TextileMuseum.org .
Washington ,D.C. Primary Western Hemisphere museum for carpets and textiles. Site provides selected exhibitions, a learning center, events schedules, detailed Calendar..
Current Exhibits: ART BY THE YARD:Women Design Mid-Century Britain. ART OF LIVING: Textile Furnishings from the Permanent Collection. Annual symposium to be held in October 2010t

acor-rugs.org
Non-profit organization for the understanding and appreciation of oriental rugs and textiles. ACOR 9 scheduled for April 30, 2010 in St. Louis has been postponed to a later year. Prior bi-annual conferences were hosted by regional rug societies.

Associations/conferences

www.ICOC-orientalrugs.org Meets every three years in an internaiontal city. The most recent International Conference on Oriental Rugs was held (the 11 th ) in Istanbul, Turkey. April 19-22,2007. :

, ICOC XII. 12TH ICOC ANNOUNCED; to be held in STOCKHOLM , Sweden June 16-19, 2011

www.acor-rugs.org (American Conference on Oriental Rugs) Meets everu two years in an American city. Most recent (ACOR 8) conference was held in Boston, Mass April 20-25, 2006. Among rug societies participating were Textile Museum Assoc, Southern California, New England Rug Society, Hajji Baba Club (www.hajjibaba.org) . The 9th conference to meet in St. Louis was postponed to a future year..

www.textilesociety.org (Textile Society of America ) holds biennial symposia UPCOMING 12THH BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM. October 6 - 9, 2010. University of Nebraska, Lincoln. "Textiles and Settlement From Plains Soace to Cyber Space".

.Recent symposium October 11-14, 2006 in Toronto, Canada

PUBLICATIONS & BOOKS represented on line

www.HALI.com . Six issues a year international,research-focused magazine; fine color, auction analysis, book reviews, dealer advertising.In its 21st year. HALI also presents an annual HALI Fair in London each June.

www.GHEREH.org . - An international carpet and textile review published in Italy .

www.RugReview.com. - Putting the contents of the Oriental Rug Review (in print from 1981-1996) on the web is the formidable task being accomplished by its publisher Ro O'Callaghan.

www.Tribalarts.com - Quarterly magazine covers tribal arts from far flung cultures. A discussion board, book reviews, exhibitions.

www.RugBooks.com - Dennis and Wes;ey Marquand Oriental Rug Books. On-line comprehensive catalogues of rug and textile books.

www.Abebooks.com - Shows listings of books from many booksellers. Lists Flat-woven Rugs of the World - Kilim, Soumak, and Brocading by Valerie Sharaf Justin (1980 Van Nostrand Reinhold).

SITES PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ARTISANS AND WEAVERS

www.vanishingcultures.com - Foundation supporting the indigenous people of Peru in the spirit of Quechua "ayni" (reciprocity). Among its projects the rebuilding llama and alpaca wool production and quality.

GALLERIES

www.gailmartingallery.com - Ancient, antique and ethnographic textiles and Contemporary Fiber Art. Based in NYC. Curatorial, conservation and display services.

www.cloudband.com - Lively site with dealer Arcade and Gallery, Exhibitions, Newsletter.

INFORMATION AND MEETING PLACES - SHOWS

www.Jozan.net- and JOZAN MAGAZINE has become a major presence on the "rug" net From its start as a rug-photo guide (still growing) it provides an Oriental rug sales gallery, Oriental rug and textiles articles and news, auction announcements and an auction price data base.Its directoryincludes museums, magazines, rug clubs and dealers. Based in Denmark .

www.spongobongo.com - Rug Notes by Barry O'Connell. An extensive archive of one serious researcher's information and thoughts on Oriental Rugs and diverse subjects. Encourages interaction.

www.Turkotek.com - A non-commercial site devoted to collectible weavings; This clearing house of ideas provides an extensive archive and a forum of chat for Rug Bugs.