TheTextile Society of America (TSA) was founded in 1987 as an international non-profit educational organization for sharing and disseminating information abouttextiles andfiber media. The society sponsors a bi-annualconference where juried papers are presented on artistic, cultural, economic, historic, social and technical perspectives on textiles from around the world.[1] TSA additionally runs programs that include in person workshops, virtual forums, awards, and scholarships.[2] The scholarships offered are aimed at lowering the financial barrier to in person research in the textiles space.[3]
Textile Society ofAmerica is a membership organization, governed by a volunteerboard of directors frommuseums anduniversities inNorth 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 textilebibliography.[4][5]