The 7th International Embroidery Conference_The Embroiderers' Guild of America

Deadline: March 14, 2018 {ONLINE}

The 7th International Embroidery Conference

The Embroiderers' Guild of America

Chicago IL

April 26 – 28, 2018

Lectures:

Embroidery and the Arts and Craft Movement

Dr. Erica Warren, Art Institute of Chicago

Estonian Folk Dress

Tiiu Kera Major General, USAF (retired)

"Fashioning"a Ritual Experience: Dress and Textiles in Ancient Greek Religion

Dr. Laura C. Gawlinski, Loyola University Chicago

Quilt: Chicago is Home (about Japanese women who were interred during WWII)

Jean Mishima, Curator of the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society

Wearing the Rainbow: Color and Pattern in Polish Traditional Dress

Jan Letowski, Pittsburgh, PA

The Art of the Ukrainian Embroidered Shirt

Lubow Wolynetz, Curator of the Ukrainian Museum, New York, NY & Stamford, CT

Scholarships

2 Scholarships available through the Embroiderers’ Guild of America: Learn more here

1 Scholarship available for Sun Region members

Visit website for complete details:  www.egausa.org

QuiltCon 2016 Call for Instructors

Deadline: March 9, 2015 {EMAIL}


Call for Instructors
QuiltCon 2016
The Modern Quilt Guild
Pasadena, CA
February 18-22, 2016



We are looking for experienced instructors who can teach techniques of interest to modern quilters. In general, we like a balance of technique based and project based workshops.

Our workshop instructors offer unique workshops and are the leaders in their field for a specific technique – or they teach techniques that are new to many modern quilters. QuiltCon 2016 will not be able to accommodate workshops that need a dyeroom.

When completing your application, please keep in mind the Modern Quilt Guild covers travel expenses of our instructors including: airfare/mileage, hotel and a meal per diem. Unless they live locally, most of our instructors teach a minimum of two full days and one half-day workshop or one lecture.


Download MQG Instructor Application: www.quiltcon.com/Announcement.pdf

For more information visit: themodernquiltguild.wordpress.com


To submit a lecture and/or workshop proposal, send to heather@themodernquiltguild.com by March 9, 2015.

First Textiles. The Beginnings of Textile Manufacture in Europe and the Mediterranean

Deadline: December 15, 2014 {EMAIL}



Call for Papers
International Conference
First Textiles:
The Beginnings of Textile Manufacture in Europe and the Mediterranean
Danish National Research Foundation
Centre for Textile Research
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
7th-8th May 2015




The two-day international conference First Textiles. The Beginnings of Textile Manufacture in Europe and the Mediterranean will take place on the 7th-8th May 2015 in Copenhagen.

The venue will be held at the National Museum of Denmark and the Centre for Textile Research at the University of Copenhagen.

An abstract of minimum 500 words accompanied by a short list of your publications and research relevant to textile studies are to be sent to the organizers by the 15th December 2014.

The aim of the conference is to present and discuss the recent achievements in the research field of the most ancient textiles and textile techniques in primarily Europe, Asia and North Africa in the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age (ca. 8th-3rd millennia BC); the application of varied interdisciplinary methods of systematic analysis of textiles, such as studies on the most ancient textile remains, basketry, mat and textile imprints in clay; textile tools (e.g. spindle whorls, loom weights, needles, shuttles); experiments with copies of ancient textile implements; and recently developed scientific methods of analysing textiles and recognising the provenience of fibres. These all offer important insights into the oldest textile techniques, their beginnings and development throughout prehistory.

The number of speakers will be limited, and priority will be given to presentations of new material, to new analyses of older finds, and to new analytical tools.

There will be no conference fee and all are welcome to attend the conference as listeners, however, the organisers request that you to register in advance.

Download Call for Papers: http://ctr.hum.ku.dk/nyhedsliste/news_2014/first_textiles/Call_for_papers_First_Textiles_7-8_May_2015__1_.pdf


Visit website: http://ctr.hum.ku.dk


Organizers
Małgorzata Siennicka zkv933@hum.ku.dk
Lorenz Rahmstorf rahmstor@uni-mainz.de

ICTF 2015: XIII International Conference on Textiles and Fashion

Deadline: January 20, 2015 {ONLINE}



ICTF 2015: XIII International Conference on Textiles and Fashion
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Paris, France
July 20 - 21, 2015



Conference Objectives

The ICTF 2015: XIII International Conference on Textiles and Fashion aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Textiles and Fashion. It also provides the premier interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns, practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted in the field of Textiles and Fashion.


Call for Submissions

We encourage you to contribute to and help shape the conference through paper submissions. For the technical research track, we invite high quality submissions of papers describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Textiles and Fashion. The conference solicits contributions of full-length papers, short papers, posters and abstracts, that address the themes and topics for the conference, including figures, tables and references of novel research material.


Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:

• Textile Chemistry and Finishing
• Textile Dyeing and Printing
• Fashion and textile product design
• Garment industry and merchandise
• Clothing science and technology
• Quality control and testing in textile branch
• Composites material
• Nano Textiles
• Nonwoven
• Spinning, weaving and knitting
• Technical Textiles
• Function Textiles
• Ecotextiles-sustainability development
• Marketing and supply management
• Fiber science and smart textile
• Natural dyes and dyeing



Visit website for complete details including link to online submissions: https://www.waset.org/Conferences

QuiltCon 2015

Deadline: November 30, 2014 {UNSPECIFIED}


QuiltCon 2015
The Modern Quilt Guild, Inc.
Austin Convention Center
Austin, Texas
February 19, 2015 to February 22, 2015



QuiltCon includes a juried quilt show featuring modern quilts. The quilts will be juried into the show and judged.

Important Dates

• Registration open: July 1st – Nov. 30th., 2014
• Notification by: December 30, 2014


Show Categories

There are several categories in which quilts can be entered. Entrants are welcome to enter as many quilts as they would like, however you are limited to one quilt per category.

The categories:

Applique, Handwork, Improvisation, Minimalist Design, Use of Negative Space, Piecing, Modern Traditionalism, Group or Bee Quilts, Modern in Miniature

Fabric Challenge
Sponsored by Michael Miller Fabrics

Quilt Design Challenge
Sponsored by Panasonic



Awards and Prizes: Over $10,000 in cash prizes.

Best in Show – $5000 prize
People’s Choice - $1000 prize
Panasonic Quilting Design Award - $1000 prize
Coats & Clark Excellence in Quilt Making - $1000 prize
Michael Miller Fabric Challenge - $1000 prize
Applique – $500 prize
Minimalist Design –– $500 prize
Modern Traditionalism – – $500 prize
Handwork – $500 prize
Use of Negative Space – – $500 prize
Group or Bee Quilts – $500 prize
Improvisation – $500 prize
Piecing – $500 prize
Modern in Miniature - $500 prize



Visit website for complete details: www.quiltcon.com/quilt-show

Living Colour! Travelling Textile Art Exhibition

Deadline: January 31, 2014 (ONLINE)


Living Colour!
Travelling Textile Art Exhibition
Australasian Quilt Convention
Melbourne, Australia
10-13 April 2014


Textile artists are invited to submit an entry for a travelling textile art exhibition exploring the title theme Living Colour! The exhibition will premiere at the Australasian Quilt Convention 10-13 April 2014. Other venues are under investigation. Up to 30 works may be selected by the curator, Brenda Gael Smith.

Images of the selected textile works will also be published in an online gallery on the website.


Conditions of Entry (truncated)

1. Entry is open to all textile artists. International entries are welcome. Non-Australian artists must provide completed paperwork and payment (if any) to satisfy customs requirements.
2. Entries may be any kind of fibre art but each work must be sturdy enough to travel without special requirements. Works that have significant 3 dimensional features, require special hanging apparatus, or are delicate or require special handling will not be selected.
3. Entries must measure 100x40cm finished (LxW, vertical banner format). A 1cm variation in any direction is permitted.
4. Entries must include both a hanging sleeve and velcro strips in accordance with the curator’s directions.
5. Only one textile work will be selected per entrant, although artists may enter more than one work.
6. The work must be an original design, not a copy of a traditional design or a variation of the work of another artist. All work must be the result of independent effort and must not be the product of an instructional setting in which another artist has provided guidance or assistance.
7. The entrant gives permission for photos of any selected work to be published on the Living Colour! website and used in publicity, reviews or articles.

Fee
Artists whose work is selected must pay a $30 administration fee to assist with travel and administration expenses.

View Conditions of Entry Online for full details: http://www.livingcolourtextiles.com/conditions/

Online Entry Form: http://www.livingcolourtextiles.com/entry-form/

Website: http://livingcolourtextiles.com/


Contact

For further information or exhibition queries, please contact info@livingcolourtextiles.com

Call for Papers/Costume Colloquium IV: Colors in Fashion

Deadline: July 1, 2013 (EMAIL)


Call for Papers
Costume Colloquium IV: Colors in Fashion
Florence, Italy
November 6-9, 2014



The next edition of Costume Colloquium will focus on a kaleidoscope of topics that rotate around the color wheel of fashion. As with all the past three Costume Colloquium conferences, an international, interdisciplinary and intercultural format will spark a lively and informative dialogue among speakers and participants from a variety of backgrounds, professions and points of view.

The Advisory Committee and organizers of the next Costume Colloquium dedicated to “Colors in Fashion” are seeking new and unpublished papers for the 2014 conference. As with all the previous Costume Colloquium conferences, presentations can be made on material of a theoretical and/or practical nature. Not only informative, but also inventive and creative presentations are welcome.

Topics of interest include the following:

Codification of colors past and present:
◦Lexicon and terminology: problems and eventual solutions
◦Archival documents and corresponding examples

Symbolism of colors in dress and fashion:
◦Variations of the meaning and value of color in fashion over time
◦The significance of color in dress among different cultures
◦Color as a language of power
◦Color as a language of belonging

Interaction among colors in style and fashion presentation:
◦Color of dress and fashion in museum or commercial displays: to sell or to save?
◦Color combinations in dress: rules or lack of?

Colors and techniques of fabrics:
◦New methods of dye research and analysis
◦Alteration of colored fabrics: causes and conservation
◦Methods of color reproduction for conservation or exhibitions: natural or synthetic?

Color and fashion trends:
◦Designers, stylists and forecasters: how are fashion color palettes determined?


Submission Information and Instructions: (truncated)

Your proposal abstract must be received following these criteria:

- Language for the paper submission is English.

- All the personal data for the author and the co-author(s) must be filled out.

- Your affiliation and job title or description are requested.

- The abstract text can be a maximum of 400 words. Should your abstract proposal be accepted, the text you submit will be published online as it is received.

- Include a brief autobiography (200 words maximum).

- You can include a list (maximum 5 entries) of publications that best represent your expertise.

- If you have images (maximum 5 of maximum 1mb size each) to support your proposal include them in the CCIV Submission Form in the indicated field.

Costume Colloquium will be unable to pay for any expenses involved in the preparation and presentation of papers. Please obtain all necessary permissions for use of images before the presentation is given.

Length of presentations: 20 minutes

Your proposal abstract and brief autobiography must be received via email by July 1st 2013.

Visit website for complete details: http://www.costume-textiles.com/colors_in_fashion


For further inquiries please contact: info@costume-textiles.com

Scythia 10 Biennial Contemporary Textile Art Exhibition & Conference

Deadline: February 1, 2014 (RECEIVE)


"Scythia 10"
Scythia Fibre Art
Kherson, Ukraine
June 18-22, 2014



THE TENTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE ART EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE

1. International Exhibition. "Scythia 10" international biennial exhibition on contemporary textile art. Artists from all over the world, who work in different techniques of textile are invited. Two art works can be submitted. Three best artists will be awarded by medals.

2. International Conference. Textile artists, fashion designers, designers of innovative fabrics, lecturers of unique education in textile techniques, innovative fabrics, digital and jacquard art weaving, printing, experimental embroidery, beads, felt, accessories, lace, hats, textile jewellery, leaders of workshops are invited.

3. Wearable Art Show.

4. Master-class.


Deadline for entries - 1 February 2014.


View “Scythia 9" Exhibit: http://www.scythiatextile.com/UK/Scythia_2012.html#2

Visit website for more details: www.scythiatextile.com


Please contact organizers via email or postal mail to receive the Entry Form: (see below)


Ludmila Egorova,
Founder and organizer of the project "SCYTHIA"
email: mailto:scythiatextile@gmail.com?subject

Ludmila Egorova
P.O.Box 79
Kherson 73028
Ukraine

Conserving Modernity: the Articulation of Innovation Call for Proposals

Deadline: September 1, 2012 (EMAIL)


Call for Proposals for Presentations
Conserving Modernity: the Articulation of Innovation
9th North American Textile Conservation Conference
San Francisco, California
November 12 – 15, 2013



The ninth biennial North American Textile Conservation Conference (NATCC) will focus on topics that concern modern materials. Topics include, but are not limited to:

•Technical descriptions, analyses, and conservation treatments involving modern materials, including new textile technologies applied to fiber-based objects such as contemporary dress, wearable art, fiber art and contemporary fabrics, either in total or in part;

•The ethics of using unstable modern materials in works of art and heritage artifacts and/or respect for the artist’s intention;

•Research into the impact of the environment on these materials and/or the artifacts created from them;

•The synergy between natural/synthetic materials when they coexist in an artifact;

•The use of modern materials, such as adhesives, consolidants and supports in conservation treatments;

•New approaches to “old” treatments and/or dilemmas in conservation.

Conservators, curators, conservation scientists, collection managers, archaeologists, anthropologists and others engaged with these topics are invited to submit proposals for presentations. Collaborations among any of the above professions or with others are encouraged.


Abstracts will be peer reviewed by the NATCC board. Authors of selected papers and posters will be notified by December 3, 2012. Authors are responsible for rights and permissions to publish photographs and/or graphics.


For further information, visit website: http://natcconference.com

QuiltCon: Modern Quilt Show and Conference

Deadline: November 30, 2012 (ONLINE)

QuiltCon
Modern Quilt Show and Conference
Austin, Texas
February 21-24, 2013



QuiltCon will be the first modern quilt show and conference of it’s kind, and will incorporate a juried quilt show (with cash prizes), vendors, lectures and workshops from top modern quilters.

Juried Quilt Show
You do not have to be a member of a Modern Quilt Guild to enter. Entry is open to US and international entrants.

All quilts entered in the QuiltCon Show must meet the following requirements:
Have three layers (backing, batting, and top) joined together with stitching or tying.
Have a finished binding on the edge of the quilt.
Have been made in the last four years
We cannot accept quilts with a perimeter larger than 480" in all categories. The limit for the Quilting Challenge category is 24” on any side.

Note: Categories are listed on the website.

Awards and Prizes
All accepted quilts will be eligible to win the following categories: Best-In-Show, People’s Choice, Coats & Clark Quilting Excellence Award and Best Machine Quilting. Cash prizes will be awarded to the 1st place winner of each category.

The QuiltCon Show reserves the right to divide or combine categories, move entries to more appropriate categories, and not to award all ribbons.

Photos
During the online entry, you will be asked to upload two pictures of your quilt. Include one overall shot and one detail shot.

Fee
$30 per entry for up to 3 quilts. You may enter one quilt per category in as many different categories as you want.


Please visit the website for following:

How to Enter

Show Rules

Call for Contributions: Fiber-Based Work on The Subject of Motherhood

Deadline: March 31, 2012 (EMAIL)


Call for Contributions
Fiber-Based Work on The Subject of Motherhood
Artist: Kate Kretz
2012 Textile Society Conference
Washington, D.C.



Seeking examples of work in fiber-based media on the topic of motherhood for a paper to be delivered at the 2012 Textile Society Conference in Washington, D.C. Artist Kate Kretz will be delivering a lecture entitled The Final Art Taboo: Identity Politics of Motherhood.

Female artists have gained some ground in the art world over the past few decades, but there are still unspoken rules remaining: artists who happen to be mothers tend to keep it quiet lest they be written off, and heaven forbid they make art on the subject. While art historians have always studied and noted the influence of travel, friends, and milieux on the work of male artists, the most profound and life-altering experience of all has been ignored in these discussions of creative inspiration, because it is an exclusively female phenomenon. This paper will feature work done by cutting edge contemporary textile artists who have artistically “come out” as mothers, addressing the topic with humor, depth, and sometimes, shocking candor. Fiber, a medium that references protection, nurturing, and other motherly attributes, serves as the perfect vehicle for art evoking the complex nature ofcontemporary motherhood.

To have your work considered for inclusion, please email website links or up to 3 jpeg images to kkretz4art@aol.com by March 31st.


Bio:

Kate Kretz earned a certificate at The Sorbonne and a BFA at the State University of New York atBinghamton before receiving her MFA from University of Georgia.

Exhibitions include the Museum of Arts & Design, VanGijn Museum, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Wignall Museum, Katonah Museum, Frost Museum, Fort Collins MOCA, Telfair Museum, Fort Lauderdale Museum, the Museo Medici, as well as Lyons Wier Ortt & 31 Grand Gallery in NY, Chelsea Galleria and Hardcore Art Contemporary Space in Miami, and Packer/Schopf in Chicago.

She has received the NC Arts Council Grant, The South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, The Florida Visual Arts Fellowship, and a Millay Colony Residency. After working as an Associate Professor and BFA Director at Florida International University for ten years, she recently moved to the Washington, DC, area. Kretz currently works in her studio while giving workshops and lectures at various universities.

Her work can be seen at http://www.katekretz.com, on Flickr, and Facebook.


Full details available at the following sites:

Blog: katekretz.blogspot.com/2012/01/looking-for-fiber-based-work-on-subject_9038

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Kate-Kretz/87879760821?v=info&viewas=662326355

Call for Proposals: Int'l Surface Design Assn. Conference

Deadline: March 1, 2012 (ONLINE)

Call for Proposals
17th International Surface Design Association Conference
The Southwest School of Art
San Antonio, Texas
June 6–9, 2013


The 17th International Surface Design Association conference will be
held June 6–9, 2013, in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The Southwest School
of Art will host events preceding and during the conference.
Pre-conference workshops will be held June 1–5 and post-conference
workshops will be June 10–14, 2013.

Proposals for 2013 presentations/demonstrations, exhibitions, and
workshops will be accepted online January 17–March 1, 2012.

Complete guidelines for submitting proposals can be downloaded at
www.surfacedesign.org/conference/future-conferences.

Requests for guidelines can be sent to Lisa Mittler at
conferencechair@surfacedesign.org

OR

info@surfacedesign.org.

For more information contact Dot Moye, conferencemanager@surfacedesign.org.

OHS CONFERENCE 2013: “Fibre Optics”

Deadline: April 16, 2012 (RECEIVE)

OHS CONFERENCE 2013: "Fibre Optics"
NavCan Centre
Cornwall, Ontario
May 2 – 5 2013


The theme:  What is your fibre future?

Submissions requested from:

• keynote speakers and
• leaders for 2-day, 1-day and 2-hour workshops or seminars

Send proposals, CV and fee schedule to:

Ann McElroy
Ottawa Valley Weavers' and Spinners' Guild
153 Chapel St
Ottawa ON K1N 1H5
email: fibreoptics@ovwsg.com
phone: (613) 282-1686

Scythia 9

Deadline: 1 February 2012 (RECEIVE)

"Scythia 9"
The Eigth International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art
Exhibition & Conference
Kherson, Ukraine
June 2012


1. "Scythia 9" international biennial exhibition on contemporary textile art. Artists from all over the world, who work in different techniques of textile are invited. Two art works can be submitted. Three best artists will be awarded by medals.

2. International Conference. Lecturers of fashion departments of colleges, universities, fashion designers, designers of innovative fabrics, leaders of workshops are invited. Unique education in textile techniques, innovative fabrics, digital and jacquard art weaving, printing, experimental embroidery, beads, felt, accessories, lace, hats, textile jewellery.

3. Wearable Art Show.

4. Master classes, workshops.

5. Crimea tour: Genoese fortress (Sudak), Jalta, Alushta - visit to tsar's palaces Massandra, Livadia, Vorontzov palace, Ajvasovsky picture gallery (Feodosia), Novy Svit and Koktebel. (possible if a group will be 10-15 persons)

Deadline for slides, photos and CV - 1 February 2012.

Contact anschnei@public.kherson.ua to receive the Entry Form.

Visit website: http://anschnei.public.kherson.ua

CBAA 2012 Conference: Call for Paper Proposals

Deadline: June 1, 2011 (ONLINE)

Call for Paper Proposals
CBAA 2012 Conference
Time, Sequence & Technology: Book Art in the 21st Century
Hosted by Mills College and
a Consortium of Bay Area Educators
San Francisco Bay Area
January 5-7, 2012


CALL FOR PAPER PROPOSALS
We invite and encourage papers on topics that touch on the use of time and sequence in the form and content of both contemporary and historical books, including the exploration of the boundaries of the definition of what a book can be, or may become, in today's digital landscape. Issues of materiality, concept, theory and criticism in studio practice, curatorial practice, book history and pedagogy are all welcome. We also invite papers that focus on various technologies used in the studio practices of printing and assembling of books, from traditional tried and true methods and up through current cutting edge digital design and production. Papers that address the dovetailing and/or combining of technologies are also welcome. We are accepting both abstracts for individual papers as well as detailed proposals for pre-formed panel presentations made by groups who wish to explore a specific topic in a more organized fashion.

The College Book Art Association is a non-profit organization committed to the teaching of book art at the college and university level. The Association strives to support education about book art, and is also concerned with both the practice and analysis of the medium. It welcomes as members everyone involved in such teaching and all others who have similar goals and interests. The association aims to engage in a continuing reappraisal of the nature and meaning of the teaching of book art.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Proposal submissions must be submitted via the online submission manager. Your proposal may come in the form of either a pdf, or a word document. Please do not include name or contact information on the proposal itself as all submissions will be subject to blind review. Detailed submission instructions can be downloaded from the website.

Individual proposals: Please include a proposal title at the top of the page. Do not include name or contact information on the proposal itself. Proposal should take the form of a 200-250 word abstract for a 20-minute talk or artist presentation. Accepted proposals will be grouped into panels of talks with compatible themes or approaches.

Pre-formed Panel proposals: Please include a panel title at the top of the page. Do not include name or contact information on the proposal itself. Pre-formed panels should have a designated moderator and may use one of the following formats: 3 presenters each giving 20 minute talks; 3-4 presenters for a roundtable discussion. The proposal should take the form of a 200-250 word overview from the moderator plus individual 200-250 word abstracts from each of the participants. All abstracts must be submitted in one PDF or Word document.

Student Proposals: Students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels are encouraged to make proposals for individual presentations or pre-formed panels by following the guidelines for individual or pre-formed panels above. In addition, student members have the option of submitting a proposal for the student panel of Lightning Talks (see below). While students are welcome to submit proposals for both an individual presentation and a lightning talk, only one proposal will be accepted for inclusion in the conference. Student members will need to submit a copy of their current student I.D. or a letter from their institution stating that they are currently enrolled in order to be eligible to be on the student panel.

NOTE: Only individual members and student members are eligible to present papers. Institutional members are welcomed to attend the conference, but are not eligible to present papers.

In an effort to promote original scholarship in the field of academic book art, abstracts submitted to CBAA should not be concurrently submitted for consideration to another conference.

Visit website for complete details: /www.collegebookart.org

CONTACT
Julie Chen, CBAA 2012 Conference Programs Chair
Email:jchen@mills.edu

Minnesota Quilters, Inc. 33rd Annual Quilt Show and Conference

Deadline: 16 April 2011 (POSTMARK)

33rd Annual Quilt Show and Conference
Minnesota Quilters, Inc.
St. Paul RiverCentre
St. Paul, MN
16 June - 18 June 2011

Minnesota Quilters, Inc. invites you to enter our 33rd Annual Quilt Show and Conference. More than $26,000 will be awarded to winners in 18 categories

Please see our web site for complete information and Judged Quilt Entry Form:  www.mnquilt.org/mq2011

Minnesota Quilters, Inc
3000 University Ave. SE
Suite 120
Minneapolis, MN  55414

Intermountain Weavers Conference 2011

Two Deadlines: (POSTMARK) or (ONLINE)
April 18, 2011
after April 18, 2011 (late fees apply)

Intermountain Weavers Conference 2011
Fort Lewis College
Durango, Colorado
July 21-24, 2011


Intermountain Weavers Conference 2011 registration includes a three-day workshop, keynote lecture, Fiber Celebrated 2011 opening and exhibit, Intermountain Spirit and Intermountain Creations exhibits, IWC Market, Fiber and Fashion Show, and other events.

Register as soon as possible to ensure your workshop choice. For 2011, on-line registration will be available using PayPal. You do not have to be a member of PayPal to use this service to pay for your registration. Registrants postmarked after April 18 will be placed in workshops subject to space available. Notification of assigned classes will begin April 28, 2011.

The fee for IWC members for the entire conference is $335 and for non-members it is $365. This fee does not include workshop supply fees, room or meals. Late fees will apply after April 18, 2011.

Payment of registration fees can be made in full when submitting the registration form or a partial payment of $200 may be sent with the remainder due by May 15, 2011. Refunds will be given when requested in writing, minus a $40 cancellation fee, until June 1, 2011.

Additional meal plan cards and event tickets are available for people not taking a workshop (spouses, etc). The event tickets will include the Keynote Lecture, Fiber Celebrated 2011 Opening Reception, Fiber and Fashion Show, and Sunday workshop visits.

The following events are open to the public: Fiber Celebrated 2011 Exhibit, IWC Market, Intermountain Creations and Intermountain Spirit.

Download:
Conference Book

Download: Registration Form

Visit website for full details:
www.intermountainweavers.org

International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art -- WTA -- Mexico 2011

Two Deadlines: (RECEIVE)
December 15, 2010 [All Salons except below]
February 15, 2011 [Salon for Collaborative Textiles-REDES (Nets)] ONLY


VI INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF TEXTILE ART MEXICO 2011
World Textile Art Organization
XALAPA, MEXICO CITY and OAXACA
Mexico
May 16 - 31,2011


Without deviating from our intended course, World Textile Art (WTA) is working relentlessly towards a stronger promotion of any shape, content, and form of contemporary textile art.

The challenge that WTA has, is a major one – to open an unexplored path that ties its recurrent promotions of textile art to an adequate bridge that benefits, contemporary artistic creativities on the American continents as for the rest of the world.

Each WTA Biennial takes on characteristics and idiosyncrasies of its host country, for which no two are alike. The VI International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA – AIR will have unique qualities corresponding to Mexico, a land where textile activity is extended throughout its regions. Ancestral traditions vie for coexistence amidst the clashes wrought by imposed globalized contemporaneity.

Mexico is the land of Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent. And like this mythic creature that brings wisdom and creativity to Mesoamerican peoples, the VI International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA –AIR will thread a serpentine path through the country. It will span three cities – Mexico City, Xalapa and Oaxaca – as the Biennial events occur in stages in the distinct venues. Each one will be memorable and unique.

The VI International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA –AIR will integrate different media which are part of the contemporary arts and of textiles. It carries this precept from the previous Biennial: the challenge to resignify the very concept of ‘textile art’ - strengthening the different investigations that hybridize explorations and question categories while maintaining textiles as the integrating concept.

Yet the VI International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA – AIR strives to open up even more spaces for participation. Six different Calls for Entries to the six distinct Textile Art Salons are in accord with different ways of expressing and working through textiles – be it by size, type of work, technique, concept or media. Accessible to every interested artist, projects do not compete with different types of works, but are placed in their own category, amidst peers.

Download prospectus: [All pdf files]

Salon for Large Format Textile Art
Salon for Small Format Textile Art
Salon for Time-Based Textile Art
Salon for the Textile Art Object
Salon for Recyclability in Textile Art
Salon for Collaborative Textiles-REDES (Nets)

All the works in the six Calls for Entries should be worked through these criteria, over the last two years, and for this event.

Additionally, the VI International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA – AIR will include various Sections of Invited Artists (Outdoor Works and Interior Works) the International Conference on Contemporary Textile Arts of the Universidad Veracruzana: “Considerations between Textiles and Society: a Recapitulation” Special and Parallel Exhibitions of Textile Art, Workshops, Diverse Complementary Events and Cultural Tours.

Visit website for complete details: http://www.wta-online.org/

Contact: wta.aire.mexico@gmail.com

Embroidery Conference 2010

Deadline: 6 May 2010 (RECEIVE)

Embroidery Conference 2010
Association of New Zealand Embroiderers’ Guild
Hamilton, New Zealand
9th to 16th July, 2010


The Association of New Zealand Embroiderers’ Guild Conference 2010 is to be hosted by The Waikato Embroiderers Guild.

It will be held at Waikato Diocesan School for Girls, River Road, Hamilton from 9th to 16th July, 2010. It will include exhibitions, displays, merchants mall, guest speakers, awards dinner and approximately 40 workshops.

Theme for conference 2010: "The Power of the Stitch"

The inspiration was taken from the powerful Waikato river that flows through the centre of Hamilton. The exhibition titles are all based on this theme.

EXHIBITIONS
Open - The Might of the Stitch
Members' - The Courage of the Stitch
Miniatures - The Magic of the Stitch
Young Persons - The Exploration of the Stitch

OPEN EXHIBITION: ‘The Might of the Stitch’ {Selected}
Open to all embroiderers and craftspersons. Work must be original in concept and design. Multi-media entries with a good percentage of stitch content, by hand or machine, would be considered. Presentation of work must be an integral part of total work. Entries must not have been exhibited previously at any exhibition. Work must have been created within the last two years. All work in this open exhibition must be for sale – a gallery commission will apply.

YOUNG PERSONS: ‘The Exploration of the Stitch’ {Non-Selected}
Any young person under 18 years of age at 30 June 2010 may submit work for this exhibition. Entries to be no larger than 60cm square and must be able to be hung. The definition of embroidery for this exhibition is hand or machine stitching with fabric and thread.

Conditions of Entry

• All entries must be the entrant’s own work and completed within two years prior to June 2010.
• Entries must not have been previously exhibited at any exhibition.
• All entries will be subject to selection except those for the Young Persons’ exhibition. The Selectors’ decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the selection of entries.
• All entries must have a major stitched content, whether by hand or machine. Except Open Exhibition – see specific conditions.
• All entries intending to be hung must have secure means of hanging.
• Insurance of entries in transit and during the exhibition is the sole responsibility of the exhibitor. All reasonable care will be taken.
• Work may be for sale – a gallery commission will apply. Note: all Open Exhibition entries must be for sale.

ENTRY FORMS

1. Send Section A of your entry form and entry fee to arrive no later than Thurs 6 May 2010. No entry forms will be accepted after the closing date.
2. Up to three works per person per exhibition may be entered, each with a separate entry form - please photocopy as required.
3. One stamped self-addressed envelope per entrant, plus completed Acceptance Advice Form must accompany submissions for all exhibitions.

ENTRY FEES
The entry fee is $20 for each work submitted, except for the Young Persons’ Exhibition where the entry fee is $5 for each work submitted.

Grand Prize Across All Selected Exhibitions: $3000 Sponsored by BERNINA New Zealand Ltd

Downloads:

Exhibition Entry Form
Exhibition Category Definitions
Exhibition General Conditions

Visit Conference website: www.embroidery2010.co.nz for complete details.

contact:

Janet Bell
Conference Convenor,
Conference 2010,
P O Box 875,
Hamilton 3240
email: embham2010@xtra.co.nz
Phone: 07 825 2142

Impact 7

Two Deadlines: (RECEIVE)
30 July 2010 {Call for Papers}
1 October 2010 {Call for Proposals}

Impact 7
International multi-disciplinary printmaking conference
Monash University
Caulfield (Melbourne - Victoria) Australia
27 - 30 September 2011

Call for:
1. Conference papers
Submission of a 500 word abstract, together with your name, position and institutional affiliation. All papers will be double-blind refereed. Papers selected for the conference will be published in due course.

Abstract deadline: Friday 30 July 2010
Notification of acceptance: September 2010
Paper deadline: Friday 31 December 2010

2. Proposals
Exhibitions, poster presentations, workshops and demonstrations, masterclasses (for regional Victoria) trade fair
Proposal deadline: Friday 1 October 2010
Notification of acceptance: January 2011

Submissions:
Please email to IMPACT 7 Project Manager Laura.Taylor@artdes.monash.edu..au

And/or post to:
IMPACT 7 Conference
Department of Fine Arts
Faculty of Art and Design
Moansh University
Caulfield Campus
PO Box 197
Caulfield East VIC 3145
Australia

Presented by Monash University in association with the Print Council of Australia
Website: www.impact7.org.au

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