April 7-9, 2010 Shipped Entries
April 11 & 12, 2010 Hand delivered entries
Threadworks 2010: TREES
Wellington County Museum & Archives
Ontario, Canada
April 24 to June 13, 2010
Threadworks is a special project of the Ontario Network of Needleworkers (ONN) and is sponsored by the Wellington County Museum & Archives (WCMA) Threadworks’ mandate is to mount, every three years, a juried show of exceptional creative needlework stitched by artists from across Canada. The show opens at the WCMA and travels to a number of museums and galleries across Ontario during the next two years. This year’s theme is TREES.
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY (truncated)
- Selection will be made on the basis of interpretation of the theme TREES and the quality of the submission.
- A substantial part of the piece must be made with a threaded needle.
- Entries must be of original design (no kits) and completed since 2007.
- Entries (or parts thereof) must not exceed 36” x 45” x 20” in size.
- If an entry is begun in a workshop, credit must be given to the instructor.
- Entries are open to any Canadian resident.
- Entries must be available for the duration of the travelling show (which may be up to 3 years).
- Entries must be suitably finished and ready to hang or display, and accompanied by any necessary hardware and special instructions.
- Maximum number of entries per artist is three.
ENTRY FEES
$20 for first submission
+$10 for second submission
+$10 for third submission (maximum)
AWARDS
Best in Show
Hand Embroidery
Free Motion Machine Embroidery
Traditional Stitching
First Entry in a Juried Show
Wearables
Mixed Media
WCMA Curator’s Award (non-monetary award)
THE JURY
Dianne Gibson, Judith Dingle and, Susan Burke.
Download the prospectus: CALLforentry2010 [pdf]
Visit the website: guelpharts.ca/threadworks
For more information:
Sharron Begg
Phone: 519.763.3316
email: sharron.elizabeth@rogers.com
Elizabeth Litch
Phone: 519.843.5915
email: blackberrybog@xplornet.com
Maggie Vanderweit
Phone: 519.843.6361
email: maggie@stonethreads.ca
Virginia Buchanan-Smith
Phone: 519.822.1859
email: virginia@buchanan-smith.com
Wellington County Museum & Archives
#0536 County Road 18
between Fergus and Elora
519.846.0916
www.wcm.on.ca
