Deadline: May 29, 2015 {ONLINE}
Natural Dye Showcase
Mendocino Art Center
Main Gallery
Mendocino, CA
August 3-28, 2015
Natural Dye Showcase at the Mendocino Art Center, August 3-28, 2015, invites artists to submit contemporary fiber works featuring elements that have been created with natural dyes. Techniques may include wall-hangings, art quilts, baskets, embroidery, rugs, knitting, crochet, hand-made paper and other forms of fiber art. The exhibition seeks to highlight excellence in contemporary use of natural dyes, considered in the light of their rich and skillful use through the centuries and across the planet.
Eligibility
• Work can utilize any fiber technique and must include significant elements that have been dyed with natural dyes (derived from plant, other organic sources, or minerals). The juror will make the final decision on whether submissions are appropriate to the exhibition theme.
• Work must be original, created after 2011.
• Size limitation: Wall-hung pieces (including wearable art) may be no longer than 72 inches on the longest side; free-standing or free-hanging works may take up no more than four square feet of floor space.
Juror: Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada, president of the World Shibori Network and founder of Slow Fiber Studios.
Entry Fees
$15 for each entry. Up to three works may be entered.
Entries Accepted online via CaFÉ service.
Complete details on the website: http://www.mendocinoartcenter.org/natural-dye-showcase
Contact person is the exhibition organizer Mickie McCormic.
Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street
P.O. Box 765
Mendocino, CA 95460
707-937-5818
800-653-3328
Fax: 707-937-4625
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2014 Quilts: A World of Beauty
Deadline: May 29, 2014 {RECEIVE}
2014 Quilts: A World of Beauty
Judged Show
International Quilt Association
Houston, TX
October 28, 2014 through November 2, 2014
The objective of the Judged Show is to promote and encourage the art and appreciation of quiltmaking and wearable art. We strive to encourage excellence in quiltmaking and to educate quilters and the general public by presenting the finest examples of traditional and contemporary quilts and art garments that the members can produce by:
1. Providing an exhibition and competition to spotlight the current work of IQA quiltmakers; and
2. Rewarding excellence in design and craftsmanship through the presentation of awards based on qualified and impartial judging.
Quilts/garments are to be entered for judging in the following categories. IQA and its jurors or judges reserve the right to move an entry to a category other than the one in which it was entered without notifying the entrant. Final placement will be at the discretion of the judges.
CATEGORIES
Art-Abstract, Art-Miniature, Art-Naturescapes, Art-Painted Surface, Art-People, Portraits, and Figures; Art-Pictorial, Art-Whimsical, Digital Imagery, Embellished, Group, Handmade, Innovative Appliqué, Innovative Pieced, Merit Quilting, Hand; Merit Quilting, Machine, Miniature, Mixed Technique, Traditional Appliqué, Traditional Pieced, Wearable Art.
SIZES
HOW TO ENTER (truncated)
You must be a member of IQA to enter. You may join or renew with your entry. International shall be accepted but ALL ENTRIES must be RECEIVED IN THE OFFICE BY May 29, 2014. Please allow time for mail service. Late entries cannot be accepted.
Completed and signed IQA entry form. Photocopies are allowed.
Non-refundable entry fee–$30 in U.S. funds per entry. All entrants may pay by check or money order in U.S. funds or by credit card.
For each quilt entered, send two digital images—one full view of the completed quilt and one detail view.
For each garment ensemble, send three images—one full front view, one full back view, and one detail to include the quilting and/or garment embellishment detail.
Download Prospectus: www.quilts.org/2014IQAJudgedShow.pdf
Visit website for more information: www.quilts.org
Call 713-781-6882 or e-mail iqa@quilts.com for any additional information.
IQA Judged Show–Fall ‘14
7660 Woodway, Suite 550
Houston, TX 77063
USA
2014 Quilts: A World of Beauty
Judged Show
International Quilt Association
Houston, TX
October 28, 2014 through November 2, 2014
The objective of the Judged Show is to promote and encourage the art and appreciation of quiltmaking and wearable art. We strive to encourage excellence in quiltmaking and to educate quilters and the general public by presenting the finest examples of traditional and contemporary quilts and art garments that the members can produce by:
1. Providing an exhibition and competition to spotlight the current work of IQA quiltmakers; and
2. Rewarding excellence in design and craftsmanship through the presentation of awards based on qualified and impartial judging.
Quilts/garments are to be entered for judging in the following categories. IQA and its jurors or judges reserve the right to move an entry to a category other than the one in which it was entered without notifying the entrant. Final placement will be at the discretion of the judges.
CATEGORIES
Art-Abstract, Art-Miniature, Art-Naturescapes, Art-Painted Surface, Art-People, Portraits, and Figures; Art-Pictorial, Art-Whimsical, Digital Imagery, Embellished, Group, Handmade, Innovative Appliqué, Innovative Pieced, Merit Quilting, Hand; Merit Quilting, Machine, Miniature, Mixed Technique, Traditional Appliqué, Traditional Pieced, Wearable Art.
SIZES
- Large: One length + one width of the quilt must exceed 120 in (305 cm), but not exceed 240 in (612 cm). Neither the length nor the width may exceed 120 in (305 cm).
- Small: Quilts that do not fall within the miniature definition (Example: an 18 in x 26 in or 45.7 cm x 66 cm quilt) and one length + one width of the quilt must not exceed 120 in (305 cm)
- Miniature: Quilts must measure less than or equal to 24 in (61 cm) on each side.
HOW TO ENTER (truncated)
You must be a member of IQA to enter. You may join or renew with your entry. International shall be accepted but ALL ENTRIES must be RECEIVED IN THE OFFICE BY May 29, 2014. Please allow time for mail service. Late entries cannot be accepted.
Completed and signed IQA entry form. Photocopies are allowed.
Non-refundable entry fee–$30 in U.S. funds per entry. All entrants may pay by check or money order in U.S. funds or by credit card.
For each quilt entered, send two digital images—one full view of the completed quilt and one detail view.
For each garment ensemble, send three images—one full front view, one full back view, and one detail to include the quilting and/or garment embellishment detail.
Download Prospectus: www.quilts.org/2014IQAJudgedShow.pdf
Visit website for more information: www.quilts.org
Call 713-781-6882 or e-mail iqa@quilts.com for any additional information.
IQA Judged Show–Fall ‘14
7660 Woodway, Suite 550
Houston, TX 77063
USA
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