National Quilting Association

info and prospectus

SEAMS UNUSUAL

An Exhibition of Contemporary Art Quilts by New Mexico Fiber Artists, Art Center at Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos New Mexico, New Mexico artists only. Juried by digital images on CD. Entry fee.

Contact:

Patricia Gould

505-670-6364
http://www.angelfiredesigns.com
patriciagould@msn.com

Studio Art Quilt Associates: The Creative Force”

will be accepting entries from members until June 1st.
Janome is the generous sponsor.

Not yet a SAQA member? Visit www.SAQA.com for more info on the show and
info about joining.
See the Membership Categories & Benefits to learn how to join.
The prospectus and entry form are available via the SAQA Members Home Page.

ART TO WEAR

Celebrating excellence and innovation in contemporary American craft, the gallery is seeking original design clothing and accessories. From the funky to the sublime - all techniques and materials will be considered. Show dates: September 20th - October 21st. Opening Reception: September 20th, 5:30-7:30pm. Entry fee.

For an application send SASE to:

Art to Wear - 2008
Cambridge Artists' Cooperative
59A Church St
Cambridge MA 02138

617-868-4434
http://www.CambridgeArtistsCoop.com

2008 National Small Art Quilt Works Exhibition (fifth year running)

Seeking submissions from fiber artists residing in the USA and 18 years of age and older for the). Work may not be larger than 16 inches by 20 inches in dimension. All artwork must be for sale. Gallery commission is 40% of retail price. Jpeg or gif image (PC compatible) must measure no larger than 7 inches by 10 inches and 72 dpi. Slides must be 35 mm, 2" x 2" in cardboard or plastic mounts. Awards. Insurance on premises only. Entry fee.

For a prospectus send an SASE to:

Main Street Gallery
105 Main St
Box 161
Groton NY 13073

http://www.mainstreetgal.com
maingal@localnet.com

Expressions 2008 The Wool quilt Prize

For more info

For further information regarding entering the Exhibition, contact:

Lynette Christie, Curator
The National Wool Museum
Geelong, Australia
Phone: (03) 5227 0864
email:expressions2008@geelongcity.vic.gov.au

Art Hits the Wall 2008

Mary E. Black Gallery
Halifax, NS

Art Hits The Wall is a juried exhibition of unique quilted and hooked wall art created by residents of Atlantic Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland). Art Hits the Wall 2008 theme: “All Nature Sings”

prospectus

Think Outside the Block

For Quilt Quest 2008, Think Outside the Block, and let your imagination go. Take your favorite traditional quilt block or blocks and give them an exciting new look using color, texture, and fabric to create an original and innovative quilt design.

The official fabric collection of Quilt Quest ’08, Color Theory by Sandra Banava will inspire you with its playful and bold color combinations in geometric patterns offered in a variety of
scale. Quilts may be pieced, appliqué, or a combination of both

for more info and rules

Call for Entries: 2009 NICHE Awards Competition

NICHE magazine announces the opening of the 2009 NICHE Awards competition. Application forms, rules and guidelines are now available for download at AmericanCraft.com through the NICHE Awards link.

Entry fees and deadlines (postmark dates)

Professionals: $35 - August 30, 2008

Students: $15 - September 30, 2008.

The NICHE Awards annually celebrate excellence and innovation in American and Canadian craft. Categories include Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood, Jewelry, Home Furnishings, Judaica, Recycled and many more. New categories added to the professional division this year are Art Quilts and Fashion Accessories.

Judging is based on three main criteria:

* technical excellence, both in surface design and form

* market viability (professional entries only)

* a distinct quality of unique, original and creative thought

Finalists are invited to display their work in the NICHE Awards exhibit at the February Buyers Market of American Craft, February 13-16, 2009, and will be included in the Winter 2009 issue of NICHE magazine.

Winners will be announced at a special ceremony held during the February 2009 Buyers Market and featured in the Spring 2009 issue of NICHE magazine.

Go to AmericanCraft.com for full details on the 2009 NICHE Awards competition.

Quilt National ’09

The sixteenth international juried competition for new innovative quilts, on display May 23 – September 7, 2009 at the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center in Athens, Ohio (USA).

Jurors are internationally recognized artist quiltmakers Sue Benner (Dallas, TX) and Katie Pasquini Masopust (Santa Fe, NM); and Ned Wert, Professor Emeritus of Fine Art at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

The work must (a) possess the most basic structural characteristics of a quilt, (b) be an original design of the entrant, (c) have been completed after September, 2006 and (d) measure no more than 108’ or 270 cm. in either direction. Jurors will grant over $6,000 in prizes. Entry deadline is September 5, 2008. Work selected for the exhibition will tour throughout the United States through 2011 and will be published in a full-color catalog .

Click here for pdf entry

For entry form, send a self-addressed business-size envelope with 2-ounce postage to QN ’09 Entry Form, Dairy Barn Arts Center, P.O. Box 747, Athens, OH 45701-0747, USA. Entry form will also available at www.quiltnational.com

after March 1.

LARK BOOKS 500 Quilts
Editor: Ray Hemachandra

Lark Books seeks excellent images to publish in a juried collection of quilts for 500 Quilts, the latest in our acclaimed 500 Series to be published in Spring 2010.

Both art quilts and traditional quilts are welcome in fabric and other media. Diverse designs, materials, and techniques are desired, from traditional to cutting edge. We accept high-quality transparencies, slides, and digital images. There is no entry fee. Important note: Lark Books will only publish photos of entries containing text and images that are free of copyright, or for which the artist (or approved institution) holds copyright.

Artists will receive full acknowledgment within the book, one complimentary copy, and discounts on the purchase of additional books. Artists retain copyright of their work.
Entries must be postmarked by October 24, 2008.

Guidelines and entry forms are now available on Lark’s website:
<http://www.larkbooks.com/submissions/artist-submissions>

We look forward to receiving your entries!

Beth Sweet
Editorial Assistant, Lark Books
67 Broadway, Asheville, NC 28801
828.253.0467 ext. 755
<beth@larkbooks.com>
http://www.larkbooks.com

Australasian Patchwork & Quilting Challenge 2009

Deadline: 10 December 2008 (POSTMARK)

Australasian Patchwork & Quilting Challenge 2009
A judged quilt competition
Exhibit venues throughout Australia

WHO CAN ENTER
An entrant’s quilt may be the work of more than one person as long as all parties who contribute to the quilt are nominated on the entry form as being the entrant. There is a limit of two entries per person or group. Full-time employees of Express Publications Pty Ltd and Expertise Events or its subsidiaries, are not eligible to enter.

Mail COMPLETED entries to:
Australian Patchwork & Quilting/ AQC Challenge
Express Publications Pty Ltd
50 Silverwater Rd
Silverwater NSW 2128

Visit website for complete details: www.aqc.com.au

The Professional Art Quilters Alliance-South (PAQA-South) announces its Seventh Annual Juried Exhibition of Innovative Quilts:

ARTQUILTStransitions

All of us are affected by transition. Either through subtle changes or a bold shift in direction, transitions alter our world. Conditions may force us to revise our own physical, emotional or environmental state, thereby requiring us to make changes that impact our future, both individually and collectively. Transitions occur through the tools we use, the beliefs we carry, or the intentions we act upon. You are invited to share your visual interpretation of the transitions that reflect the changes you have witnessed or hope to see, in quiltart form.

Exhibit Opens: April 17, 2009
Receipt Deadline for entry: January 23, 2009
Entry Fee: $20 for PAQA-South members, $25 for non-members for up to three works submitted.
Size Limitations: No larger than 40 inches wide and 60 inches high.
Contact: AQtransitions@gmail.com with questions. (Prospectus and entry form will be available soon, please send email and they will be forwarded to you when ready.)
Note: ARTQUILTStransitions will be judged via unenhanced digital image, only.
This year's PAQA-South International Juried Exhibition: ARTQUILTStransitions will open in the Allenton and Siemens galleries of the Durham Arts Council of Durham, NC, followed by a showing with our long time partner: the Town of Cary, NC at the Page-Walker Arts & History Center.

April 17 – June 7, 2009: Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
These dates include the semi-annual Durham Art Walk.
http://www.durhamarts.org/facility.html

June 25 – August 22, 2009: Page Walker Arts & History Center, Cary, NC
These dates include two community arts festivals:
Friday, June 26, 2009: Cary Art Loop
Saturday, August 22, 2009: Lazy Days
http://www.townofcary.org/depts/prdept/facilities/pwhome.htm

Other venues will be added as they are arranged.
Please feel free to forward this message on to others and post to lists that may interest fiber artists.

Art Quilting Studio

Deadline: January 4, 2009 (RECEIVE)

Art Quilting Studio
Stampington and Company
New Publication

Quilting Inspiration

"One sees with the heart.
Anything essential is invisible to the eye." -- The Little Prince

We challenge you to explore the depths of this timeless and inspirational adage from Antoine de Saint Exupéry's The Little Prince and submit your most imaginative interpretations in the form of art quilts to ART QUILTING STUDIO.

Art Journal Quilts
Whether you use fabric, paper or both, we challenge you to submit art journal quilts that leave no stone unturned in terms of medium, technique, size, color or aesthestics. Burn, tear, melt, stitch, quilt and journal to your hearts content.

And More
We also seek quilts that reinterpret classic designs, utilitarian objects that are quilted, vintage quilt tops transformed into decorative and/or functional objectts; black and white images interpreted into a quilt and, quilts using unique surface treatments.

Submit no later than January 4, 2009 to:

Art Qulting Studio
22992 Mill Creek, Suite B
Laguna Hills, CA 92653

Please read the submission guidelines at http://www.stampington.com/

THE OCHRES, COLORS AND LIGHT

Deadline: February 1, 2009 (RECEIVE)

THE OCHRES, COLORS AND LIGHT
Chateau de la Tour d'Aigues and in the villages of the Val d'Aigues
8 to 10 May 2009

The Tourism Office of the Val d'Aigues & Association "Histories boxes couture" at their first international exhibition of contemporary art and traditional textile to be held from 8 to 10 May 2009 at Chateau de la Tour d'Aigues and in the villages of the Val d'Aigues "The box couture in Provence" organize a contest on the theme: "THE OCRES, COLORS AND LIGHT"

Categories: Traditional, Contemporary Art textiles

The Theme: The ochre, colors and light

Starting from the palette of ochre, you need to create an original work through a set of colors, materials or forms.

Two formats are available:
Square 1 metre side - Carré 50 cm later

Tourism Office of the Val d'Aigues
The Castle - 84240 La Tour d'Aigues
tel: 04 90 07 50 29 - Fax: 04 90 07 35 91
e-mail: contact@sourireduluberon.com
http://www.sourireduluberon.com/

Association "Histories boxes couture"
Mas of the Leonids - Belle Etoile
84760 Saint Martin de la Brasque
Tel: 06 07 95 52 06
e-mail: histoiresdeboitesacouture@orange.fr
http://boiteacouture.blogspot.com/

Bulletin commitment to return to competition before 1 February 2009:
Association "Histories boxes couture"
Belle Etoile - Chemin des Micoulettes
84760 Saint Martin de la Brasque

RULES: locquen.googlepages.com/concours2009_english version

Call for Artists for Collage Mania 2009

http://www.virginiaspiegel.com/CollageManiaCall08.html

All materials are acceptable, but collages should contain some fiber (paper,
fabric, or other fibrous material). Collages may be any size, but they must
be mounted or finished to 10x8."

Deadline for receipt of jpegs is April 1, 2009.

Collage Mania will be held May 5 - 7, 2009 with all collages offered for a
minimum donation of $80 to the American Cancer Society through Fiberart For
A Cause on Gold Donor Day, May 5, and a minimum donation of $40 on May 6 and
May 7.

Collage Mania II raised $13,000 for the American Cancer Society in two days
in 2008. The goal for Collage Mania 2009 is $20,000 for the American Cancer
Society in three dayss

2009 Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta

Artists are allowed to enter 3 items in any one Division and up to 6 items total in any combination of Divisions

Divisions: Beadwork, Crochet, Dollmaking, Embroidery, Knitting Hand, Knitting Machine, Lacemaking, Mixed Media, Quilting, Sewing, Silk Painting & Surface Design, Weaving & Spinning

Wool Manipulations (rugs)

Info and entry form

Machine Quilters Unlimited

Manuscripts/Article Submissions, New products and book reviews,

Meander Publishing
Attn: MQU Product Review
PO Box 918
Fort Lupton, CO 80621
800-910-1925

Submission Guidelines

Articles are accepted from beginners to professionals. Contact us for requirements regarding photographs and the proper sequence of how-to steps. Please always include photographer credits. Drawings are acceptable where appropriate. Length is determined
by subject matter and photos but generally runs 500-2000 words. Please include a resource section with your sources for supplies and special tools, etc. where applicable. Provide company name, website, telephone number and address, if available.

Profiles, Interviews, Essays and Business Articles that are related to quilting are acceptable, including humorous, serious, new products, trends and developments, the jury process, shows and conventions, retail, wholesale, etc. First Person or Opinion articles are also accepted and will be identified as such.

Visit the website: http://mqumag.com/

Make It Mine Magazine
Deadline: Open/Ongoing

Make It Mine Magazine
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
Waukesha, WI

Make It Mine features in-depth articles that breakdown a variety of techniques from embroidery, sewing, and painting to stamping, decoupage, computer, and polymer clay (and anything else that fits the bill).

Our mission is to inspire our readers to cut loose with their creativity, using basic craft skills and readily available materials. Every issue is full of projects with clear step-by-step instructions and friendly advice. To inspire our readers, we also include artist profiles and beautifully photographed galleries of embellished items.

Submission Guidelines

STEP-BY-STEP PROJECTS Projects should begin with ready-made materials or be simple to construct. We love mixed media and use of materials and techniques in surprising ways. If your work is selected for publication, you will be contacted by an editor and asked to submit step-by-step instructions, a materials list, an introductory paragraph or two about what inspired the work, a bio and tips to help the reader complete the project. We will also give you instructions for sending your work to us for photographing in our studio. We buy all rights.

TECHNIQUE ARTICLES We are looking for technique articles that show our readers unique uses of materials and techniques or teach them the basics about a technique. How to submit: Send us a JPEG or TIFF image of your work and a description of the technique you want to write about. If your work is selected, an editor will get back to you with specific instructions. We buy all rights.

IDEA GALLERIES Our idea galleries inspire our readers to explore their creativity. They feature beautiful photographs of finished pieces with a 200-300 word description of how the piece was made, the techniques and materials used, along with a little something about the choice of materials. If your work is selected, you will receive a $25 stipend. We retain all rights to the photograph used in the magazine.

ARTIST PROFILES We are looking for profiles with some of the best craft designers and craft makers in the field. We want to know how the person got started, what inspires her/him, what techniques s/he uses and why, and the most important things s/he's learned about her/himself from crafting. The article should tell a story, giving a sense of the subject's personality and how that plays into the work. These articles generally run 1,500-2,000 words.

GENERAL: Send all electronic submissions to editor@makeitminemag.com

Visit website for complete details & Contributor Guidelines

To view contributor website: http://contribute.kalmbach.com/

Contact:
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
21027 Crossroads Circle
P.O. Box 1612
Waukesha, WI 53187-1612
1-262-796-8776

Silvia's Artist and Writers Retreat

In the village Patalenitza in the Rhodopa Mountains, Bulgaria. We offer to textile artists, fine art artists, writers, poets and translators from abroad the whole retreat – house for living, atelier and 650 sq. m. yard, where they can live and create in quiet countryside surroundings and find inspiration for their work.

for more info

Cobblestone Shoppe, A Gallery of American Handmade, will be opening for business December 1, 2006 in Historic Downtown Rome, Georgia. We are ready to accept submissions for functional and decorative craft art. We represent handcrafted art in the media of clay/ceramics, wood, glass, metal, paintings, jewelry, fiber, paper, natural materials, and mixed media. We are also seeking handcrafted musical instruments, ornaments, and toys.

Cobblestone Shoppe
7 East Second Avenue
Rome, GA 30161
www.cobblestoneshoppe.com

Call to artists

The Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Series

To support young, talented female artists in the region, MOCA produces an annual solo exhibition of an emerging woman artist under the age of 30 through The Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Series. Established in 1998 and underwritten annually by Mr. and Mrs. Dan T. Moore, this series provides exhibiting artists with a scholarly catalogue and artist residency in partnership with Hawken School. Interested artists submit applications, which are reviewed by a committee.

Guidelines: http://www.mocacleveland.org/

Open Call for Large Abstract Work.

We are seeking to expand our portfolio of artists who work inabstraction and create work on a large scale (minimum 6' x 8' up to 9' x 12').Largest work will be considered for a prominent corporate lobby installation.
ARTwork SF
johnnyd@artworksf.com
Note: you must join ARTworks SF to exhibit your work.

http://www.alderart.com/petite.htm