Fiber Options: Material Explorations

Deadline: May 9, 2012 (ONLINE)


Fiber Options: Material Explorations
National Juried Exhibition
MFA Circle Gallery
Annapolis, Maryland
July 19 - August 11, 2012



The Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) invites all artists residing in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada to enter its open-juried competition for artists working with fiber. Any two- or three-dimensional submission following exhibition guidelines will be considered by the juror.

Selection:
1. Selections for exhibition are made by the juror from JPEG images.
2. Final acceptance is made by juror from delivered work.
3. Awards are designated by the juror.

Entries: Any original fiber work including soft sculpture, painting on silk, felting, applique, tapestries, wearable art and more.

1. All work must be priced for sale or marked POR (price on request). Works previously exhibited in a juried show at Circle Gallery are not eligible.
2. Maximum dimensions of entry, including outside edges of frame, cannot exceed 72” in any direction.
3. Submit one JPEG image per piece entered, or as allowed.

Entry Fees: A maximum of 6 original works created within the past 3 years may be entered.
1 or 2 entries $35 (MFA members $20).
Additional four entries $5 each. Entry fees are non-refundable.


Juror: J. Susan Isaacs, Professor of Art History, and Curator of Department Galleries at Towson University and Curator of Special Projects at Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts.

AWARDS
Cash awards total $1000. Award contributors and recipients will be listed in the exhibition catalog.

Web Site: www.mdfedart.org

Download Prospectus: www.mdfedart.com/Fiber_Options_2012_Prospectus.pdf


The Maryland Federation of Art
18 State Circle
Annapolis MD, 21401
MD Relay: 1-800-735-2258
Fax: 410-268-4570
Telephone Voice/TTD: 410-268-4566

Exhibition email: fiberoptions@mdfedart.org
MFA Circle Gallery: info@mdfedart.org