April and May 2019
Here is a list of local, regional and national exhibitions that might be of interest to fiber artists. We will 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.
April 20, 2019
New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts
Ft. Collins Lincoln Center, CO
July 19-Sept. 21, 2019
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=6179
April 25, 2019
Tactile Architecture AND
The Math and Science of Quilts
International Quilt Festival, Houston TX
Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2019
www.callforentriesarchitecture.com
April 27, 2019
RePurposed
Arthaus Projects, Williamsport PA
July 5-27, 2019
https://arthausprojects.com/repurposed/#
April 30, 2019
All Stitched Up
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA
Sept. 3-Dec. 11, 2019
https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/collins-memorial-library/all-stitched-up/
May 1, 2019
Fiber Arts National Juried Exhibition
Bower Center for the Arts, Bedford VA
July 9-Aug. 17, 2019
bowercenter.org, d.stone@bowercenter.org
May 1, 2019
Interiors and Texture
The Gallery @ Paragon, Phoenixville PA
June 7 – , 2019
https://paragonframingandart.com/gallery/call-to-artists/
May 3, 2019
Images 2019 Juried Exhibition
Central PA Festival of the Arts, State College PA
July 2019
https://www.entrythingy.com/d=arts-festival.com?start=list
May 11, 2019
Frayed: Fiber Beyond Craft
ARC Gallery, Chicago IL
June 26-July 20, 2019
http://www.arcgallery.org/call-for-entries-frayed-fiber-beyond-craft/
May 30, 2019
Mosaic Patchwork – English Paper Pieced Quilts
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden CO
Oct. 21, 2019-Jan. 18, 2020
https://media.rainpos.com/5518/2019_cfe_mosaic_patchworka_20181113114730.pdf
May 31, 2019
Eye Contact (Sacred Threads)
Vienna VA
http://sacredthreadsquilts.com/html/iseeyou.html
June 4, 2019
International Fiber Arts IX
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol CA
Aug. 2-Sept. 8, 2019
https://sebarts.org/visual-arts/general-information-for-artists/
June 10, 2019
Fiber & Fire Art Show
North Hills Art Center, Pittsburgh PA
June 24-July 19, 2019
northhillsartcenter.org
July 9, 2019
Fiber Focus 2019
Art St. Louis, MO
Sept. 28-Oct. 24, 2019
www.artstlouis.org/index.php/2011-10-08-03-21-13/calls-for-entries/810-call-for-entries-fiber-focus-2019
July 26, 2019
International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival
Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum,Everett WA
October 11-13, 2019
https://www.qfamuseum.org/international-quilt–fiber-arts-festival.html
August 1, 2019
Uncommon Thread: Essomenia
Baton Rouge Gallery Center for Contemporary Art, LA
Sept. 21- , 2019
https://www.batonrougegallery.org/uncommon-thread
August 31, 2019
The Boys Are Back in Town (men artists only)
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Jan. 20-April 18, 2020
https://media.rainpos.com/5518/2020_mens_call_for_entry_form.pdf
September 10, 2019
Excellence in Fibers V
Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon MI
Dec. 12, 2019-March 15, 2020
and in catalog in Winter 2019/2020 Fiber Art Now
fiberartnowentry.net
September 15, 2019
Craft Forms 2019
Wayne Art Center, PA
Dec. 6, 2019-Feb. 1, 2020
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=6452&utm_source=Exhibitions&utm_campaign=3f9d5a3297
September 30, 2019
Abstract
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA
Oct. 25-Dec. 1, 2019
https://sebarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Abstract-2019-prospectus-.pdf
December 1, 2019
The Artist as Quiltmaker
Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin OH
May 16-July 26, 2020
www.favagallery.org/artist-as-quiltmaker-aqm
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
OPPORTUNITIES
May 1, 2019
Solo exhibition opportunity
Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley PA
Aug. 3-Sept. 7, 2019
https://sweetwaterartcenter.org/call_for_artists/solo-exhibition-oppportunity/?fbclid=IwAR0p079hr7Q4l_xyBMRenX2kGzanu0CNKUhdhzjh0ydg9U_nZdsLVeREvc8
May 12, 2019 (Mothers Day)
The Mourning Project
Traveling exhibition of baby booties to highlight infant mortality
http://maryvaneecke.com/themourningproject-com-a-community-fiber-art-project/united-against-infant-mortality/
May 17, 2019
Felt: Fiber Transformed 2019
Publication in the Summer Fiber Art Now magazine and online gallery
fiberartnowfelts.com
July 31, 2019
Publication in online The Woven Tale Press magazine
https://www.thewoventalepress.net/resources-for-artists-and-writers/
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 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
