2020: 17th Biennial; Hidden Stories/Human Lives
2018: 16th Biennial; The Social Fabric: Deep Local to Pan Global
2016: 15th Biennial; Crosscurrents: Land, Labor, and the Port
2014: 14th Biennial; New Directions: Examining the Past, Creating the Future
2012: 13th Biennial; Textiles and Politics
2010: 12th Biennial; Textiles and Settlement: From Plains Space to Cyberspace
2008: 11th Biennial; Textiles as Cultural Expressions
2006: 10th Biennial; Textile Narratives and Conversations
2004: 9th Biennial; Appropriation, Acculturation, Transformation
2002: 8th Biennial; Silk Roads, Other Roads
2000: 7th Biennial; Approaching Textiles, Varying Viewpoints
1998: 6th Biennial; Creating Textiles: Makers, Methods, Markets
1996: 5th Biennial; Sacred and Ceremonial Textiles
1994: 4th Biennial; Contact, Crossover, Continuity
1992: 3rd Biennial; Textiles in Daily Life
1990: 2nd Biennial; Textiles in Trade
1988: 1st Biennial; Textiles as Primary Sources

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2012

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Provenance: The Story of a Textile and its Journey to the Slave Quarters, Susan Falls and Jessica Smith

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Hostage to Cloth: European Explorers in East Africa, 1850-1890, Sarah Fee

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Ancient Designs for the Modern Era: Artists Interpret Andean Textiles, Blenda Femenías

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Thangchhuah Puan: The Highest Status Mantle among the Mizo People of Northeastern India, Barbara G. Fraser and David W. Fraser

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Asymmetry: Aesthetics and Politics of Ply-split Braiding, David W. Fraser

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Kala Raksha: From Cultural Identity to Intellectual Property, Judy Frater

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“Without Being Obliged to Send 3000 Miles for the Cloth”: The American Wool Industry, 1789-1815, Deb Fuller and Ann Buermann Wass

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The Tropical Myth and Brazilian Textile Design, Luz García Neira

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The Effects of War on Afghan Textile Production Contrasting with the Effects of the End of Communism on that of Uzbekistan, John Gillow

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The Wild Civilized: An Environmental Art Studio Installed Outdoors in an Institutional Space, Neil Goss

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Sogdian Textile Design: Political Symbols of an Epoch, Elmira Gyul

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Locally Grown & Sustainable Textiles: Exploring Current Possibilities, Faith Hagenhofer

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Stitching Race, Karen Hampton

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Cross-cultural Commemoration: Historical Chinese Patchwork Inspires a New Tradition in America, Marin F. Hanson

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Embroidered Relations in Kutch: Women, Stitching and the Third Space, Michele A. Hardy

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Marie Watt's Forget-me-not: Stitched in Wool, a More Human War Memorial, Rebecca Head Trautmann

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Elayne Zorn Bibliography: As Part of Weaving a Future: A Panel In Honor of Elayne Zorn, Andrea Heckman and Blenda Femenias

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Weaving a Future: A Panel in Honor of Elayne Zorn, Andrea M. Heckman and Blenda Femenías

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Patronage, Photography and Politics: the Influence of Archduchess Isabella on Design Transformation of an Aesthetic, Sandra Heffernan

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Knitting as Dissent: Female Resistance in America Since the Revolutionary War, Tove Hermanson

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Ottoman Fabrics During the 18th and 19th Centuries, Selin Ipek

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Re-creating Military Sashes: Reviving the Sprang Technique, Carol James

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A Patchwork History of Textile Use in Southeastern Turkey: Examination of a Rare Set of Kurdish Work Clothing, Charlotte Jirousek

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Queen Alexandra’s 1902 Coronation Gown, Donald Clay Johnson

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The Use of Imported Persian and Indian Textiles in Early Modern Japan, Yumiko Kamada

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Mughal Indian Carpets in the Collection of the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum The City Palace of Jaipur, Tina Kane

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Analyses of Dye, Weaving and Metal Thread in Ottoman Silk Brocades and their Reproduction, Recep Karadag, Emine Torgan, and Yusuf Yildiz

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Knit and Crochet Heritage Museum: A Work in Progress, Karen D. Kendrick-Hands

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A Silent Textile Trade War: Batik Revival as Economic and Political Weapon in 17th Century Java, Ruurdje Laarhoven

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The Many Shades of Cochineal Red Workshop Review and Recap, Tal Landeau

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ARTivention: Utilizing Fiber Art For Activist Engagement, Maggie Leininger

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The Politics of Christian and Muslim Women’s Head Covers, Christina Lindholm

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Building a Collaborative Fiber Art Project in the Nation’s Capital, Jennifer L. Lindsay

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Mary Walker Phillips and the Knit Revolution of the 1960s, Jennifer L. Lindsay

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The Slow Cloth Manifesto: An Alternative to the Politics of Production, Elaine Lipson

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The Cultural Politics of Textile Craft Revivals, Suzanne MacAulay and Jillian Gryzlak

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“Lest we be shamed”: Italian Renaissance Taste for Textile Ensembles, Rosamond E. Mack

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My Journey of Knitting Wildlife, Ruth Marshall

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Sails: The Textiles of Empowerment, Bettina Matzkuhn

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The Politics of Pastoralism: Navajos, Churras and the Challenges of Sustainability in a Globalizing World, Kathy A. M'Closkey

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The Stigma of Fabrication: Craft Education in the 21st Century, Kathleen Morris

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Clothing or Decoration: Exploring the Penis Sheath of Papua New Guinea, Catherine Murphy

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A Wari Tapestry Textile in a Tiwanaku Tomb from the Osmore Valley, Moquegua, Peru, Amy Oakland

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The Shoso-in Textiles of the Era of Emperor Shomu, Atsuhiko Ogata

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The Mamluk Kaaba Curtain in the Bursa Grand Mosque, Sumiyo Okumura

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Textiles, Political Propaganda, and the Economic Implications in Southwestern Nigeria, Margaret Olugbemisola Areo and Adebowale Biodun Areo

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The Political Handkerchief, A Study of Politics and Semiotics in Textiles, Emma Osbourn

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Political Intentions of Chinese Textiles in Portuguese Sacred, Solemn, Celebratory Events of the16th - 18th Centuries, Maria João Pacheco Ferreira

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Dahomey Appliqués and the Politics of Production, Holly Paquette

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Challenging the Politics of Creating Art in the 21st Century: An Artist/Educator's Perspective, Claire Campbell Park

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“By your exertions conjointly with ours”: British printed cottons in Brazil, 1827-1841, Sarah B. Parks

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Identity, Innovation and Textile Exchange Practices at the Paracas Necropolis, 2000 BP, Ann H. Peters

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An Andean Colonial Woman’s Mantle: the New World and its Global Networks., Elena Phipps

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Deceptive Textiles: Lister’s Velvet Loom, Resilitex, Decoys for WW II, Britain, Barbara Setsu Pickett and Eugene Nicholson

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Fallen Soldiers, Vita Plume

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History Under Foot: Politics, Patriotism, and the “Liberty Rug”, Amy Poff

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Ancient Emblems, Modern Cuts: Weaving and the State in Southeastern Indonesia, Ian Pollock

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From Feed Sack to Clothes Rack: The Use of Commodity Textile Bags in American Households from 1890 – 1960, Margaret Powell

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Liturgical Vestments for Cathedrals During the French Concordat Period (1801-1905) A Political Strategy, Maria Anne Privat Savigny

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Towards a Proactive Outreach Political Strings: Tapestry Seen and Unseen, Linda Rees

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The Kanga, A Cloth That Reveals- Co-production of Culture in Africa and the Indian Ocean Region, Phyllis Ressler

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The Influence of Tribal Conflict, the Great Game, and Trade on Qaraqalpaq Costume, David Richardson

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Felt Space: Responsive Textiles, Fabric Dwellings and Precarious Housing, Kirsty Robertson

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Sleeping Amongst Heroes: Copperplate-printed Bed Furniture in the "Washington and American Independance [sic] 1776; the Apotheosis of Franklin” Pattern, Whitney A. J. Robertson

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The Politics of Textiles Used in African American Slave Clothing, Eulanda A. Sanders

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Anticipating the Silk Road; Some Thoughts on the Wool-Murex Connection in Tyre, Jane Schneider

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Textiles' Treasure from Jericho Cave 38 in the Qarantal Cliff Compared to other Early Medieval Sites in Israel, Orit Shamir and Alisa Baginski

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Political Voices of Three Left Coast Artists: Gyongy Laky, Linda Gass, Linda MacDonald, Barbara Shapiro

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Knitting the News and other Stories, Adrienne Sloane

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The Parenthetical Notation Method for Recording Yarn Structure, Jeffrey C. Splitstoser

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Blinded by the Veil, Laura Stemp-Morlock

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Knitting as Scholarship, Susan M. Strawn

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The Politics of Textile Entrepreneurship Loja Saarinen and Her Weaving Studio in the Cranbrook Art Community, Leena Svinhufvud

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The Reluctant Reformer: May Morris’ United States Lecture Tour of 1909-1910, Natasha Thoreson

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The Twenty-first Century Voices of the Ashanti Adinkra and Kente Cloths of Ghana, Carol Ventura

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On the Edge: The Artwork of Linda Wallace and Dorothy Clews, Linda Wallace and Dorothy Clews

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Interior Iron Curtains: United States Textile Design of the Cold War Era, Morgan Walsh

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A New Interpretation of Certain Bobbin Lace Patterns in Le Pompe, 1559, Laurie Waters

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Making (in) Brooklyn: The Production of Textiles, Meaning, and Social Change, Tali Weinberg

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Made in America: Yarns from the Heartland Brown Sheep Company, Wendy Weiss

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Textiles and Politics – Dishtowels and Diatribes, Carol D. Westfall

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The Political Stitch: Voicing Resistance in a Suffrage Textile, Eileen Wheeler

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Clothes Make the Page: Uniforms in the U.S. Capitol, Felicia Wivchar

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Art and Politics: Contemporary Arpilleras, Flora Zárate

2010

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12th Biennial Symposium Program, Part 1, Textiles and Settlement: From Plains Space to Cyber Space

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12th Biennial Symposium Program, Part 2: Concurrent Local Exhibitions at Participating Museums and Galleries

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HEAD COVERINGS IN THE VIRTUAL UMMA: THE CASE OF NIQAB, Heather Marie Akou

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TEXTILES AND TRADITION IN THE MARKETPLACE, Philis Alvic

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BENI ITAJIME: CARVED BOARD CLAMP RESIST DYEING IN RED, Masanao Arai and Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada

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PROMOTING THE TACTILE IN A VIRTUAL WORLD: AN OVERVIEW OF FIBERSCENE.COM, Susan Taber Avila and Myra Block Kaiser

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TEXTILES OF QARAQALPAQSTAN AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CENTRAL ASIAN TRADITIONS AND THE LEGACY OF IGOR SAVITSKY, Marinika Babanazarova

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CHOREOGRAPHED CARTOGRAPHY: TRANSLATION, FEMINIZED LABOR, AND DIGITAL LITERACY IN HALF/ANGEL’S THE KNITTING MAP, Deborah Barkun and Jools Gilson

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Oriental Carpets, Spatial Dimension, and the Development of Linear Perspective: From Grid to Projective Grid, Carol Bier

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Progressional Journeys: Compelling New Directions for Three “New Basketry” Artists, J. Penny Burton

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Natural Dyes, Our Global Heritage of Colors, Dominique Cardon

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Kyrgyz Felt of the 20th and 21st Centuries, Dinara Chochunbaeva

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Conversation With Nature, Kyoung Ae Cho

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The History and Analysis of Pre-Aniline Native American Quillwork Dyes, Christina Cole and Susan Heald

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Binary Fiction: Digital Weaving 2010, Concurrent Exhibitions and Eisentrager-Howard Gallery

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Needlepoint by Stephen Beal, Concurrent Exhibitions and Gallery 9