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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2008

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The Serpentine Essence of a Chancay Gauze Headdress, Jessica Gerschultz

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The Serpentine Essence of a Chancay Gauze Headdress, Jessica Gerschultz

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Meanings and Messages: Quilts to Comfort the Families, Jonathan Gregory

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Meanings and Messages: Quilts to Comfort the Families of America’s Fallen in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, Jonathan Gregory

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Dress of the Lolo, Pathen, Hmong and Yao of Northern Vietnam in 2005-2006: Reflections of Cultural Continuity and Change, Serena Lee Harrigan

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Dress of the Lolo, Pathen, Hmong and Yao of Northern Vietnam in 2005-2006: Reflections of Cultural Continuity and Change, Serena Lee Harrigan

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Culture Brokers: Weavers, Photographers, Scientists, and Textile Experts, Kimberly Hart

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Culture Brokers: Weavers, Photographers, Scientists, and Textile Experts, Kimberly L. Hart

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Acknowledgments, Pat Hickman

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Supplementary Warp Patterned Textiles of the Cham in Vietnam, Michael C. Howard

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Supplementary Warp Patterned Textiles of the Cham in Vietnam, Michael C. Howard

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Hand-Spinning for Traditional Garments in Ladakh, Tracy P. Hudson

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Hand-Spinning for Traditional Garments in Ladakh, Tracy P. Hudson

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A Comparative Study of Andongpoh and Musam Korean Hemp: The Production of Two Distinct Qualities of Hemp Cloth, Min Sun Hwang

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A Comparative Study of Andongpoh and Musam Korean Hemp: The Production of Two Distinct Qualities of Hemp Cloth, minsun hwang

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Trade Cloth on American Whaleships, 1820-1870 “liberty with a roll of calico”, Susan J. Jerome

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Trade Cloth on American Whaleships, 1820-1870 “liberty with a roll of calico”, Susan J. Jerome

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Rediscovering Camlet: Traditional mohair cloth weaving in Southeastern Turkey, Charlotte Jirousek

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Rediscovering Camlet: Traditional mohair cloth weaving in Southeastern Turkey, Charlotte Jirousek

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Perfumed Textiles, Katia Johansen

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Perfumed Textiles, Katia Johansen

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Iowa or Dye! Natural Dyes as American Craft and Horticulture, Sara J. Kadolph

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Iowa or Dye! Natural Dyes as American Craft and Horticulture, Sara J. Kadolph

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Textiles, Masculinities and Spontaneous Communities in the Burning Man Project, Susan Kaiser and Denise Nicole Green

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Textiles, Masculinities and Spontaneous Communities in the Burning Man Project, Susan Kaiser and Denise Nicole Green

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Translation of Medium: Kesi Meets Painting, Jean Kares

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Translation of Medium: Kesi Meets Painting, Jean Kares

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“Pride and Practicality”, Barbara Kawakami

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“Pride and Practicality”, Barbara Kawakami

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Crochet Lace as Expression of Digital Culture, Gail Kenning

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Crochet Lace as Expression of Digital Culture, Gail Kenning

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The Usage and Symbolic Meaning of a Length of White Cotton Cloth Used in Shamanist Rituals for the Dead in Korea, Jeeun Kim

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The Usage and Symbolic Meaning of a Length of White Cotton Cloth Used in Shamanist Rituals for the Dead in Korea, Jeeun Kim

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Black Silk, Brown Silk: China and Beyond—Traditional Practice Meets Fashion, Abby Lillethun

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Black Silk, Brown Silk: China and Beyond—Traditional Practice Meets Fashion, Abby Lillethun

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Analysis of Two Chinese Canton Silks: Jiāo-chou and Xiang-yun-shā, shu lin

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Analysis of Two Chinese Canton Silks: Jiāo-chou and Xiang-yun-shā, ShuHwa Lin

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Expressions of Power – Luxury textiles from early medieval northern Europe, Sonja Marzinzik

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Expressions of Power – Luxury textiles from early medieval northern Europe, Sonja Marzinzik

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Weaving Cloth from Tosa-washi (Japanese Paper from Kochi in Shikoku, Japan): Connection and Expansion of Area and People, Yuka Matsumoto

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Weaving Cloth from Tosa-washi (Japanese Paper from Kochi in Shikoku, Japan): Connection and Expansion of Area and People, Yuka Matsumoto

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Mud and Dirt: Australian Soil as Self-Expression, Di McPherson

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Mud and Dirt: Australian Soil as Self-Expression, Di McPherson

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Warp the Loom – Wrap the Dead Trapezoid shaped textiles from the Chiribaya culture, South Peru, AD 900-1375, Wynne Minkes

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Warp the Loom – Wrap the Dead Trapezoid shaped textiles from the Chiribaya culture, South Peru, AD 900-1375, Wynne Minkes

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A Marketplace in Miniature: Norwich Pattern Books as Cultural Agency, Victoria Mitchell

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A Marketplace in Miniature: Norwich Pattern Books as Cultural Agency, Victoria Mitchell

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Prosperity, Longevity, and “Happily Ever-After”: Symbolism and the Sophistication of Implication in Japanese E-gasuri (picture ikat) Textiles, Ann Marie Moeller

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Prosperity, Longevity, and “Happily Ever-After”: Symbolism and the Sophistication of Implication in Japanese E-gasuri (picture ikat) Textiles, Ann Marie Moeller

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The Iemoto System and the Development of Contemporary Quiltmaking in Japan, Nao Nomura

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The System and the Development of Contemporary Quiltmaking in Japan, Nao Nomura

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The Conservation of Three Hawaiian Feather Cloaks, Elizabeth Nunan and Aimée Ducey

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The Conservation of Three Hawaiian Feather Cloaks, Elizabeth Nunan and Aimée Ducey

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The String or Grass Skirt; an Ancient Garment in the Southern Andes, Amy Oakland

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The String or Grass Skirt; an Ancient Garment in the Southern Andes, Amy Oakland

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Representation and self-presentation in late antique Egypt: ‘Coptic’ textiles in the British Museum, Elisabeth R. O'Connell

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Representation and self-presentation in late antique Egypt: ‘Coptic’ textiles in the British Museum, Elisabeth R. O'Connell

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Black Silk, Brown Silk: China and Beyond—Fabric Analysis, Margaret T. Ordoñez

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Black Silk, Brown Silk: China and Beyond—Fabric Analysis, Margaret T. Ordoñez

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“I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas, anymore:” Cross-Cultural Design in Peruvian Connection’s Textiles, Margarete Ordon

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“I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas, anymore:” Cross-Cultural Design in Peruvian Connection’s Textiles, Margarete Ordon

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Notes on Editing, Ann Svenson Perlman

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Ethnicity Mobility and Status – Textiles from the Taklamakan Desert, Helen Persson

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Ethnicity Mobility and Status – Textiles from the Taklamakan Desert, Helen Persson

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Eats, Shoots, and Weaves, Lisa Lee Peterson

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Eats, Shoots, and Weaves, Lisa Lee Peterson

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Woven to Shape: a Pre-Columbian Trapezoidal Tunic from the South Central Andes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Elena Phipps

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Woven to Shape: a Pre-Columbian Trapezoidal Tunic from the South Central Andes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Elena Phipps

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Embellishments of the Alaska Native Gut Parka, Fran Reed

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Embellishments of the Alaska Native Gut Parka, Fran Reed

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People, Place, Spirit, Denise Ava Robinson

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People, Place, Spirit, Denise Ava Robinson

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Identification of Red Dyes in Textiles from the Andean Region, Ana Roquero

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Identification of Red Dyes in Textiles from the Andean Region, Ana Roquero

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Spinning Pattern, Ann Pollard Rowe

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Spinning Pattern, Ann Pollard Rowe

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The Centre for Advanced Textiles: A Case Study in UK Digital Textile Culture, Eulanda A. Sanders

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The Centre for Advanced Textiles: A Case Study in UK Digital Textile Culture, Eulanda A. Sanders

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Walking a Line: GPS and Satellite Technologies as Narratives, Ruth Scheuing

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Field of Flowers: Mughal Carpets and Treasures, Michael Schuster

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Field of Flowers: Mughal Carpets and Treasures, Michael Schuster

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Donning the Cloak: Safavid Figural Silks and the Display of Identity, Nazanin Hedayat Shenasa and Nazanin Hedayat Munroe

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Donning the Cloak: Safavid Figural Silks and the Display of Identity, Nazanin Hedayat Shenasa and Nazanin Hedayat Munroe

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Textiles Recorded: Fashion Reconstructed Through Aztec Codices, Jennifer E. Siegler

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Textiles Recorded: Fashion Reconstructed Through Aztec Codices, Jennifer E. Siegler

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Traditional Textile Materials of Baekje Kingdom, Mi Young Suh and Kil Soon Park

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Traditional Textile Materials of Baekje Kingdom, Mi Young Suh and Kil Soon Park

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A New Start: Re-thinking the Display and Interpretation of African Textiles at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Howard Sutcliffe

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A New Start: Re-thinking the Display and Interpretation of African Textiles at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Howard Sutcliffe

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Documentary Film Presentation Local Colors: Natural Dyeing in a Milas Carpet Weaving Village, Ulara Tamura and John Wells

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Documentary Film Presentation Local Colors: Natural Dyeing in a Milas Carpet Weaving Village, Ulara Tamura and John Wells

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Sea Snail Purple in Contemporary Japanese Embroidery, Takako Terada

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Sea Snail Purple in Contemporary Japanese Embroidery, Takako Terada

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Tunics from the Azapa Valley, Late Formative Period. A new weaving tradition in the lower valleys, Liliana Ulloa

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Tunics from the Azapa Valley, Late Formative Period. A new weaving tradition in the lower valleys, Liliana Ulloa

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The Cloud Brocade and Yangzhou, Ying Wang

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The Cloud Brocade and Yangzhou, Ying Wang

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Kākahu as Cultural Identity, Christina Hurihia Wirihana

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Kākahu as Cultural Identity, Christina Hurihia Wirihana

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The Quilt Index: Communicating Stories in the Stitches, Mary Worrall, Marsha MacDowell, and Justine Richardson