Textile Arts Council
In support of the Textile Department
of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Upcoming Events
Lectures, Tours and Workshops
Lecture
Saturday Lecture
January 24, 2026
10:00 am
A Cultural Epiphany;
Religious Dances of Bhutan
and
Their Costumes
with
Dr. Françoise Pommaret
Only Over Zoom
Lecture
Saturday Lecture
February 21, 2026
1:00pm
Annual Caroline and H. McCoy Jones
Memorial Lecture
A Talk on the
McCoy Jones Collection
with
Talia Spielholz
de Young Museum, Koret Auditorium
and Live Stream
Workshop
Watch here for news on upcoming tours and workshops!
Highlights From 2025
The images above are from our most popular event of the year - the Annual Textile Bazaar.
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Enjoy the photos and be sure to join us for next year's bazaar -
early November, 2025
Together in 2025
Bay Area Fiber Artists Archive
Bay Area Fiber Artists Archive
In 2021, TAC launched its Virtual Program Series dedicated to highlighting the lives and work of living Bay Area fiber artists through video documentaries and artists’ conversations.
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The first program focuses on Alice Beasley, an Oakland-based African American figurative quilter. It took place on August 15, 2021, premiering a video of Alice sharing her work process at her home and studio. In this project, TAC collaborated with the Tracing Patterns Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Berkeley, dedicated to the advancement of textile arts.
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Our second program features Kay Sekimachi, an internationally renowned weaver who mentored many other Bay Area artists.
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The third program highlights San Francisco Bay Area mixed media artists Jean Cacicedo and Janet Lipkin who helped pioneer "Art to Wear," an art form designed around the body. Working with a series of studio visits, conversations with these artists, and perspectives from author and curator Melissa Leventon, this film is a tribute to the contributions, friendship, and influence of these two artists.
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In the fourth program, discover the arashi shibori based art of Ana Lisa Hedstrom and Judith Content. Using a 19th century process intended for commercial production of modest fabric for yukata robes, they have adapted the technique to make innovative and inspired works of art. Interviews with the artists, demonstrations of their techniques and commentary by artist and scholar Yoshiko Wada introduce the viewer to their artistic legacy.
Alice Beasley: Having Her Say
Living Art: Jean Cacicedo, Janet Lipkin
& The Evolution of Art to Wear
Kay Sekimachi Perspectives: Art, Legacy and Influence
Ana Lisa Hedstrom and Judith Content: Continuum In Cloth / Approaches to Contemporary Shibori
Updates From the Museum
Exhibit
Embroidered Histories
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Spot sampler (detail), 1685, Germany. Linen, wool, silk; canvas, embroidery (buttonhole, cross, satin, and feather stitches, French knots), 22 x 9 3/8 in. (55.88 x 23.813 cm). Gift of George and Marie Hecksher, 2023.23.
Photograph by Randy Dodson
Featuring favorite stitches and motifs, embroidery samplers have been used to teach needlework skills and literacy since the 14th century. By the 18th century, these textiles were viewed as works of art in their own right. This exhibition highlights European embroidery samplers from the 17th through 19th centuries in our collection. Through a close look at the samplers’ materials, techniques, and designs, Embroidered Histories explores economic, political, and social developments in Europe during these centuries
Exhibit
Embroidered hanging or cover (suzani) (detail), late 19th century. Cotton plain weave with silk embroidery, 98 x 75 in. (248.92 x 190.5 cm).
The Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Collection.
Bequest of H. McCoy Jones, 1988.11.468.
Photograph by Randy Dodson
Featuring rugs and embroideries from the McCoy Jones Collection, this exhibition highlights the work of different tribes and cultural groups from across Central Asia and the Middle East. Drawn from one of the largest collections of Central Asian and Middle Eastern nomadic textiles in the United States, the works on view range from furnishings and wedding embroideries from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to a contemporary textile sculpture.
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Embroidered hanging or cover (suzani) (detail), late 19th century. Cotton plain weave with silk embroidery, 98 x 75 in. (248.92 x 190.5 cm).
The Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Collection.
Bequest of H. McCoy Jones, 1988.11.468.
Photograph by Randy Dodson
