Tuesday, December 18, 2012

2013 Mountain/Plains Art Fair

Deadline: January 15, 2013 (ONLINE)


2013 Mountain/Plains Art Fair
Mulvane Art Museum

Washburn University
Topeka, Kansas
June 1 - 2, 2013



The Mulvane Art Museum’s Mountain/Plains Art Fair has been an annual favorite among artists and art appreciators since 1992. During this two-day event, thousands visit the beautiful grounds of Washburn University to view the work of 90 jury-selected artists from across the country.

The Jurors will select a maximum of 90 artists from those who apply. Jurors for 2013 are Jon Keith Swindell and Ron Michael.

Application and Jury Fee ($30) submission

Eligible media: painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, jewelry, fiber, glass, wood, metal, ceramics and mixed media.

Participating artists are expected to represent their work personally in their booth while the show is open. Artists agree that all work displayed must be original and designed, executed, and signed by the participating artist(s). Artists are encouraged to display work reflecting a range of price points.

Collaborative work is acceptable. However, booth sharing by artists not collaborating on their artwork is not permitted.

Cash Awards

$500 Best of Show
$300 Best of 2-Dimensional
$300 Best of 3-Dimensional


Details on website: www.washburn.edu/art-fair-2013

Zapp Site to submit application: www.zapplication.org

For questions contact show: mulvane.info@washburn.edu


6th International Exhibition on Mini Textile

Deadline: February 1, 2013 (RECEIVE)


6th International Exhibition on Mini Textile
Scythia Fibre Art

Kherson, Ukraine
June 18-30, 2013



International juried exhibition on mini textile (30x30x30 cm). Artists from all over the world, who work in different techniques of textile are invited.

Deadline for entries - 1 February 2013.


View Mini Textile 2011 Exhibit: http://www.scythiatextile.com/UK/Mini_2011.html

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



Tallahassee International Juried Competition

Deadline: February 14, 2013 (POSTMARK)


28th Annual Tallahassee International Juried Competition
Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts

Tallahassee, FL
August 26 to September 29, 2013




The Tallahassee International is an annual juried competition organized by Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts. The competition is open to all media and is juried by a panel of faculty from within the College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance.

Eligibilty: Artists are eligible to submit works without regard to sex, race, creed or national origin. Artists must be 18 years of age or older (current FSU College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance faculty or students may NOT enter). All media is eligible for consideration.

Fee: $20.00 (Non-refundable)

Entry Guidelines: (truncated)
  1. A maximum of two (2) works per person may be submitted. Digital images must be in jpeg format.
  2. For two-dimensional pieces provide one (1) image per work.
  3. For three-dimensional and installation pieces artists may provide two (2) images per work—a front and rear view or an overall view and a detail.
  4. Work must be original and prepared for exhibition (i.e. ready for hanging or other appropriate installation), and must be reasonably adaptable to gallery installation.
  5. The Museum does not impose size restraints, however artists who reside outside the United States and artists whose crated work weighs more that 150 pounds crated
    and/or exceeds standard Fed Ex and UPS length and girth measurements, requiring the use of freight shipping, will be responsible for both incoming and return shipping.

Method of Selection: (truncated)
The competition is blind juried by a panel of faculty members from the Florida State University College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance. Jurors select works based on their own merit and must agree the artist demonstrates skill within the chosen medium. Artists will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance no later than April 19, 2013.

Special Exhibition Requirements: (truncated)
Any special exhibition requirements MUST BE submitted in writing accompanying the entry. If an installation work wins entry, the Museum of Fine Arts sets the following
conditions: The artist must provide specific installation instructions or be willing to deliver and install the work themselves.

Awards: The jurors select the award winners after the exhibition has been installed, from the actual works of art.

First Place $1,000.00
Second Place $500.00
Honorable Mentions are selected at the jurors’ discretion, however there is no monetary award.

Download Prospectus: 28th-TALLAHASSEE-INTERNATIONAL-Printed-Prospectus.pdf


Visit website for more information: http://mofa.cvatd.fsu.edu/participate/tallahassee-international/

Contact:
If you have any questions, please email Jean D. Young at jdyoung@fsu.edu or call (850) 644-3906


Tallahassee International
FSU Museum of Fine Arts
530 West Call Street,
Rm 250 Fine Arts Bldg.,
Tallahassee FL 32306-1140


Small Expressions 2013

Two Deadlines: (POSTMARK)

International: February 11, 2013
United States: February 25, 2013


Small Expressions 2013
Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.

Fine Line Creative Arts Center
Saint Charles, Illinois
May 31 - September 7, 2013



Small Expressions is an annual, international, juried exhibit featuring high quality, contemporary small-scale works. Small Expressions is sponsored by the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., to showcase small scale works created using fiber techniques in any media, not to exceed 15 inches (38 cm) in any direction including mounting, framing, or display devices.

Juror: Laura Foster Nicholson, textile artist known for handwoven brocaded tapestries. Laura owns LFN Textiles, designs jacquard ribbon and household textiles, and licenses designs to Crate & Barrel, Land of Nod, Renaissance Ribbons, Larsen, Inc., and others.

Jurying HGA seeks to feature work which is not only of the highest caliber in craftsmanship, and technical ability but which also speaks to intricacy of expression, intimacy of design, thoughtful communication, and visual excitement.

The juror will independently screen all images and make the preliminary selection of all work in the exhibition. Entries will be evaluated on concept, design, technique, craftsmanship and creative exploration.

Eligibility:
  1. Three pieces may be entered per artist. Works exhibited in previous Small Expressions exhibits are not eligible.
  2. Submitted work is limited to works made using fiber techniques (interlaced, felted, stitched, dyed, coiled, knotted, pulled, spun, etc.) and can be of any material.
  3. All work must be of exhibition quality, completed within the last two years (since January 2011), and not previously published in any national or international print publication.
  4. The size of the finished work may not exceed 15 inches (38 cm) in any direction including any mounting, framing, and/or display devices.
  5. Work executed under classroom/educational guidance or supervision is not eligible.


Entry Fees: $25 HGA member, $40 non-HGA member, Student (attach copy of student ID from accredited educational institution),no fee. Payment in US funds by check or money order or charge to credit card.

Awards: First, second, and third place awards and the HGA Award will be selected by the juror. Additional special criteria awards may be available.

Download Prospectus: http://www.weavespindye.org/pdf/Small_Expressions_2013_Entry.pdf

Visit website for full details: http://www.weavespindye.org/pages/?p=Small_Exp_2013.html&loc=1-61-00


For Questions: Call HGA at 678-730-0010 or email HGA


Small Expressions 2013
Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.
1255 Buford Highway, Suite 211
Suwanee, GA 30024
USA


NewCourtland Artist Fellowship

Deadline: March 1, 2013 (ONLINE)


NewCourtland Artist Fellowship
Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA)

Philadelphia, PA



The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA), in partnership with NewCourtland, is pleased to offer Philadelphia area artists the opportunity to participate in an exciting, community-based fellowship. Through the NewCourtland Artist Fellowship, visual artists will be selected to bring innovative and engaging art-making to seniors in sites throughout Philadelphia.

In order to apply, artists are asked to develop an intergenerational project that brings members of the New Courtland together with school age children/teens to create a meaningful experience and an high quality artistic project. Work created by seniors and their school-aged partners during the 2013 Fellowship Program will be exhibited with the work of the artist fellows in a large, well publicized exhibition entitled Art is Ageless.

Accepted artists will receive a fellowship award of $2,500. Once artists receive this award they will be responsible for conducting ten 1.5 hour workshops, attending one sensitivity training session and participating in the Art is Ageless exhibition in Spring/Summer 2014.

Artists will also be separately compensated for purchasing all necessary art supplies and professionally presenting the artwork created in their program for the final exhibition.


Visit website for details: http://cfeva.org/announcements

Apply online: www.cfeva.slideroom.com


Contact Genevieve at 215 546 7775 x11 or genevieve@cfeva.org with questions.



The Center For Emerging Visual Artists
237 South 18th Street, 3A
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 546-7775

MQS®2013 Quilt Show

Deadline: March 15, 2013 (ONLINE) or (RECEIVE)


MQS®2013
Machine Quilters Showcase

Century II Convention Center
Wichita, Kansas
May 15-18, 2013


Theme: “DreamCatcher”


MQS®2013 Quilt Show Categories and Rules (truncated)

•MQS® has opened up several categories to any machine, longarm, mid or shortarm or domestic with or without a track system. These have not changed and include: Traditional Custom, Art, Pictorial, Wall, Fabric Challenge, Just For Me Bed Quilt AND Just For Me Small Quilt.

•Each entrant is limited to a maximum of three quilt entries, with one quilt per category entered. These limitations do not include the challenge competitions. This means that if you chose, you may enter a total of three quilted entries plus one in the thread challenge and one in the fabric challenge for a total of five entries per person.

•MQS® has decided to continue separate categories for art and pictorial quilts in 2013. Consider 3-dimensional entries for the Art category.

•Changes in the size restrictions and embellishment allowances have been made to the Art and Wall quilt categories. Also there is a change in the miniature category.

•In 2013 the Overall category will be open only to hand guided machines with a track system. All computer guided overall entries should be in the computer-guided category.


Categories: (Overview only--details on website)

Theme: “DreamCatcher”. Given the origin of DreamCatchers, show us your quilt creation of a dream that got through, or one that was caught, describing how the quilt came to be.

Traditional Custom – open to all types of machines

Innovative Custom

Whole Cloth Innovative

Whole Cloth Traditional

Pictorial – open to all types of machines

Art – open to all types of machines

Wall – open to all types of machines

Overall Design

Bread and Butter

Tools of the Trade

Computer Guided

Miniature

Wearable


SINGLE AWARDS: 2013 Quilt Show Categories

Best of ShowSolitaire—one person performing all piecing, appliqué, quilting, digitizing, etc. on the entry. To be selected from: Theme, Traditional Custom, Innovative Custom, Whole Cloth Traditional, or Whole Cloth Innovative Categories.

Collaborative Quilt—new for 2013! This award will go to 2 or more quilters working on a single quilt: as the designer, piecer, digitizer or quilter with no money changing hands for their part in the process. To be selected from: Theme, Traditional Custom, Innovative Custom, or Tools of the Trade. Two ribbons will be awarded.

Rookie of the Year—for quilters who have been quilting on a longarm, midarm, or shortarm quilting machine for one year or less.

Viewer’s Choice—determined by votes of attendees.



CHALLENGES (full details for each challenge on website)

Thread Challenge – “Catching Dreams” Sponsored by American & Efird

Fabric Challenge – open to all types of machines Sponsored by Fabri-Quilt



DIVISIONS (complete rules & details for each division on website)

Just For Me Quilter Division: All types of machines may be used for this category.

MQS® has developed a division of the show intended to meet the needs of those of you who are not in the business of machine quilting but do quilt on a machine for yourself and your family using any type of machine. This category may appeal to those quilters who enjoy expressing their creative side just for themselves.

Junior Quilter Division

We at MQS® are very pleased and excited to receive the junior entries each year. We will continue to offer two groupings of the junior quilters--hand guided and computer guided.

Quilt entries processed online will receive an immediate confirmation and payment will be processed by secure online service.
Fees for online entries will be $10 for IMQA members and $15 for non-members.

For paper copy entries the fees will be $12 for IMQA members and $17 for non-members.

Printable Entry Form: (As of this posting, printed entry forms are not yet available on site.)

Special Events Flyer: (Provides an overview of all events) http://www.mqsshow.org/Special_Events_and_Quilt_Info.pdf


Full details on website: http://www.mqsshow.org/quiltshow/



MQS® Corporate Office
PO Box 419
Higginsville, MO 64037
800.980.9505
admin@imqa.org

Texas Guilds’: Award-winning Traditional Quilts

Deadline: April 26, 2013 (ONLINE)
Registration opens March 1, 2013


Texas Guilds’: Award-winning Traditional Quilts
International Quilt Market and Festival

Houston, TX
October 26–November 3, 2013



This exhibit is open to guilds in Texas holding a guild show and contest, a minimum of one show every three years.

You and your guild are invited to participate in this exciting exhibit focusing on the Texas traditional quilter. Simply submit the winning traditional quilts from your last guild show to be considered for inclusion in the exhibit.

You may submit a total of two quilts for our consideration. Quilts must be a minimum of 25" x 25". There is no "made after" date requirement.


Visual Instructions
Download complete instructions and information for digital images: VisualsInfo.pdf


Timeline for quilt registration

Registration open – March 1 to April 26, 2013
Notification by – May 24, 2013
Selected quilts arrive in Houston by – August 30, 2013
Quilts returned to owner – end of November 2013


Visit website for complete details: http://www.callforentriestexasguilds.com/



For More Information
If you have any questions, please contact Carmen Valls, Special Exhibits Coordinator at 512.323.2255, mailto:%20spexhibits2@quilts.com or Amanda Schlatre, Special Exhibits Coordinator at 713-781-6864, ext. 104, spexhibits3@quilts.com.


8th Cheongju International Craft Biennale

Deadline: June 13, 2013 (ONLINE) or (RECEIVE)


8th Cheongju International Craft Biennale

Exhibition Hall,
Cheongju Old Tobacco Processing Plant
Republic of Korea
September 11 - October 20, 2013


Cheongju International Craft Biennale is pleased to present Something Old Something New, the new theme for the 2013 Cheongju International Craft Biennale. Craft can evolve from something familiar into something fresh and new within a certain time and space. In turn, the new craft which may at first seem novel and unfamiliar can breed familiarity with time. Our intention is to acknowledge the value of craft which has developed between familiarity and originality in the course of time and space, and to explore its various futures. With this in mind, the 8th Cheongju International Craft Biennale invites the diverse and creative works by influential established artists and new emerging artists.

Genres
Metal craft or metalwork, Ceramics, Woodwork, Fibers, Glass, etc., as well as other 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional works that creatively constructs the contemporary craft art values of functionality or aesthetics using natural or man-made materials.

Qualifications for entry
-An original piece of work made within the last 3 years which has not yet been exhibited domestically or internationally.
-Size, weight and form needs to be appropriate for indoor display and transportation.
-Art work is subject to disqualification if it is deemed to have been plagiarized from another work.

Qualifications
Individuals or groups of all nationalities and genders are welcome to apply.

Entry Pieces
Up to 3 pieces per person or group

Entry Standard Requirements
Works must not exceed 200cm in width, height and length after installation.


Awards and Cash Prizes
Grand Prize and Gold Award Winners will be invited to the Awards Ceremony, and given a priority status in public relations activities of the artist’s work as well as in upcoming Cheongju International Craft Biennale exhibitions and workshops.


Visit website for more information: http://eng.okcj.org/ (English version of the site)


Download Entry Guidelines/Application from website by clicking the Call for Entry notice


For enquiries:
Registration via post
Sangsang Maru Convention Hall
1st Floor
Cheongju Cultural Industry Complex
314 Sangdang-ro(Naeduck 2dong 201-31),
Sangdang-gu,
Cheongju-si,
Chungcheongbuk-do,
Republic of Korea
Tel +82 (0)43 219 1022~5
Fax +82 (0)43 277 2610
Email cicb2013@gmail.com






Fibremen 3 International Fibre Art Exhibition

Deadline: August 1, 2013 (RECEIVE)


FIBREMEN 3
Scythia Fibre Art

Kherson, Ukraine
October 23 - November 5, 2013




“Fibremen 3” International Fibre Art Exhibition restricted only for men. Juried. Open to all professional male artists, working in fibre. Digital submissions only. Contemporary and innovative works are welcome.


Deadline for entries - 1 August 2013.

View Fibremen 2 Exhibit: http://www.scythiatextile.com/UK/Fibremen_2012.html

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




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