Business Associations useful for Fibre and Textile Artists and Businesses

Alphabetical List of Associations

[The list is alphabetized according to the site title]

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T |U | V | W | XYZ

• Alberta Crafts Council, AL,Canada
• American Fiber Manufacturers Association (FiberSource)
• American Textile Manufacturers Institute
• American Yarn Spinners Association (AYSA)
• Arts Business Institute (ABI)
• Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers UK
  - click on Links to other useful sites
• Assn. of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA)
• Arts Hamilton , ON, Canada
• Australian Forum for Textile Arts, Ltd (TAFTA)
• AXIS National artists database (UK)
• Canada Council for the Arts
• Canadian Craft & Hobby Association
• Canadian Gift and Tableware Association
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) for Canadian trade mark information
• Canadian Crafts Federation- Federation Canadienne des métiers d'art
• Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art: the Canadian Art Database
• Conseil des Metiers d'Art du Quebec PQ, Canada
• Color Association of the US (CAUS)
• Color Marketing Group
• Crafts Australia
• Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador, NFL, Canada
• Craft Council UK
• Craft Report - Resources
• Craft Yarn Council of America (CYCA)
• CraftCanada.com
• Craftspace.Org : Manitoba Crafts Council
• CraftWEB Project
• English Regional Arts Boards
• European Textile Network
• Fiber Society
• Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.
• Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, On, Canada
• Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI)
• International Cotton Advisory Committee
• National Cotton Council of America
• New Brunswick Craft Council
• New Foundland & Labrador Craft Council
• Nishijin Textile Industriul Association, Japan
• Northern Textile Association (NTA)
• Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council
• Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association
• Ontario Crafts Council , ON, Canada
• Organic Cotton Site
• Patent Office - Textile designs UK
• Prince Edward Island Craft Council
• Saskatchewan Craft Council
• Silk Laboratory, Shinshu University, Japan
• Small-Business Resources for Craftspeople @ The Craft Report
• TEXA- Office of Textiles & Apparel
• TFS -Textile FiberSpace - Association Directory
• Team Canada for Exporting from Canada
• Text.Rooms, Italy
• Textile FiberSpace
• Textile Information Centre (Textile Industry)
• Textile Society of Hong Kong
• Textile World
• Traditional Crafts of Japan
• Visual Arts Alberta Association , AL, Canada
• World Wide Weave - Oriental Rug and Textile Societies

International ||
Americas:  Canada | USA ||
Asia: China & Hongkong | Japan ||
Australasia: Australia & NewZealand||
Europe: Italy | UK||

International

• Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.
• The World Wide Weave - Oriental Rug and Textile Societies
• Tex.in - Textile & Apparel WWW Database
• Textile FiberSpace
• Textile World

Americas

Canada

[National] [Alberta] [British Columbia] [Manitoba] [New Brunswick] [New Foundland ] [Nova Scotia] [Ontario] [Prince Edward Island] [Qubec] [Saskatchewan] [Nunavut]

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National

• Canada Council for the Arts
• Canadian Craft & Hobby Association
• Canadian Gift and Tableware Association
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) for Canadian trade mark information
• Canadian Crafts Federation- Federation Canadienne des métiers d'art
• Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art: the Canadian Art Database
• CraftCanada.com
• Team Canada for Exporting from Canada

  Alberta

• Alberta Crafts Council, AL,Canada
• Visual Arts Alberta Association , AL, Canada

  British Columbia

• Crafts Association of British Columbia , BC, Canada

  Manitoba

• Craftspace.Org : Manitoba Crafts Council

  New Brunswick

• New Brunswick Craft Council

  New Foundland

• New Foundland & Labrador Craft Council
• Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador, NFL, Canada

  Nova Scotia

• Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council

  Ontario

• Arts Hamilton , ON, Canada
• Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, On, Canada
• Ontario Crafts Council , ON, Canada

  Prince Edward Island

• Prince Edward Island Craft Council

  Quebec PQ

• Conseil des Metiers d'Art du Quebec PQ, Canada

  Saskatchewan

• Saskatchewan Craft Council

  Nunavut

• Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association

USA

• The Craft Report - Resources
• The CraftWEB Project
• Small-Business Resources for Craftspeople @ The Craft Report
• The Color Association of the US (CAUS)
• Color Marketing Group

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• American Fiber Manufacturers Association (FiberSource)
• American Textile Manufacturers Institute
• American Yarn Spinners Association (AYSA)
• Arts Business Institute (ABI)
• Assn. of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA)
• The Craft Yarn Council of America (CYCA)
• Fiber Society
• Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI)
• International Cotton Advisory Committee
• The National Cotton Council of America
• Northern Textile Association (NTA)
• The Organic Cotton Site
• TEXA- Office of Textiles & Apparel
• TFS -Textile FiberSpace - Association Directory
• Textile Information Centre (Textile Industry)

Asia

China & HongKong

• Textile Society of Hong Kong

Japan

• Nishijin Textile Industriul Association, Japan
• Silk Laboratory, Shinshu University, Japan
• Traditional Crafts of Japan

Australasia

Australia

• The Australian Forum for Textile Arts, Ltd (TAFTA)
• Crafts Australia

Europe

Italy

• Text.Rooms, Italy

UK

• AXIS National artists database (UK)
• Craft Council UK
• English Regional Arts Boards
• European Textile Network
• Patent Office - Textile designs UK
• The Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers UK- click on Links to other useful sites