Art Nouveau - Craft as Art

A nonrefundable entry fee of $20 (USD) will be paid per quilt entered.
Timeline
May 12 Call closes
May 20 All entrants notified
June 3 All accepted quilts due

You will be asked if your quilt can travel. The decision to travel an exhibit will be made in August 2022.

Size of Entries: The quilt must be at least 72“ when the length is added to the width. For example, a quilt that is 39” wide and 40” long (39 + 40 = 79) would be large enough to enter the exhibit. The quilt can be NO LONGER than 86” ON A SIDE. Each entry must have a 4” (10 cm) finished sleeve or casing sewn to the top back edge of the quilt (please include a .125”(.377 cm) ease in the sleeve or casing). Sleeves should be secured with stitching at the top and bottom edges. 

All styles traditional, modern, and art are acceptable.

A cloth label with the entrant’s name, address, telephone number, and email must be securely sewn to the bottom left side back of the quilt. The works must have been completed between 2018 and 2022. Please do not submit quilts made from kits.

Entry fee: A nonrefundable entry fee of $20 (USD) will be paid per quilt entered.

Who may enter: The entries may be the work of one person or more than one person, as long as proper recognition is given to all involved in the actual completion of the quilt. This includes piecing, quilting, and embellishment. The person entering the quilt must have been directly involved in the quilt’s creation. You may submit a total of three (3) quilts for our consideration.

Photo/Image permission: Entry into the exhibition automatically grants permission for the image of the quilt and/or all or part of the Artist’s Statement about the quilt to be used in articles, ads, promotions, catalogs, books, magazines, websites (including any webcast coverage), blogs, CDs, news coverage, television, online and/or multimedia productions for and about this exhibit, the International Quilt Festival, the International Quilt Market, or for and about quilting and developing creativity. The quilt artist retains copyright to the quilt and will be credited in any usage. There will be no compensation paid for any such use.

Completed submissions with visuals must be received online by midnight CDT, May 12, 2022. You will be notified no later than May 20, 2022, regarding the quilts to be included in this exhibit along with shipping instructions. If selected, the quilts will need to arrive in Houston no later than June 3, 2022.

Jury: A qualified jury will select the works. The jury’s decision is final. Entries selected from digital images are subject to additional evaluation when the actual quilt arrives in Houston. If the actual quilt is found to differ significantly from the digital image submitted for jurying, the selection committee reserves the right to reject the entry and override the jurors’ initial decision. The decision as to whether the difference is significant is entirely the prerogative of the committee.

Condition of quilt: 
Due to transfer issues with glitter on quilts, glitter fabric or any type of attached glitter on quilts will be disqualified.

The majority of the quilt must consist of three (3) distinct layers—top, middle layer, and backing. Quilts must be quilted by hand and/or machine with three exceptions—Crazy quilts, which can be tied or quilted, Cathedral Windows-style quilts, and Yo-Yo quilts.

All quilts must arrive clean, undamaged, and free of strong odors in order to be shown.

Your quilt must be able to be stacked with other quilts and boxed and/or rolled with other quilts without potential damage to your quilt or any other quilt in the show. This determination is at the sole discretion of Special Exhibits and can result in disqualification from exhibition. If this is the case, entrant will be notified.

Odd-shaped quilts and quilts with multiple panels must be mounted on black fabric containing a sleeve. The top half of these quilts must be sewn securely to the black fabric. The bottom half should be loose. The black fabric must not extend past the outermost edges of your quilt. Quilts with multiple panels hanging side-by-side horizontally may be mounted to a single black sleeve, but the quilt measurements should be taken after the sleeve is added.

Copyright: It is the entrant’s responsibility to obtain all necessary copyright releases for work that is covered under the copyright laws of the United States. This may include work derived from or copied from the photo or art of another, quilts made from patterns, etc. You must also give proper credit for the design on the entry form. Entrant will provide Special Exhibits with a copy of the copyright release upon request.

Length of exhibit: Quilts will be returned by the end of January 2023 if quilt does not travel to other venues. If you need it sooner than January 2023, please email Special Exhibits. If you agree to allow your quilt to travel, your quilt will be returned by the end of January 2024. The decision to travel an exhibit will be made in November. You will be notified at that time.

Selling Your Quilt: You may choose to offer your quilt for sale while on exhibition. If you do, 25% of the selling price will be donated to the Texas Quilt Museum. The Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Please check with your tax advisor for information on how to deduct the donation.

Visual Instructions: Please read carefully the information for your digital images. The complete instructions may be downloaded here. https://www.quilts.com/photographing-your-quilt/

Each entry requires you to upload one full view of the quilt and one detail view.

The full view image should show all edges of the finished quilt. The edges on all sides must be clearly seen in the photograph.

Please remove any previous show labels or ribbons that may be attached to the front of the quilt before taking a photograph.

Please take a new photograph for the detail image. Focus on a portion of the quilt that relates to the category theme and/or an important part of the quilt, as well as some of the quilting stitches.
A neutral background is preferred.

As our policy is to blind jury, you may not identify your photographs with a watermark or put your name on the photograph itself.

Please crop the photo(s) so that there is minimal background. Please leave a clear edge around the total overall image.

If you open your photos in image-editing software to crop the background, you will be asked how to save the photo when you are done. Save as a JPEG, RGB color (the default setting in most image-editing programs), standard or baseline setting, and set the quality to maximum. No CMYK images or progressive setting JPEGs will be accepted.

The finished image should not be less than 1500 pixels and not be more than 2400 pixels. If it is not the correct size, do not increase it within the software program. Instead, take another picture that has a higher resolution.

There is no requirement to label the image file names. The system will automatically rename them after they are uploaded.
Image size should not exceed 3MB.

For more photography tips and some additional resources, please go to our website at https://www.quilts.com/enter-your-quilt/

Timeline for quilt registration:
Announcement and preview: January 2022
Registration open: January 13, 2022
Registration closes: May 12, 2022
Notification by: May 20, 2022

Selected quilts need to arrive in Houston by June 3, 2022. The selected works should be sent by the participant, at his/her own expense, to arrive no later than June 3, 2022. at the offices of Quilts, Inc. in Houston, Texas, USA.

Quilts returned to owner: End of January 2023 (unless traveling).

Shipping information: All quilts must arrive clean, undamaged, and free of strong odors in order to be shown.
Special Exhibits reserves the right to omit an entry from judging or display if the quality or condition does not meet standards upon hands-on inspection.
Shipping to and from the show will be paid for by the artist. Payment and shipping arrangements for return shipping will be addressed in the acceptance letter.
Complete shipping information will be sent when your entry is juried into the exhibition. DO NOT SEND QUILTS PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION.


Important Special Note to quilters shipping from foreign countries: While we encourage you to insure your work for its full value for insurance purposes, we must ask you to value it for customs declaration purposes only at no more than $30 (USD). A higher customs value may require an expensive bond that may not be refunded upon your quilt’s return to its home country. Also, mark the customs document with “for exhibition and return, not for sale, no commercial value.” We hope you understand that this is for practical purposes only, and certainly does not reflect on Quilt Festival’s estimation of your work. If you wish to claim full value for customs purposes, we recommend that you arrange a carnet A.T.A. for your quilt at your expense. If we incur customs expenses due to a decision on your part to declare the customs value of your quilt as more than $30, you will need to reimburse us for any such expense. If you claim less than $30 for customs purposes and we still incur customs charges, we will pay those charges in full and will not expect reimbursement.

LIABILITY/INSURANCE INFORMATION
Accepted quilts should be insured through the owner’s individual insurance company. Quilts, Inc. will insure each quilt from the time we receive the quilt until it is shipped back.
Quilts, Inc. shall not be held liable for any damages or loss beyond the insurance limitations specified in the rules. Furthermore, that such insurance shall be the sole remedy of Artist.
Quilts, Inc. will insure each quilt as follows: large quilts for $500, small quilts for $300, and miniature quilts for $125.

Large quilt: one length + one width of the quilt must be greater than 120 inches (305 cm), but not greater than 200 inches (508 cm). The total width must not exceed 100 inches (254 cm).

Small quilt: one length + one width of the quilt must be 120 inches (305 cm) or smaller, unless it is a miniature quilt.

Miniature quilt: measures less than or equal to 24 inches (61 cm) on each side.
Example: side A (length) = 60 inches (152 cm); side B (width) = 40 inches (101 cm); A + B = 100 inches (254 cm). It is a small quilt.