Threadworks 2010 Call for Entry

Apr 7 - 12, 2010

The Wellington County Museum & Archives is proud to once again host and support what has become one of the finest juried fibre art exhibits in Ontario.

Threadworks, a special project of Ontario Network of Needleworkers, is mounted every three years and circulates to museums and galleries throughout Ontario. It showcases exceptional and creative needlework by artists from across Canada. Wellington County Museum & Archives is the inaugural exhibition venue and organizing site.

The 2010 theme is "Trees" and we will no doubt be offered interpretive works of the highest technical and artistic quality.

2010 JURY

Dianne Gibson is a mixed media artist, currently exploring heavily textured surfaces. She teaches and exhibits regularly and her work has been featured in several publications. Currently living in Fonthill, Ontario, she is an active member of Connections Fibre Artists and the Ontario Network of Needleworkers.

Judith Dingle has exhibited throughout the world for many institutions and has won many awards for her quilts and textile constructions. She is a full time
textile artist, a respected teacher and lecturer and maintains a studio in Toronto.

Susan Burke was hired to restore the historic Joseph Schneider Haus in Kitchener, Ontario, in 1979. She stayed on to develop the facility as a community museum and is the current Manager/Curator. With her special interest and expertise in historic textiles, she has assembled an impressive collection of Germanic woven, embroidered and quilted textiles there. Ms. Burke has been curator of the Grand National Quilt Show since its inception.

SUBMISSIONS:
Practitioners of the needle arts are invited to submit up to 3 pieces (the actual work, not photographs)

GUIDLINES:
All pieces must be substantially worked with a threaded hand or machine needle and be of original design.
Entries are welcome from anywhere in Canada. The maximum size is 36" x 45 " (although diptychs and triptychs are acceptable).
Shipped entries to arrive at Wellington County Museum & Archives, April 7-9
Hand delivered entries to arrive at Wellington County Museum & Archives, April 11 & 12, between 10 am to 4 pm.

For further details click for the Call for Entry