January and February 2020
Here is a list of local, regional and national exhibitions that might be of interest to fiber artists. Wewill not knowingly list unscrupulous venues. Please check each individual venue and use your own judgment about entering the exhibitions. Check their websites for details. Some deadline dates are for postmark dates, some for receipt of entry and some for online entries. Calls for Entry is listed on the Fiberarts Guild website www.fiberartspgh.org (Membership tab) every other month (Feb., Apr., Jun., Aug., Oct. and Dec.). Additional information about upcoming exhibitions will be posted on the Fiberarts Guild Members Facebook page.
Mary Towner mltowner2@yahoo.com
EXHIBITIONS
(Note: for Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA) members-only shows, go to https://www.saqa.com/calendar.php?ID=9)
Online exhibitions are not listed.
First date listed is entry deadline.
January 4, 2020
Century of Women’s Progress Story Quilt Challenge
Craneway Pavilion, Richmond CA and online
March 21 & 22, 2020
http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=6492
January 8, 2020
SHE: an Expression of Womanhood
Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center
In Association with the Smithsonian Institution
Feb. 14-Sept. 27, 2020
https://annmariegarden.wufoo.com/forms/she-an-expression-of-womanhood
January 9, 2020
Core New Art Space: Mixed Media
Lakewood CO
Feb. 14-March 1, 2020
http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=6863
January 10, 2020
Vision 2020
Traveling exhibition
March & April 2020
https://vision2020textiles.com/
January 11, 2020
ANCIENT – Emerald Art Quilt Exhibition
Emerald Art Center, Springfield OR
March 3-27, 2020
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=6880
January 11, 2020
Mixed Media, Collage & Digital Art
Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach CA
Feb. 6-29, 2020
http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=6791
January 15, 2020
Contemporary Fiber in Florida
St. Petersburg FL
March 13-May 2, 2020
http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=6783
January 15, 2020
Politically Crafted
Curated show, solo and small group shows
Valdosta State University, Dedo Maranville Gallery, Valdosta GA
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals.php?reset=1&apply=yes
January 21, 2020
Three Rivers Arts Festival Juried Visual Art Exhibition
Trust Arts Education Center, Pittsburgh PA
June 5-14,2020
https://traf.trustarts.org/traf_home/artists/juried-visual-art-exhibition
January 25, 2020
2020 Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibition
Arts + Education at the Hoyt, New Castle PA
March 31-June 11, 2020
https://hoytartcenter.org/event/hoyt-regional-2020/
January 26, 2020
Consciousness of Abstraction: Beyond Literal Appearance
ARC Gallery, Chicago IL
March 4-28, 2020
https://artdeadline.com/ops/arc/
January 26, 2020
Women’s Works 2020
Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock IL
March 5-April 11, 2020
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=7270
January 27, 2020
The Crow Show 2020
The Studio Door, San Diego CA
March 6-28, 2020
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=7286
January 29, 2020
Small Expressions 2020
Handweavers Guild of America, Suwanee GA
July-Aug., 2020
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry
January 29, 2020
Process and Material
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
April 17-May 9, 2020
http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=6874
January 31, 2020
Women in Art
Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach CA
March 5-28, 2020
https://www.laslagunagallery.com/womeninart
January 31, 2020
Neoteric Abstract VIII
Limner Gallery, Hudson NY
April 2-25, 2020
http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/abstract.htm
February 1, 2020
13th International Biennial of Textile Art
Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine
May 28-June 10, 2020
www.scythiatextile.com/events-2019-2020.html
February 3, 2020
Craft in Contemporary Art
Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
March 20-April 18, 2020
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=7337
February 7, 2020
Fiber 2020
Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan CT
April 4-May 15, 2020
http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=6901
February 9, 2020
Quilt Visions 2020
Visions Art Museum, San Diego CA
Oct. 17, 2020-Jan. 3, 2021
http://www.saqa.com/calendar.php?ID=9
February 16, 2020
Fantastic Fibers 2020
Artworks Loveland, Loveland CO
April 10-May 30, 2020
http://www.saqa.com/calendar.php?ID=9
February 26, 2020
Art and Earth
Berkeley Art Works, Martinsburg WV
April 1-May 16, 2020
https://berkeleyartswv.org/2019/11/05/tenth-annual-art-and-earth-juried-exhibit/#more-4894
February 28, 2020
Art of the State
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg PA
June 14-Sept. 13, 2020
https://ethosting.s3.amazonaws.com/artofthestatepa/index.html
March 1, 2020
Live Wire (fiber art)
Form & Concept, Santa Fe NM
May 1-June 13, 2020
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=7343
March 8, 2020
Abstracted Visions
Mona Niko Gallery, Mission Viejo CA
April 4-25, 2020
https://www.entrythingy.com/www.monanikogallery.com#dashboard
March 15, 2020
Flying High: Our Fine Feathered Friends (quilt show)
Texas Quilt Museum, LaGrange TX
May 2020-Aug. 2023 (not a typo)
http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=6814
March 16, 2020
Reflections
Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco CA
May 16-June 13, 2020
https://www.entrythingy.com/d=arcsf.net?start=list#dashboard (scroll down)
March 21, 2020
Signs of the Times
Ceres Gallery, New York NY
May 27-June 30, 2020
https://www.entrythingy.com/d=ceresgallery.org#dashboard
March 22, 2020
Intertwined, A Juried Fiber Arts Exhibition
Dayton Society of Artists, Dayton OH
April 24-May 16, 2020
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=7274
Watch for:
Call for entries in April 2020
World of Threads Festival, Ontario, Canada
Oct. 24-Dec. 30, 2020
worldofthreadsfestival.com
April 24, 2020
Fiber Forward 2020
Guilford Art Center, Guilford CT
June 12-July 19, 2020
http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=6897
September 1, 2020
Reclamation: Artists Books on the Environment
San Francisco Center for the Book, CA
May-Sept. 2021
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=6466
September 9, 2020
Quilt National ‘21
The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens OH
May 28-Sept. 6, 2021
http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=6829
October 2, 2020
The New Quilt
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW Australia
Feb. 5-April 4, 2021
https://quiltnsw.com/exhibitions/the-new-quilt/
OPPORTUNITIES
December 31, 2020
Exhibition proposals
Textile Center, Minneapolis MN
Open scheduling
http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=6828
December 31, 2025 (not a typo)
Art in Embassies
Various dates and locations worldwide
http://www.saqa.com/calendar-detail.php?ID=6870
Bi-annual open call
The Hopper Prize
Monetary prizes and digital exposure
hopperprize.org
No deadline
Proposals for monthly gallery exhibitions
Penn State New Kensington Art Gallery, Upper Burrell PA
https://newkensington.psu.edu/art-gallery
Pittsburgh Artist Registry
Register and post your work online for free
https://www.pittsburghartistregistry.org/
Fiber Art Now magazine
Ongoing call for articles
http://fiberartnow.net/story-submissions
Surface Design Association
Become a member; excellent resource
surfacedesign.org
Fiber Art Network
Become a member; excellent resource
fiberartnow.net
