March 28, 2018 | Posted in Call for Entries | By Liz Rose
There are several opportunities this year for members to enter selected exhibitions:
Australian entries for the World Quilt Competition 2018 are now open! Share your artwork on the international stage, and let someone else look after logistics, shipping, customs and insurance! Entries close on Tuesday, 15 May 2018. Accepted entries will premiere at the World Quilt New England (16-18 August 2018) and tour to other Mancuso shows in the United States until early 2019.
Entries can be submitted via the Online Entry Form. Alternatively, download, complete and return the World Quilt Competition 2018 Entry Form – Australian Edition (PDF) by e-mail or post. Be aware that your quilt must be at least 1296 square inches (eg 36x36in) and completed in 2016, 2017 or 2018. See the Contest Rules for more information.
IQF offers a range of exhibition opportunities. See the IQF Website for more information:
Entries are now open for the Royal Queensland Show’s (Ekka) Quilts Across Queensland competition.
Showcase your workmanship and design skills across 13 classes, including professional and non-professional, group quilt, junior section and modern quilts.
To view the competition schedule or to learn more about the prizes, delivery and collection dates, please click here to visit the Quilts Across Queensland page on the Ekka website.
April 3, 2017 | Posted in Call for Entries | By Liz Rose
There are several opportunities this year for members to enter selected competitions /exhibitions:
Australian entries for the World Quilt Competition 2017 are now open. Share your artwork on the international stage, and let someone else look after logistics, shipping, customs and insurance! Entries close on Monday, 15 May 2017. Accepted entries will premiere at World Quilt New England (17-19 August 2017) and tour to other Mancuso shows in the United States until early 2018.
Entries can be submitted via the Online Entry Form. Alternatively, download, complete and return the World Quilt Competition 2017 Entry Form – Australian Edition (PDF) by e-mail or post. Be aware that your quilt must be at least 1296 square inches (eg 36x36in) and completed in 2015, 2016 or 2017. See the Contest Rules for more information.
Four Australians received ribbons in 2016. View all the prize winners here
Enter your quilt in 2017 to be part of this exciting event. For more information, contact the Australian Coordinator Brenda Gael Smith at info@worldquiltaustralian.com
Art Quilt Australia 2017 is open to residents of Australia and New Zealand and OZQN (Ozquilt Network) members worldwide. Entries close on 7 June 2017. Submission is via the online entry form or by postal mail only.
The exhibition will be held at the prestigious Queen Victoria Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania from Friday 7 September to Sunday 22 October 2017 and will be documented in a comprehensive catalogue.
Art Quilt Australia 2017 is a juried exhibition with $6000 in prize money. All selected entries are automatically eligible for consideration for the $3000 Award of Excellence (non-acquisitive). Entrants submitting complying wool quilts (see below) may also nominate their work for the $3000 Expressions:Wool Quilt Prize where the winning work is acquired by the National Wool Museum for its permanent collection.
3. Australian Quilts in Public Places – AQIPP 2017
Quilters are invited to demonstrate their talents and originality in interpreting the theme:
REFLECTION
16 November-21 December 2017
Whitehorse Artspace, Box Hill, Melbourne VIC.
AQIPP is a juried, judged and sponsored exhibition which is open to all quilters in Australia.
Entries close: 21 September 2017
For more information: australian quilters association
Email: aqipp2017
An initiative of Australian Quilters Association
Major sponsor: Brother International
A collaborative program between the Tasmanian Quilting Guild & the Maritime Museum of Tasmania.
The Tasmanian Art Quilt Prize 2018 Exhibition will be held in the Carnegie Gallery at the Maritime Museum of Tasmania in Hobart from Tuesday 1st May to Sunday 3rd June 2018.
The Tasmanian Art Quilt Prize is open to textile artists across Australia. This biennial exhibition aims to promote best practice in art quilting and encourage experimentation by presenting new and exciting textile art. There is an additional category of Textile Sculpture.
The theme is ‘Ebb and Flow’. Entries close on 5 March 2018.
Full entry details on tasquiltguild site
Major sponsor: Bernina
(Quilt in banner is Red Hills by Dianne Firth)
July 5, 2016 | Posted in Art quilts, Call for Entries | By Liz Rose
Members may be interested in participating in this (you have over a year before entries close):
Call for Entries
Australian Quilts in Public Places
AQIPP 2017
An initiative of The Australian Quilters Association Inc.
REFLECTION
16 November – 21 December 2017
Whitehorse ArtSpace Box Hill, Melbourne VIC
Quilters are invited to demonstrate their talents and originality interpreting the theme “Reflection”.
AQIPP is a juried, judged and sponsored exhibition which is open to all quilters in Australia.
(Major sponsor: Brother International)
Whether contemplating reflection in still water or reflecting on life, change, environment or the world around us, reflection helps to instil in us a sense of time and place.
Entries close: 21 September 2017
For further information: http://australianquiltersassociation.com/
or email the convenor: aqipp2017@gmail.com
June 2, 2016 | Posted in Call for Entries | By Liz Rose
Members may be interested in this opportunity from Belconnen Arts Centre (The Map Project – Where I Live):
Textile groups from the ACT and region are invited to respond collaboratively to the concept of: “mapping: where I live;” by exploring ideas of home, place and belonging. Entrants are encouraged to engage playfully, thoughtfully, radically, or somewhere in between. We invite investigation and interpretation of geography, culture, history and community relationships along with the personal perceptions and meanings of living and being at home through the tactile, rich and varied medium of textiles.
Link to entry form.
Link for further details.
Entry deadline is 4pm on 29 August 2016.
Anne McMahon and Monika McInerney from the Belconnen Arts Centre will be the guest speakers at the evening meeting on August 4.
January 30, 2016 | Posted in Call for Entries | By Liz Rose
Australian quilters have the opportunity to enter the World Quilt Competition and have their work tour in the United States to quilt shows run by Mancuso Show Management. Accepted entries will premiere at the World Quilt New England (18-20 August 2016).
Entries close on 16 May 2016. Further details are available here.
Quilt in banner is High Country Lupins #3, by Brenda Gael Smith, the Australian co-ordinator for the World Quilt Competition.
January 29, 2016 | Posted in Call for Entries | By Liz Rose
APRIL 14 – 17, 2016 Royal Exhibition Building Carlton Gardens, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA’S INTERNATIONAL QUILTING EVENT
Are you ready to be a star? Announcing three exciting opportunities for YOUR work to be on show at AQC 2016!
Get busy and get stitching, and you could have your own quilt or textile art piece on display at Australia’s premier quilting event, admired by thousands of visitors from around the country and further afield.
Closing date for all online entries is February 25, 2016
Challenge yourself and explore your creativity within a theme in this prestigious annual challenge.
The theme is ‘Tradition with a Twist’ and if selected as a finalist, your quilt will tour Australia and New Zealand throughout the year. A prize pool of $5,500 is up for grabs with winners awarded on interpretation of theme, excellence in design, craftsmanship, and a Viewers’ Choice.
Quilt size is 90cm square.
Mini-Textile Art Challenge: Paws & Whiskers
We invite you to show your best friend in their best light, in textiles!
Traditional and contemporary works using creative textile techniques including patchwork, embroidery, appliqué, surface design, photo transfer, printing, etc, will all be considered. The winner will receive a fabulous Fiskars prize pack valued at more than $200.
The work must have at least two layers and the size is 25cm square.
Pictured: The New Hexagon – Millefiore by Katja Marek
If you have completed a kaleidoscope quilt and would like to be part of the AQC Quilt Show, send information and an image of your quilt for consideration. This is a non-judged exhibition – our aim is to create a spectacular display of millefiore colour.
Your quilt does not need to be finished for online entry, but if selected for display it must be finished and sent to Expertise Events before March 25, 2016.
Quilt can be any size and does not have to be your original design.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL ENTRY DETAILS.
January 7, 2016 | Posted in Call for Entries | By Liz Rose
You have a little over a week to submit your entry for A Matter of Time, curated by member Brenda Gael Smith. The deadline is 15 January.
Full details are available here.
December 15, 2015 | Posted in Call for Entries | By Liz Rose
Entries for the quilting and patchwork categories in the Royal Canberra Show are due on 17 December (Thursday). After that entries attract a late fee of $20. The normal entry fee is $8 for the first entry & $5 for each additional entry. Entrants over 65 years of age have a flat rate of $4 per entry.
Links to the craft entry forms can be found here. http://canberrashow.org.au/craft
August 14, 2015 | Posted in CQ Exhibition | By Liz Rose
At the exhibition members of the public get to vote for their favourite quilts and clothing. Here are the results:
Quilts – No.57, Heartfelt, by Pam McNamara
Challenge & Tiny Treasures – No.122, Message in the Mailbox, by Dell Armistead
Creative Clothing – No. 161, My Little Black Coat, by Annabelle Sullivan
July 8, 2015 | Posted in Art Quilters Canberra | By Liz Rose
Next meeting this Saturday, 11th at 1pm in the CQ room. Wilma will show how to develop an artist’s project notebook with drawing of plans and the recording of process. Don’t forget show and tell, interesting books, magazines and websites.
Opportunities:
