Textile Museum Associates

Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, Inc. (TMA/SC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1985. TMA/SC presents monthly educational programs, discussions, field trips, and special events focused on handmade textiles, weavings, Oriental carpets and costumes from around the world.

Our programs feature nationally and internationally renowned scholars, curators, collectors, dealers and other experts, including our own enthusiastic and knowledgeable members. We welcome guests and new members.

TMA/SC is associated with The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. (www.textilemuseum.org), and the American Conference on Oriental Rugs/ACOR (www.acor-rugs.org) and currently has about 160 members.

active since January, 23, 2015.
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Textile Museum Associates

Webinar: “May the Evil Eye Not Strike! Magical Protection in Islamic Textiles, Dress and Jewelry” with Chris Aslan, Textile Specialist, Author, ... read more

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Webinar: “How We Look at Turkish Carpets: James f. Ballard and a New Way of Collecting” Saturday, January 27, 10 am ... read more

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Webinar: “Truly Tribal in South Persian Weavings” with James Opie, Researcher, Author, Collector and Dealer. Saturday, November 11, 10 am pt ... read more

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Webinar: “Pull of the Thread: Textile Travels of a Generation” with Sheila Fruman, Author and Traveler, Saturday, October 21, 2023. 10 ... read more

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Webinar: "Traded Treasure: Indian Trade Cloth, Influencing and Influenced by World Markets" with Jeevak and Banoo Parpia, Collectors, Ithaca, New York. ... read more

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Saturday, August 19, 2023 9:30 am – 2:30 pm, Pacific Time “How We Look at Turkish Carpets: James f. Ballard ... read more

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Saturday, August 19, 2023 9:30 am – 2:30 pm, Pacific Time “Indian Textiles: 1,000 Years of Art and Design” with Lee Talbot, ... read more

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Webinar: "Global Ikat: Roots and Routes of a Textile Technique" with Collector David Paly. Virtual via Zoom. Saturday, May 6, 2023, 10 ... read more

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"Guatemalan Traditional Dress: Diversity and Evolution" Textile Museum Associates of Southern California. In-Person program, Saturday, April 15, 10 am Pacific Time, ... read more

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Webinar: “Northern Delights: Swedish Textiles from 1680 to 1850” with Gunnar Nilsson, Collector and Independent Scholar, Göteborg, Sweden Virtual via Zoom. ... read more

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Webinar: "Myth to Art: New Perspectives on Anatolian Kilims" with Ali Rıza Tuna, Collector, Independent Scholar, Author, Geneva, Switzerland. Virtual via Zoom. ... read more

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Webinar: “The Intrigue of Baluch Rugs” with DeWitt Mallary, Collector, Independent Scholar and Dealer, Vermont. Virtual via Zoom. Saturday, December 10, ... read more

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Webinar: “Splendours of Malay World Textiles” with John Ang, Collector, Scholar, Curator and Dealer, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Virtual via Zoom. Saturday, November ... read more

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Webinar: “The Dark Side of the Textile Trade: From the Silk Road to Today” with Dr. Louise Shelley, University Professor and Director, ... read more

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Webinar: "Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk", with Anna Jackson, Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Saturday, September 10 & Sunday, September ... read more

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Webinar: "Think Big! New Light on Textiles from Late Antique Egypt" Saturday, July 23, 10 am Pacific / 1 pm Eastern ... read more

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Webinar: "Textile Inspirations in Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse" with Clarissa Esguerra, Associate Curator & Michaela Hansen, Curatorial Assistant, ... read more

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Webinar: Saturday, April 23: "Adat Textiles of Early Indonesian Cultures" with Thomas Murray, Independent Researcher, Collector, Author, Lecturer and Private Dealer, San ... read more

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Webinar: “Women Artisans of Morocco: Their Textiles, Their Stories, Their Lives” 10 am Pst / 1 pm Est, Saturday, February 19, ... read more

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Webinar: “Painting with Scissors: Mola Art of the Kuna (Guna) Indians” with Tom Hannaher, Collector, Entrepreneur and Inventor. Co-sponsored by Textile ... read more

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Webinar: “Rugs & Art: Southwest Persian Tribal Rugs with Birds and Other Creatures” with Abel Trybiarz, Artist, Architect, Collector and Author, Buenos ... read more

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webinar: "Woven Treasures from the East in the Royal Tudor Court" Saturday, November 13, 9 am pt / 12 noon et, with ... read more

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Webinar: "Weaving Splendor: Treasures of Asian Textiles" in The Nelson-Atkins Museum. Saturday, October 30, 2021, 10 am Pdt / 1 pm ... read more

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Webinar "Threads and Themes of The Stories We Wear", Saturday, September 25, 10 am Pacific Time / 1 pm Eastern Time ... read more

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Webinar: “Earthly Beauty, Heavenly Art: Carpets for Prayer” Saturday, June 12, 2021, *10 a.m. Pacific Time,* presented by Textile Museum Associates of ... read more

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Lecture/Webinar: “Earthly Beauty, Heavenly Art: Carpets for Prayer” Saturday, June 12, 2021, *10 a.m. Pacific Time,* presented by Textile Museum Associates of ... read more

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Virtual Zoom Program: "Mediterranean Threads: Greek Island Embroideries in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford" with Dr. Francesca Leoni, Assistant Keeper and Curator of ... read more

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Zoom Webinar: "Festivals, Fairs & Rituals: Textiles, Costumes and Pile Trappings of the Eastern Grasslands of Tibet" / Saturday, April 10, 2021 / ... read more

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Webinar / Talk: Virtual via Zoom "Woven Gems Along the Silk Road: Small Pile Weavings of the Turkic Nomads of Central ... read more

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Virtual Lecture Program: "Kesa: `Patchwork’ Buddhist Monks’ Robes in Japan, from Austere to Luxurious" with Alan Kennedy, Independent Researcher, Author and Asian ... read more

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Virtual Zoom Lecture: Saturday, January 9, 2021 - 11 a.m. Pacific Time, "Woven Dreams from Sacred Mountains: Textile Traditions of the Tboli ... read more

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Zoom Lecture Program: "The Beauty of Boteh: a Textile Journey Across Village and Tribal Rugs" by Hadi Maktabi. Saturday, December 12, ... read more

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Lecture in L.a.: "Traditional Textiles of Japan in the Thomas Murray Collection" with Thomas Murray, 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 25, 2020, sponsored ... read more

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Lecture in Los Angeles: "The Tentmakers of Cairo, and Egyptian Tentmaker Appliqué in American Collections" with Prof. Samuel Bowker, Senior Lecturer in ... read more

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Lecture in La: Saturday, October 26, 2019: "Sacred Surfaces: Carpets, Coverings and Mesas in the Colonial Andes" with Elena Phipps, Former ... read more

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Lecture Program in Los Angeles: "Lloyd Cotsen and His Textiles: a Lifetime of Collecting and Connoisseurship" with Lyssa Stapleton, Curator, The ... read more

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Lecture in Los Angeles: Saturday, January 27, 2019, 10 a.m.: "Screen Printed Textiles from Australia’s Top End," Dr. Joanna Barrkman, Senior ... read more

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Lecture in Los Angeles: Saturday, June 1, 2019: "Hidden in Plain Sight: Irregularities and Variations in Oriental Rug Designs" with Shiv Sikri, ... read more

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The Seventh R.l. Shep Triennial Symposium on Textiles and Dress, co-sponsored by Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, Inc.: “The Power of ... read more

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Lecture & reception: Saturday, April 28, 2019 Ucla Fowler Museum, Los Angeles: "Dressed With Distinction: Syrian Garments for Men and Women" ... read more

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Lecture: Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, Inc. Saturday, April 6, 2019 "The State of Traditional Kilims, Kilim Motifs and Weaving by ... read more

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Lecture in Los Angeles: Saturday, January 26, 2019, "Woven Treasures: a History of Tibetan Rugs and Current Production" with Steve Laska, ... read more

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Lecture & Exhibition: "Religious Textiles of Southeast Asia" with Rebecca Hall, Curator, 1 p.m. Saturday, October 15, 2018 Usc -Pacific Asia ... read more

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Lecture: "Icons of Style: a Century of Fashion Photography (1911-2011)" with Paul Martineau, Associate Curator, Department of Photographs,The j. Paul Getty Museum, ... read more

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Lecture (in L.a.): "The Dark Side of the Textile Trade: From the Silk Road to Today," with Prof. Louise Shelley, University Professor ... read more

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Lecture in Los Angeles, Saturday, May 5, 2018: "Velvet, a Worldwide Passion: Handweaving Techniques of Uzbekistan, Turkey, India, Japan, China, Italy, France ... read more

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Lecture: Saturday, April 7, 2018, Los Angeles: “More Was Lost: The Ottoman Turkish Influence on Austro-Hungarian Textiles and Costumes" with ... read more

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Rescheduled: Saturday, March 17, 2018 10 a.m. Refreshments 10:30 a.m. Lecture in Los Angeles: Program: "What the heck is a Khorjin? Woven ... read more

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