Monday, September 15, 2008

Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival 2009

Deadline: September 30, 2008 (RECEIVE)

Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival 2009

Japan Quilt Grand Prix
Tokyo Dome
January 16 - 24, 2009


Eligibility
Everyone, whether professional or amateur, is welcome, regardless of age or nationality (excluding Junior Category).

Entry Rules
Although entrants may submit works into multiple categories, entries are limited to 1 entry per person per category.
Entries must be an original work, wholly conceived and constructed by the sole person named on the entry form (except for Group and Junior categories).
Entries must have been completed during or after 2006, and previously unpublished in any print or electronic media (excluding catalogs for group exhibitions, etc.)
Any prizes awarded in the past, both internationally and domestically, must be listed.
Quilts must consist of a single unit and cannot be framed in wood, metal, etc.
Entered works must be available for judging and display from early November, 2008 to late February, 2009.
Entries must not contain any animal or plant materials restricted under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, nor contain any materials restricted by Japanese Quarantine authorities.

To Enter
Please send a completed entry form along with 2 photographs of each entry (an overall photograph showing all quilt edges, and showing the best feature of the quilt).
The 2 photographs will not be returned.

Download the entry form: Tokyoquiltfestival/entrysheet_en.pdf

Visit website for complete details: Tokyo Quilt Festival

Send entry forms to:
Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival
Secretariat for the Japan Quilt Grand Prix
c/o NHK Educational Corporation
Dai-6 Kyodo Building, 4th Floor, 9-2 Kamiyama-cho
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0047 Japan
Tel: +81-3-3481-1770
Fax: 81-3-3481-0094