Tuesday, September 29, 2015

CALL FOR ENTRY: 1st Annual Excellence in Fibers Exhibition, Due October 1, 2015.


Excellence in Fibers
 is an innovative juried exhibition. Selected works will appear in the First Annual Excellence in Fibers catalog which will be presented to curators and directors of 50+ museums and galleries that feature fiber work and a select group of fiber and fine craft collectors. It also will be integrated into the special expanded issue of Fiber Art Now, a subscriber-supported publication that also is sold on over 400 Barnes & Noble newsstands in the US, 200+ Chapters Books in Canada, and select newsstands in the UK.

Important Dates

Submission form opens: July 1, 2015
Submission deadline: October 1, 2015
Notification: by October 15, 2015
Exhibition Catalog Release: December 10, 2015

Jurors

David Revere McFadden

Jane Sauer

John Hopper

Lena Vigna

Entry Requirements

  • Entries must be original work completed after January, 2012.
  • Artists must be 18 years of age or older.
  • Collaborative works will receive recognition as one entry.
  • Work of any size will be accepted. Please note that the impact of installation work is severely limited by the print medium.
  • Work must be original in concept and design and not be the result of a class or workshop.
  • All work must be either fiber in content or executed in a fiber technique.
  • Each artist may submit up to three artworks.

Submission of Digital Images

Submit one overall digital image and one detail digital image for each artwork.
Digital images must be saved as a high quality JPEG file (No TIFF files).
Finished images should be at least 3000 pixels on the longest side.

Catalog

Excellence in Fibers is a print exhibition. A full color catalog of the exhibition will be published within the winter, 2016 issue ofFiber Art Now magazine. It is essential that the image provided is of a quality that will reproduce accurately and meet the high standards of a professional art publication. Exhibiting artists will receive a complimentary copy. Catalogs will also be available for purchase.

Fees

Subscribers to Fiber Art Now magazine $30, Non-subscribers $40


For More Information

If you have any questions, please contact Submissions Fiber Art Now at submissions@fiberartnow.net. If you have technical questions about the on-line system, please contact Lisa Ellis at lisa@ellisquilts.com.

To Apply:

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