The Textile Society of America (TSA) was founded in 1987 as an international non-profit educational organization for sharing and disseminating information about

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and

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media. The society sponsors a bi-annual conference where juried papers are presented on artistic, cultural, economic, historic, social and technical perspectives on textiles from around the world.

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Textile Society of

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is a membership organization, governed by a volunteer board of directors from

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and

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in North America and administered by a small staff. Its approximately 700 members include curators, educators, historians, independent scholars, artists, journalists, students, dealers and collectors. Membership includes access to symposium proceedings along with a newsletter, membership directory and textile

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."Textile Society of America (TSA)." ''Encyclopedia of Associations: National Organizations of the U.S.''. Ed. Tara Atterberry. 50th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2011. 2680 pp. 4 vols. ''Gale Directory Library.'' Gale. Fashion Institute of Technology - SUNY. 29 Sep. 2016

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* {{authority control Textile arts organizations Learned societies of the United States