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

Lecture: "Disparate Nagas: How Textiles Define the Tribes and the Peoples of Nagaland" with Harry Neufeld, Collector, Independent Researcher, and Dealer, North ... read more

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Lecture: "a Nomad’s Art: Anatolian Kilims from the Murad Megalli Collection" with Sumru Belger Brody, Senior Curator, The Textile Museum, Washington, ... read more

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Saturday, August 26, 2017 10 a.m. Refreshments 10:30 a.m. Program "Festivals, Fairs & Rituals: Textiles, Costumes and Carpets of the Eastern Grasslands ... read more

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Lecture: "Myth & Magic: Symbols & Patterns in Textile Art Spanning the Breadth of the Asian Continent" with Thomas Cole, ... read more

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Lecture: "1001 Embroidered Tales: Stories of Arab Embroidery" with Dr. Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood, Director, Textile Research Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands. ... read more

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Lecture: "Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th - 21st Centuries" with Louise w. Mackie, Curator (Retired) of Textiles and ... read more

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Lecture: Arab Abstraction: Kilims of the Arabs of Uzbekistan with Richard Isaacson, PhD., Independent Researcher and Curator, Washington, dc / Saturday, February ... read more

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Textile & Rug Program: Saturday, January 28, 2017 10 a.m. Refreshments 10:30 a.m. Program “Collecting, Exhibiting, and Interpreting Textiles ... read more

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Lecture: "Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015" Saturday, August 6, 2016 Exclusive Tma/sc program at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. ... read more

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Saturday, July 23, 2016 Lecture: "Fine Cotton Khadi & Hand Painted Chintz: Two Key Textile Traditions Alive in South India" with ... read more

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Lecture: “Weavings of Nomads in Iran: Warp-Faced Bands & Related Textiles” with Dr. Fred Mushkat, Independent Researcher & Collector, St. Petersburg, FL Saturday, ... read more

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"Art of the Austronesians: The Legacy of Indo-Pacific Voyaging" Symposium, Reception and Exhibition Preview: Saturday, April 23, 2016 10 ... read more

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Exhibition tour and lecture, April 3, 2016: "Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis xiv" exhibition tour with Curator Charissa Bremer-David & “Making Tapestries ... read more

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Lecture: “Lao-Tai Textiles and the Mythic Imagination” with Ellison Banks Findly, Distinguished Professor of Religion and Asian Studies, Trinity College, Hartford, ... read more

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Lecture: "Back to the Future: Recreating Anatolian Carpets from Renaissance Paintings" with Ali Riza Tuna, 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 Los ... read more

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Tma/Sc Lecture: "Traditional Textiles of Pakistan" with John Gillow, Author, Lecturer, Collector, World Traveler and Dealer, United Kingdom. Saturday, Feb. 13, ... read more

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2 Lectures & Luncheon, tma/sc 30th Anniversary Symposium: 9:30 a.m. Saturday, January 9, 2016, Los Angeles. Pre-Paid Reservations required! For ... read more

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Program: Moth Market, Pot-Luck Picnic and Show & Tell, Saturday, September 19, 2015 11-3 p.m. Garden in a private home ... read more

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Lecture Program: "Textiles for the Head: Utility, Identity, Authority/Part 2" with Christine Brown. Saturday, August 1, 2015 10 a.m. ... read more

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Lecture program: Saturday, March 14, 2015 "From Tradition to Modernity: the Art of the Anatolian Kilim" with Ali Riza Tuna, Independent Researcher ... read more

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Lecture: Saturday, February 14, 2015 "Lampung Imagery: Textile Iconography of South Sumatra” with Thomas Murray Independent Researcher, Private Dealer ... read more

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program "flatweaves 101 From Alternating Soumak to Zili: The Basic Structures of Oriental Flatweaves" with Patrick Weiler Saturday, January 31, 2015 Refreshments 10 a.m. Program 10:30 a.m. Community Hall, ... read more

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