Call for Entries

Title: SEASONAL PALETTE
Open to all SAQA members

Premiere Location: International Quilt Festival: Houston

Additional venues will be added

Exhibit Concept

This exhibit will showcase a series of 32 art quilts hung side by side, depicting the seasons of the year. Selected artists will be asked to create an art quilt 78" long and 32" wide for this exhibit. Artwork will debut at the International Quilt Festival in Houston on the inside panels of the space that has showcased SAQA artwork in the last few years. Artwork may be edited to fit additional venues, depending on available display space.

Artists will be asked to document their creative process, including inspiration, photo images, sketches, diagrams, journal entries, fabric swatches and the like. These will be displayed in booklet format along with the work.
Managing Curators Vicki Mangum and Kathleen McCabe will select the artists from those who express interest (see How to be Considered below). 

Vicki Mangum <vcmquilts@aol.com> Vicki Mangum is a national and international award winning quilter.  Her work has been published in books and magazines, and also featured in a calendar.  Mangum is the former Manager of Special Exhibits at Quilts, Inc., which produces both International Quilt Festival and Market.

Kathleen McCabe <kathmccabe@gmail.com> Kathleen has been creating with fabric for more than 30 years. Her work has been included in numerous publications, and shown in national and international juried exhibitions. She is a professional member of Studio Art Quilt Associates and curator of No Place To Call Home. She also served on the Board of Directors for Quilt Visions. 

Eligibility and Guidelines:

• Artist will be asked to create new work for the exhibit (78” tall and 32” wide).
• Quilts will be created specifically for this exhibit and cannot have been shown in any previous SAQA exhibition.
• Artist must be a SAQA member to enter.
• Consideration is by digital images only (directions below).
• Artist will submit a portfolio of 4 works, which best represent her/his style and voice.  There are no size or date restrictions on the works in the portfolio.
• 3-D, freestanding works will not be considered due to the restrictions of shipping.
• Artwork must meet the SAQA definition of an art quilt: a contemporary artwork exploring and expressing aesthetic concerns common to the whole range of visual arts: painting, printmaking, photography, graphic design, assemblage and sculpture, which retains, through materials or technique, a clear relationship to the folk art quilt from which it descends.
• Artists are responsible for shipping and insurance to SAQA’s shipping facility in Ohio.  SAQA will arrange to insure the artwork during the exhibition and while it travels until it is returned to the artist.
• Artwork MAY be for sale. SAQA will charge a 25% commission on all sales; exhibiting venues may also charge a commission, but total commission will never exceed 50%.
• Work MUST be available to travel until November 15, 2014. Travel details to follow.

Calendar:

May 11, 2011	Announce call for entries
August 1-31, 2011	Online entry open
August 31, 2011	Online Entry Deadline at 11:59 pm EST
September 1-14, 2011	Selection Process
September 15, 2011	Notification of acceptance (All notifications will be via email)
September 15, 2012	Artwork to be RECEIVED by SAQA
November 1, 2012	Exhibit opening
November 1, 2014	Exhibit closing
November 15, 2014	Return of work to Artists

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION

During the online registration process (which will be open August 1-31, 2011) you will be asked to provide artist information, a description of each piece in the portfolio with a brief explanation of the process, digital images, and a brief statement about the piece you plan for the Seasonal Palette exhibit if accepted. Here is a checklist of what you will need to provide:

Here is a checklist of what you will need to provide:

Artist Information:
Artist’s First Name:
Artist’s Last Name:
Address (street):
City/Postal Code/Country:
Phone (include country code):
Email:
A statement of 50 words or less indicating your preference of season and the colors you plan to work with, and the reason why.

Digital Images:
• Submit one overall DIGITAL image and one detail DIGITAL image for each piece of artwork.
• Save your digital images as a high quality JPEG file (No TIFF files).
• Finished image should be 1800 pixels on the longest side.

Information about each piece:
Title:
Size: height x width, in inches
Materials and Techniques: (25 words or less)

You will be asked to agree with these Terms and Conditions:
I agree to loan my artwork to Studio Art Quit Associates, Inc. I understand that the costs of insuring and shipping my artwork to the shipping center in Ohio are my responsibility. I further agree to permit the images or detail images and/or all or part of my artist’s statement to be used in the exhibit catalog, articles, ads, promotions, books, websites, blogs, CD’s, current event news coverage, television productions, and/or multi-media productions for and about exhibit or for and about the shows at which the exhibit may be seen.

Fee

US$30 (22 €) per entry. Members must pay their fees using a credit card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express) though the SAQA Store.

Registration

Registration has closed. No further registrations will be accepted at this time.

For More Information

If you have questions about the exhibit, please contact Kathleen McCabe at kathmccabe@gmail.com. If you have technical questions about the on-line registration system, please contact Lisa Ellis at lisa@ellisquilts.com.