Deadline: August 13, 2012 (ONLINE)
5th annual High Fiber Under Five
Benifit Exhibition and Sale
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
San Jose, CA
October 20 - November 4, 2012
High Fiber Under Five 2012 is the 5th annual fiber benefit exhibition and sale—a signature event at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles that runs from October 20, 2012 to November 4, 2012. High Fiber Under Five is designed to generate support for fiber artists and the Museum’s fiber art advocacy efforts by connecting artists around the globe with collectors and by introducing this medium to our community as a whole.
We welcome submissions of all kinds of fiber art—basketry, jewelry, knitting, sculpture, quilts, wearable art, tapestries, and mixed-media pieces in which fiber plays a prominent role. Our goal is to showcase high-quality pieces that will pique the interest of art collectors and attract new collectors.
This year, we’d like to encourage you to submit artworks that we can offer for sale between $100 and $300. You can submit work priced as high as $500, but we have noticed that mid-range priced art sells more frequently than the higher priced items. If works are $100 each, you can submit up to 15. There will be a onetime submission fee of $10. The total retail value of your submissions may not exceed $1,500. If you are submitting works valued at $500, please submit only 3.
All of the accepted work will be hung salon style for the opening VIP reception on October 20, 2012. As items sell, the purchasers will be given the option of taking the pieces home that evening. Remaining work will be on display until it sells or until the last day of the benefit exhibition, November 4, 2012.
FEE: One-time $10 submission fee
HFUF 2012 Jurors
Deborah Corsini, Curator, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
Lynn Koolish, Artist, Chair of High Fiber Under Five 2012
Yvonne Porcella, Artist, Board Member, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
Application and additional information regarding High Fiber Under Five 2012: www.sjquiltmuseum.org/highfiber_artistpage2012
For More Information
If you have any questions, please contact Hallie Brignall at hallie@sjquiltmuseum.org. (please type High Fiber in the subject line). Or call, 1-408-971-0323 x. 25
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles
520 S. First Street
San Jose CA 95113
408.971.0323
info@sjquiltmuseum.org
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Blue Ridge Fiber Show
Deadline: August 13, 2010 (RECEIVE)
2010 Blue Ridge Fiber Show: inspirations from nature... an international, biennial celebration of fiberarts
Western North Carolina Fibers/Handweavers Guild
North Carolina Arboretum
Asheville, NC
October 2, 2010 - November 28, 2010
Mission Statement
The purpose of the Blue Ridge Fiber Show is to encourage and support handloom weavers, spinners and felters at all levels and to increase public awareness of their work.
Categories
Amateur, Professional and Junior Divisions are in the following Main Categories:
Hand Weaving Category - includes traditional floor looms, frame looms, biaxial interlacing plus triaxial, card, inkle, loom types operated with a harness system, as opposed to hooks.
Sub-Categories:
1. Accessories (wearable) - scarves, shawls, purses, jewelry, liturgical, etc.
2. Decorative Functional (home decor) - linens, rugs, pillows, afghans, etc; excludes off-loom basketry.
3. Decorative Non-Functional - wall hangings, tapestries, 3-D work, etc; excludes off-loom basketry.
4. Constructed Clothing – cut and sewn garments made from at least 75% handwoven cloth.
5. Yardage - Minimum 18 inches (45.7 cm) width, 3 yards (2.7 m) length; maximum 60 inches (1.5 m) width, 10 yards (9.1 m) length, 40 pounds (18.1 Kg) weight. Entry must include an 8" x 8" (20.3 cm square) handling piece.
Spinning Category - Plant, animal or synthetic fibers twisted together to form yarn. Characteristics of spun yarn vary based on the material used, fiber length and alignment, quantity of fiber used, and degree of twist.
Sub-Categories:
1. Spinner’s Challenge - Entry must be 3 hand spun skeins from the same fiber, at least 50 yards each in 3 weights for a total of 150 yards: fine/fingering weight (16+ wpi); medium/worsted weight (12 to 14 wpi); and bulky weight (10 or fewer wpi).
2. Hand Spun Novelty Yarn - Entry must be a skein of at least 50 yards of hand spun novelty yarn. Identify intended use.
3. Hand Spun Yarn For A Project - Entry must be a skein of at least 50 yards of hand spun yarn accompanied by an 8” x 8” swatch that is handwoven, knitted or crocheted showing how this yarn can be used in a completed project.
4. Hand Spun Yarn Into a Handwoven Project - Entry must be a completed project using 100% hand spun yarns.
Felting Category - Technique that produces a non-woven sheet of matted material which is most frequently made from wool, hair or fur created by the entanglement of a mass of fibers that takes place when heat, moisture and pressure are combined. Includes needle felting. “Fulling” is excluded.
Sub-Categories:
1. Decorative - Figures, animals, sculptural, wall hangings, etc.
2. Accessories (wearables) - Scarves, shawls, purses, jewelry, liturgical, etc.
3. Garments - Fully executed garment, can include techniques such as nuno, traditional wet felting, needle felting, and/or in combination with other fabric.
Entrants may submit up to two entries per Main Category (weaving, spinning, felting). One form may be used for up to two entries. Each pair of entries requires a separate form and separate non-refundable fee of $30 (Amateurs and Professionals) or $10 ( Juniors). Fee may be check or money order in US funds.
Downloads: [pdf format]
Prospectus: http://www.wncfhg.org/brfs10/prspct10.pdf
spinning category entry form: http://www.wncfhg.org/brfs10/br10spin.pdf
Weaving category entry form: http://www.wncfhg.org/brfs10/br10weve.pdf
Felting category entry form: http://www.wncfhg.org/brfs10/br10felt.pdf
For further information visit website: http://www.wncfhg.org/brfs10/brfs.html
2010 Blue Ridge Fiber Show: inspirations from nature... an international, biennial celebration of fiberarts
Western North Carolina Fibers/Handweavers Guild
North Carolina Arboretum
Asheville, NC
October 2, 2010 - November 28, 2010
Mission Statement
The purpose of the Blue Ridge Fiber Show is to encourage and support handloom weavers, spinners and felters at all levels and to increase public awareness of their work.
Categories
Amateur, Professional and Junior Divisions are in the following Main Categories:
Hand Weaving Category - includes traditional floor looms, frame looms, biaxial interlacing plus triaxial, card, inkle, loom types operated with a harness system, as opposed to hooks.
Sub-Categories:
1. Accessories (wearable) - scarves, shawls, purses, jewelry, liturgical, etc.
2. Decorative Functional (home decor) - linens, rugs, pillows, afghans, etc; excludes off-loom basketry.
3. Decorative Non-Functional - wall hangings, tapestries, 3-D work, etc; excludes off-loom basketry.
4. Constructed Clothing – cut and sewn garments made from at least 75% handwoven cloth.
5. Yardage - Minimum 18 inches (45.7 cm) width, 3 yards (2.7 m) length; maximum 60 inches (1.5 m) width, 10 yards (9.1 m) length, 40 pounds (18.1 Kg) weight. Entry must include an 8" x 8" (20.3 cm square) handling piece.
Spinning Category - Plant, animal or synthetic fibers twisted together to form yarn. Characteristics of spun yarn vary based on the material used, fiber length and alignment, quantity of fiber used, and degree of twist.
Sub-Categories:
1. Spinner’s Challenge - Entry must be 3 hand spun skeins from the same fiber, at least 50 yards each in 3 weights for a total of 150 yards: fine/fingering weight (16+ wpi); medium/worsted weight (12 to 14 wpi); and bulky weight (10 or fewer wpi).
2. Hand Spun Novelty Yarn - Entry must be a skein of at least 50 yards of hand spun novelty yarn. Identify intended use.
3. Hand Spun Yarn For A Project - Entry must be a skein of at least 50 yards of hand spun yarn accompanied by an 8” x 8” swatch that is handwoven, knitted or crocheted showing how this yarn can be used in a completed project.
4. Hand Spun Yarn Into a Handwoven Project - Entry must be a completed project using 100% hand spun yarns.
Felting Category - Technique that produces a non-woven sheet of matted material which is most frequently made from wool, hair or fur created by the entanglement of a mass of fibers that takes place when heat, moisture and pressure are combined. Includes needle felting. “Fulling” is excluded.
Sub-Categories:
1. Decorative - Figures, animals, sculptural, wall hangings, etc.
2. Accessories (wearables) - Scarves, shawls, purses, jewelry, liturgical, etc.
3. Garments - Fully executed garment, can include techniques such as nuno, traditional wet felting, needle felting, and/or in combination with other fabric.
Entrants may submit up to two entries per Main Category (weaving, spinning, felting). One form may be used for up to two entries. Each pair of entries requires a separate form and separate non-refundable fee of $30 (Amateurs and Professionals) or $10 ( Juniors). Fee may be check or money order in US funds.
Downloads: [pdf format]
Prospectus: http://www.wncfhg.org/brfs10/prspct10.pdf
spinning category entry form: http://www.wncfhg.org/brfs10/br10spin.pdf
Weaving category entry form: http://www.wncfhg.org/brfs10/br10weve.pdf
Felting category entry form: http://www.wncfhg.org/brfs10/br10felt.pdf
For further information visit website: http://www.wncfhg.org/brfs10/brfs.html
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