Premiere Locations: Mancuso Quilt Festivals

World Quilt Show - New England
August 19-22, 2010
Radisson Center of New Hampshire
Manchester, NH

Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XVII
September 16-19, 2010
Greater Philadelphia Expo Center
Philadelphia Area, PA

Pacific International Quilt Festival XIX
October 14 - 17, 2010
Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA

World Quilt Show - Florida
November 12 - 14, 2010
Palm Beach County Convention Center
West Palm Beach, FL

Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XXII
Feb. 24-27, 2011
Hampton Roads Convention Center
Hampton, VA

The Quilt Fest of New Jersey VII
March 3-6, 2011
Garden State Exhibit Center Somerset, NJ

Denver National Quilt Festival VI
April 28 - May 1, 2011
Denver Merchandise Mart
Denver, CO

Additional venue locations to be determined.

Theme: Homelessness exists all around the world.

There are a myriad of conditions that result in homelessness: poverty, unemployment, lack of education, drug addiction, abandonment, mental illness, war and civil unrest, along with man-made and natural disasters. This exhibit is taking a look at homelessness in all its implications.

Curator: Kathleen McCabe

kathmccabe@gmail.com
www.kathleenmccabecoronado.com
619-435-1299
250 H Avenue
Coronado, CA 92118

Eligibility and Guidelines:

• Entry is by digital images only (directions below).
• You may submit up to 3 entries.
• Quilts must be created after 2005 and not shown in a previous SAQA exhibition
• Entries must be 24" - 40" width, and 48" maximum in length
• 3-D, free-standing works will NOT be accepted.
• 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.
• High quality images with minimum (resolution 300 dpi, 2200 pixels on longest side.)
• Artists are responsible for shipping and insurance to Kathleen McCabe in Coronado, CA and for return shipping to their homes from the last venue. SAQA will arrange to insure the artwork during the exhibitions and while it travels.
• 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 for up to a year. Travel details to follow.

Calendar:

• March 1, 2010 Call for entry
• May 20 - June 20, 2010 Online entry open
• June 20, 2010 Online Entry Deadline at 11:59 pm EST
• June 25 - 30, 2010 Selection Process
• June 30, 2010 Notification of acceptance (All notifications will be forwarded via email)
• July 25, 2010 Artwork to be RECEIVED in Coronado, CA
• August 1, 2010 Quilts shipped to Manchester, NH
• August 19, 2010 Exhibit opening
• May 1, 2011 Exhibit closing
• June 1, 2011 Return of work to Artists unless more venues are scheduled.

Guidelines for Submission:

During the online registration process (which will be open May 20, 2010) you will be asked to provide artist information, a description of each piece and to upload digital images: here is a checklist of what you will need to provide:

• Artist's First Name:
• Artist's Last Name:
• Address (street):
• City/Postal Code/Country:
• Phone (include country code):
• Email:

Digital Images:

Submit one overall DIGITAL image and one detail DIGITAL image for each piece of artwork.

How to submit digital images:

• Save your digital images as a high quality JPEG file (No TIFF files).
• Finished image should be 1800 pixels on the longest side.
• Label each digital image with first 1-3 words of the artwork title, no spaces and no punctuation and indicate if detail or full.
• Examples: ScarabbbeetleFull.jpg or WhylskyDetail.jpg
• If you are using a MAC and iPhoto, you must save your image to your hard drive first.

Information about each piece:

• Artist's statement (25 words or less)
• Title:
• Size: height x width, in inches
• Year Completed:
• Total Sale Price in Dollars (if for sale):
• Insurance Value in Dollars:
• 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 are my responsibility: I further agree to permit the images of details image 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:

$30 for entry of up to 3 pieces. Members must pay their fee using a credit card (Visa, MasterCard or American Express) through the SAQA store.

Registration

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

To preview the forms, click here. (PDF) or click here (webpage)

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