Call for Events and Call for Instructors
Complete listing of requests for submissions to textile competitions, exhibits, conference workshop proposals, and academic papers. Calls for entries and calls for instructors are added on a regular basis. If your event is not shown here, please add the information directly using the Add Event link.
Strands: Juried Fiber Art Exhibit
February 12, 2012 through June 23, 2012
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Jurors Sally Sellers and Bonnie Bucknam will award Jurors Cash Prize for Fiber Competition presented at North Bank August 2 – 31, 2012. See full Prospectus on website. 3 Entries/$30. Event will be feature of City Wide Art Event: Art in the Heart.
Into the garden...
February 16, 2012 through August 10, 2012
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Blue Ridge Fiber Show, October 2, 2012 - January 2, 2013 in Asheville, North Carolina. Categories include handweaving, spinning and felting. Entry fee applies.
30th Annual New Legacies Art Quilt Exhibition
February 22, 2012 through May 20, 2012
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Visit the website address above for the application and more information. $2000 in cash awards to exhibiting artists. Entry fee of $30 for up to 3 entries. Deadline to apply is May 20, 2012. This juried exhibition features the current work of the finest national and international contemporary quilt artists. Art quilts accepted for exhibition will exemplify innovation in quilting and surface design techniques as well as excellence in artistic composition and craftsmanship. The goal of the exhibition is to recognize the world’s finest contemporary quilt artists and to advance the art form. The exhibition dates are July 3 – September 5, 2012. For more information about the Lincoln Center please visit www.LCTIX.com/galleries.php. Once there, click on "Opportunities" and scroll down to the New Legacies section for the application. Or click on "Exhibitions" and scroll down to see photographs from the 2011 New Legacies exhibition.
Gifts of Art
March 14, 2012 through May 15, 2012
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Gifts of Art is one of the first and most comprehensive arts-in-healthcare programs in the US. Nine galleries in the University of Michigan Health System display 50 exhibits, September 2012 through August 2013 These include 2-D and 3-D spaces. Our primary mission is to create a more comfortable and calming atmosphere within the often stressful environment of a hospital and to provide a positive distraction for our patients, visitors and staff. Entries must be submitted via the website or US Post
ArtQuilt Elements
March 30, 2012 through May 13, 2012
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ArtQuilt Elements, Wayne, Pa., at the Wayne Art Center, March 30—May 13, 2012. Call for Entries. Deadline: Sept. 25, 2011. Awards. International juried exhibition of art quilts with any subject matter, style, materials, techniques and any size. Jurors: Elizabeth Barton, David Revere McFadden, Sandra Sider. For prospectus visit www.artquiltelements.com
Textiles in a Tube 2
June 1, 2012 through July 15, 2012
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Artist are invited to reinvent or expand the definitions of textile materials, processes and concepts and fit their work within a 3” by 36” mailing tube for delivery or shipment. Cash awards and a catalogue will again be included in the June 1 –July 15 exhibition. Internationally exhibited textile artist, Kathy Loomis is the juror. May 4 is entry postmark deadline.
Original Creative Festival
June 28, 2012 through June 30, 2012
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The Original Creative Festival is now including Knit & Crochet vendors and teachers to the Festival. This 9th year sewing & quilting event has classes, vendors, fashion show contest and free stage presentations. We are accepting vendor and teacher applications.
Round Bobbin Expo, Sew-Quilt-Fiber Art
September 14, 2012 through September 15, 2012
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Round Bobbin Expo, held in St. Charles, MO (St. Louis, MO area) is now including Knit, Crochet and other Fiber Art vendors and teachers to the quilting & sewing expo. In addition to vendors and classes, the expo features stage presentations, a fashion & accessory show contest, Fiber Art Display and door prizes. Vendor and teacher applications are now being accepted. If you are looking for a new market, this would be the expo to try.
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