Wednesday, January 21, 2015

FANTASTIC FIBERS 2015

Deadline: February 21, 2015 {ONLINE}


FANTASTIC FIBERS 2015
Yeiser Art Center

Paducah, Kentucky
April 1 - June 6, 2015




Yeiser Art Center is now accepting entries for the FANTASTIC FIBERS 2015 international juried exhibition. One of Yeiser Art Center's most engaging, innovative & colorful international exhibits, Fantastic Fibers is an inspirational "must see" for quilters and textile art enthusiasts across the globe.

The show began in 1987 as a wearable art show but has evolved over the years to include a compelling mix of traditional and non-traditional works created from natural or synthetic fibers.

Traditionally, Yeiser Art Center receives nearly 800 entries from 128 artists from 12 countries. All selected work will be on display at the Yeiser Art Center April 1-June 6, 2015. The Fantastic Fibers exhibit is an American Quilter's Society (AQS) sanctioned event. This year's AQS QuiltWeek dates are April 22-25, 2015.

Jurors

The 2015 Fantastic Fibers jurors are Marcia Young, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of Fiber Art Now magazine, and Laverne Zabielski, renowned Kentucky fiber artist, creator of Truly Wearable art and noted author.

Specifications

Contemporary and innovative works created with fiber as the primary medium are welcome. This exhibition is open to all artists 18 years and over working in the field of fiber art. All work submitted must be original, completed in the last three years and not previously exhibited in a Fantastic Fibers exhibition. There are no size restrictions.

No more than five entries may be submitted by any artist. A nonrefundable entry fee of $15 per entry for up to five entries is required.


Entries are submitted solely online through the CaFÉ™ Call for Entry website


visit website for complete details: www.fantasticfibers.theyeiser.org


For questions or comments, email Kathy Knotts or Rosemarie Steele or call 270.442.2453



Yeiser Art Center
200 Broadway
Paducah, Kentucky 42001