi, a Kaqchikel speaker who began weaving as a child playing with izote leaves then mastered the difficult art of backstrap loom brocade through years of practice.

​Join Folk Lounge for an intimate virtual session with basket weaver Cael Chappell.

Join artist and instructor Jane Addams for an online introduction to natural dyes on pieces in the Vesterheim Collection.
Jane will share how traditional Scandinavian makers used lichen to color textiles

In this online presentation, Dr. Elena Phipps will look at the ways in which silk and silver, along with the idea of woven brilliance, manifest in Andean textiles.

​Join Folk Lounge for an intimate virtual session with Sara Temme. Sara is an apparel designer and environmental anthropologist exploring the intersection of material culture, ecology, and traditional textile practices

Cat Ashley Fairchild Perloff presents (online via Zoom) the research behind her micro exhibition at the Cotsen Textile Traces Study Center.

Join LA Tactile Lab for an online conversation with Chicago based artist Dee Clements who is also the founder of The Weaving Workshop in Chicago.

In this online talk, Ahmet Balkan presents a focused case study of a core Karakeçili group of carpets whose compositions consistently preserve a paired medallion system: a “Holbein”-like star medallion and a second star-and-hooks medallion with strong Central Asian resonances

Join WARP for our April Continuing Textile Traditions online panel discussion with Intercambio.

The Textile Society of America announces its Spring 2026 Colloquium, “(re)Membering,” to be held at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California. The Colloquium will be presented in a hybrid format and will include a keynote address, a plenary presentation, and a panel discussion featuring contemporary artists, scholars, and cultural practitioners.

This online talk is a journey into the world of traditional Oaxaca and the living world of indigenous community fashion with photographer Eric Mindling.

Cheri Hunter, longtime photographer and traveler, traversed the Tibetan grasslands in 2006, photographing the colorful festivals and rituals, several of which have since disappeared. This virtual program will emphasize both the costumes, jewelry and pile trappings in use throughout the Eastern Grasslands, as well as in monastery and shaman rituals, and horse competitions, where all of the participants, including the horses, are dressed in their finest.

Join Syona Puliady for an online discussion of Women’s Artistry, a textile rotation featuring striking works from Indonesia. Focusing on hinggi—formal garments from the island of Sumba, Indonesia—Puliady will explore the vibrant imagery, spiritual symbolism, and technical mastery underlying these textiles. Learn how Sumbanese women use weaving to express prosperity, honor the ancestors, and connect with the divine.

Join the National Basketry Organization and the Textile Center of Minnesota for an online Art Speaks conversation on The Visual Language of Basketry, featuring fiber artists Ann Coddington, Carol Eckert, and Pat Hickman in discussion with art historian Dr. Diana Greenwold (Smithsonian). Together, they explore trends in contemporary basketry, examining materials, techniques, and the evolving creative possibilities of this versatile art form.

Join us for an online conversation with Fowler Curator of Textiles of the Eastern Hemisphere Syona Puliady. She will discuss her ongoing research into Indian weaving traditions and communities. 

SDA’s 2025 Symposium, All Hands: Crafting Connections explores some of the many models that community art can take and how we can continue to forge new approaches.

This free Zoom presentation will discuss the major groups of traditionally nomadic people along the Zagros in western and southern Iran - the Shahsavan, Kurds, Luri, Bakhtiari, Qashga’i, and Khamseh Federation – and show examples of their transport bags, both in situ as well as current examples, either as complete bags or as face panels now in private collections.

In this virtual talk, artist Liz Harvey will discuss her exhibition, “the lost ones: iterations and murmurs”, and her work that engages with stitching as a way to deal with the bittersweet, particularly around climate disruption during the Anthropocene– the time during which humans have had a substantial impact on our planet. She’ll share how disorientation and embroidery come together as strategies to "queer" our relationship to nature.

To coincide with the launch of her new book, Kate Kilmurray welcomes members of the Textile Arts LA community to join her for a special online event to celebrate the way handweaving is a central part of women's lives; recording and reflecting not only the everyday, but also the significant and transformative moments which shape us.
The book, “The Weaving Way - a journey of a handweaving community” is a celebration of those of us who are united by the creativity of the small loom