International: January 25, 2012
United States: February 1, 2012
Small Expressions 2012
Handweavers Guild of America
Long Beach Museum of Art
Long Beach, CA
May 10 - August 12, 2012
Small Expressions is an annual, international, juried exhibit featuring high quality, contemporary small-scale works. Small Expressions is sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., to showcase small scale works created using fiber techniques in any media, not to exceed 15 inches (38 cm) in any direction including mounting, framing or display devices.
Juror: Carol Shaw-Sutton
Carol Shaw-Sutton is an artist and Chair of the Fiber Program at California State University, Long Beach where she was recently nominated Outstanding Professor of the Year, 2011.
Eligibility: Three pieces may be entered per artist. Works exhibited in previous Small Expressions exhibits are not eligible.
Submitted work is limited to works made using fiber techniques (interlaced, felted, stitched, dyed, coiled, knotted, pulled, spun, etc.) and can be of any material. All work must be of exhibition quality, completed within the last two years (since January 2010), and not previously published in any national or international print publication prior to the entry deadline.
The size of the finished work may not exceed 15 inches (38 cm) in any direction including any mounting, framing, and/or display devices.
Work executed under classroom/educational guidance or supervision is not eligible.
Entry Fees: $25 HGA member, $40 non-HGA member, Student, no fee.
Sales: Work on exhibit will not be for sale.
Prospectus available on website: http://www.weavespindye.org/pages/?p=convergence2012/Small_Exp_2012.html&loc=8-109-00
Entry Form - http://www.weavespindye.org/pages/convergence2012/pdf/Small_Expressions_2012_Entry.pdf
For Questions: Call HGA at 678-730-0010 or email HGA - hga@weavespindye.org
Small Expressions 2012
Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.
1255 Buford Highway, Suite 211
Suwanee, GA 30024
