Loan agreement link is for quilts owned by Frank Klein that will be shown in the exhibit Highlights from The Frank Klein Collection.
Please have completed by Friday February 25.
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.
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.
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 November 2022.
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.
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.
Quilts will be picked up in LaGrange on a date to be determined. Quilts will be returned to La Grange by November 30, 2022. Arrangements will be coordinated by Becky Navarro, Vicki Mangum, and Ele Chew.
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.