New Directions: Examining the Past, Creating the Future

Deadline: October 1, 2013 (ONLINE)


Call for Papers
New Directions: Examining the Past, Creating the Future
Textile Society of America’s 14th Biennial Symposium 

Los Angeles, California
September 10 - September 14, 2014



TSA’s 14th Biennial Symposium will take place in Los Angeles, California at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). To encourage the maximum amount of scholarly interchange, TSA has devised a new format for 2014, and plans to hold two days of multiple, concurrent sessions at UCLA on Thursday and Friday, as well as a full day of plenary sessions at LACMA on Saturday. In addition to the sessions, there will be a series of dynamic pre- and post-conference workshops and study tours to local and regional art institutions and collections, receptions, special programs and awards ceremony.

The theme of the symposium: New Directions: Examining the Past, Creating the Future, focuses on change and innovation in textiles in the past, and looks at the state of the field of textiles, textile study and production, today and for the future. Where have we been and where are we going? What are the moments that encapsulate change, shifts in direction for cultures, technology, creativity and knowledge?

Papers are welcome that address ancient, contemporary or future-thinking ideas and works; focused studies on individual textiles, makers, innovators, groups, cultures, or regions; or addressing material from new perspectives. The symposium sessions will be held at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

Visit website for more information and to submit online: textilesocietyofamerica.org