This is a list of exhibition opportunities that focus on and feature
art quilts, wearable art, and art cloth.
To submit a show to be listed here, please email Lyric.
Art Quilt Shows are listed by:
Entry deadline; Title; URL; Show dates
r=receive by date; p=postmarked; o=online; i=international entries accepted
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This list focuses on exhibition opportunities that feature art quilts, wearable art, and art cloth. You can find lists of all media shows that also include textiles in many other places including:
https://www.callforentry.org/
http://www.entrythingy.com/forartists_calls
http://theartguide.com/calls-for-artists
http://artdeadline.com/
http://www.fonsandporter.com/events_quilt_shows.html (list of quilt shows)
https://fiberartnow.net/calls/
quiltshow.com
Some of the following listings have not yet been updated. Please read carefully as the information may be outdated or inaccurate. If you are involved with one of these shows (or just feel like helping out) it would be wonderful if you could e-mail Lyric with the information needed for this listing.
November
November 9, 2023
AQS Quilt Week Paducah, KY
American Quilter's Society - AQS Quilt Contests
March 7-April 27, 2023 (Ship+Show)
November 24, 2023
Exploring the World of Fibers 2024
https://www.saqa.com/events/other-calls-entry
January 6-February 4, 2024
Nov 30, 2023 (SAQA Global)
Abstraction:Textural Elements (Venue TBD)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
Opening in late 2024
Nov 30, 2023 (SAQA IN, MI, OH)
A Drop of Emerald Poison (Venue TBD)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
March 7, 2024-February 1, 2027
November 30, 2023(SAQA Connecticut)
Local Color 6: Flora&Fauna
Regional Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
TBD
November 30, 2023
SDA 2024 Solo Exhibition(Ohio)
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals.php
July 5-September 1, 2024
November 30, 2023
Celebrating Our Heritage(SAQA Europe and Middle East)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry
May 2024 with SAQA Online Conference
November 30, 2023
Fiber in 3D(Spring 2024 Issue Fiber Art Now)
https://www.fiberartnow.net/calls/
Eligible for an onsite exhibition January 24-May 4, 2024
November 30, 2023
The Woven Tale Press(Digital Magazine)
https://www.fiberartnow.net/calls/
Submissions to the magazine are rolling
November 30, 2023
Connections (Colorado)
https://www.artquilters.org/project/calls-for-entry/
January 5-February 7, 2024
The following calls for entry do not have updated information
December
Creative Spark Virtual Event
SAQA Calls | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
May 17-18, 2024 Teach What You Love Online with Creative Spark
2024 Grand National - Delights(Canada)
Delights 2024 | Grandnational (grandnationalfibreartexhibition.com)
Connections (Colorado RMQG Members)
https://www.artquilters.org/project/calls-for-entry/
Posted Online January 31, 2024
Fibreart International 2023(Current Members)
Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh
April 14, 2024 to January 9, 2025
January
Jan 1, 2024 (SAQA Journal)
Needle Play
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Published Quarterly
Jan 3, 2024 (SAQA DC/DE/MD/WV, NC/VA)
Sew to Speak
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
March-December 2024 9n Germantown, MD
January 7, 2024
Fiber Arts Fiesta 2024
Other Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
April 10-12, 2024
January 19, 2024
New Quilts From An Old Favorite
Upcoming Exhibits - The National Quilt Museum
February 16, 2024-December 31, 2025(ship+show)
January 23, 2023(Hampton, VA)
Mid Century Modern
Competition Entry Information » Mancuso Show Management (quiltfest.com)
February 29-March 3, 2023
January 23, 2023(Hampton, VA)
Innovative and Traditional Quilts
Competition Entry Information » Mancuso Show Management (quiltfest.com)
February 29-March 3, 2023
January 23, 2023(Hampton, VA)
Wall Quilts
Competition Entry Information » Mancuso Show Management (quiltfest.com)
February 29-March 3, 2023
Jan 28, 2024 (SAQA AZ)
Matter at Heart
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Travels Arizona March 1, 2024-September 30, 2025(Ship +Show)
Jan 31, 2024 (SAQA Members)
Camouflage
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Online Exhibit opening April 1, 2023
January 9, 2024
Morris Gallery Fiber Art Juried Show Topeka, KS
Morris Gallery
March 1-April 27, 2024
Jan 10, 2024
Dallas Quilt Show(Dallas, TX)
https://www.quiltersguildofdallas.org/
March 15-17, 2024
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of the information listed
Jan 10, 2025(US and Canada) now even years
Sacred Threads (Indianapolis, IN)
http://sacredthreadsquilts.com
TBD
February
February 1, 2024
15th International Textile and Fibre Art Biennial - Scythia
Scythia Textile
June 4-6, 2024, online or Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine
February 1, 2024
Fantastic Fibers 2024
Other Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
March 15 - May 9, 2024
February 1, 2024
The New Quilt 2024(Australia)
Other Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
April 18 - June 24, 2024
February 2, 2024
ARTQUILTSrenewal
PAQA-South
April 3- May 25, 2024
February 5, 2024
Renewal(SAQA Canadians)
Studio Art Quilt Associates
Fall 2024-2026 including travel
February 5, 2024
Adult or Young Quiltmaker Entries Indiana Heritage Quilt Show(Bloomington, IN)
http://www.ihqs.org
February 23, 2024-March 4, 2023 (ship + show)
February 9, 2024
Quilt Visions 2022(San Diego, CA)
Quilt Visions 2022 | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Sept 23, 2024- Jan 15, 2025
February 9, 2023
Oh my Stars! (Melbourne, Australia)
https://aqc.com.au
April 11-14, 2024
February 26, 2024(International Designers)
World of Wearable Art must complete intention to enter
WOW - World of WearableArt
Show in September 2024
February 28, 2024
Joining Threads(SAQA Global)
Studio Art Quilt Associates
Newcastle, NSW, Australia August 13-September 16, 2024
February 29, 2024
Ritual(SAQA Global Virtual Gallery)
Studio Art Quilt Associates
Online Gallery Opens May 1, 2024
February 29, 2024
Fiber Reimagined
Calls For Entry - Fiber Art Now | A Quarterly Magazine for Artists
Summer 2024 Issue of Fiber Art Now
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have information listed
February 1, 2025
Micro Textile and Fiber Art- Scythia
Scythia Textile
June 4-6, 2024, online or Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine
Website not updated Verona, Italy
Verona Tessile
http://www.veronatessile.it
2022(?)
March
2024
Mar 1, 2024 (African American Quilters)
Celebrating Black Music (North Charleston, SC)
https://northcharlestonartsfest.com/african-american-fiber-art-exhibition/
May 1-June 16, 2024
March 1, 2024(US Residents)
The Artist as Quiltmaker XX: FAVA's 20th Biennial Contemporary Quilt Exhibit
Other Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
May 11-July 7, 2024
March 1, 2024
2024 Spotlight Auction
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls
March 11 2024-Sold to Benefit SAQA
March 4, 2024
Small Expressions
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
July 2- August 14, 2024
March 4, 2024
Sunflowers to Sunsets Wearable Art Exhibit
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
July 11 - July 14, 2024
March 4, 2024
Limitless Prairies, Limitless Sky, Yardage Exhibit
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
July 11 - July 14, 2024
March 4, 2024
Explorers of Wind, Wagons and Wheat
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
July 11 - July 14, 2024
March 8, 2024
Contextile 2024 - To Touch
Contextile – Bienal de Arte Textil Contemporânea
September 7-December 15, 2024
March 28, 2024(Grand Rapids, MI)
AQS Quilt Week
American Quilter's Society - AQS Quilt Contests
July 18 -August 24, 2023(Ship+Show)
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of he information listed
March ? 2025(USA Quilters)
Broward Quilt Expo 18th Biennial - Getting to Gnome Me
Broward Quilt Expo 17th Biennial
April 14-16, 2023
March 15, 2025 ?? (Aotearoa Quilters Members and non Members)
Various Categories (New Zealand)
https://www.aotearoaquilters.co.nz/challenges/
May 16-18, 2025
March 10, 2024
Genesee Valley QuiltFest (Rochester, NY)
http://geneseevalleyquiltfest.com/enter_quilts.htm
March 10-?, 2024 (ship+show)
2024 date TBD(Georgia Quilters)
Georgia Celebrates Quilts (Marietta, GA)
https://georgiacelebratesquilts.ecqg.com/
June 5-11, 2022(Quilt drop off and show)
April 2024
Modern Quilts - A Twist on Tradition!
Quilt Festival - Call for entries (quiltfestivalcallforentries.com)
May 10, 2024-January 2025 unless travelling
Navigating(SAQA Atlantic Canada)
Regional Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2026
World of Wearable Art must complete intention to enter
WOW - World of WearableArt
Show in September 2024
Celebrate Life 24
Quilt Festival - Call for entries (quiltfestivalcallforentries.com)
June 28-January 2025 if travelling
Sacred Threads Preview Travel Exhibit (Indianapolis, IN)
http://sacredthreadsquilts.com
August 15 2024-2027
April 3, 2023 (France Patchwork Members)
From Flax to another (France)
http://www.francepatchwork.com
July 2023 - needs translation
April 3, 2023 (France Patchwork Members)
Last Chance for Forgotten Blocks (France)
http://www.francepatchwork.com
July 2023 - needs translation
April 6, 2023(Long Beach, CA)
Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
Quilts.com Enter Your Quilt
May 5-EOJan 2024 unless traveling(ship+show)
April 7, 2023(Long Beach, CA)
Best of the West
Quilts.com Enter Your Quilt
May 5-EOJan 2024 unless traveling(ship+show)
April 7, 2023(Long Beach, CA)
Yellowstone a Western Lifestyle
Quilts.com Enter Your Quilt
May 5-EO September 2024 unless traveling(ship+show)
April 7, 2023(Long Beach, CA)
The Changing Climate
Quilts.com Enter Your Quilt
May 5-EOJan 2024 unless traveling(ship+show)
April 10, 2023(Ft. Collins, CO)
39th Annual Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts
Other Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
June 10-August 5, 2023
April 12, 2023(Long Beach, CA)
The Sporting Life
Quilts.com Enter Your Quilt
May 11-EOJan 2024 unless traveling(ship+show)
April 18, 2023
Minnesota Quilt Show & Virtual Conference
MQ Quilt Show
May 30-June 24, 2023(ship+show)
April 22, 2024 (Knoxville, TN)
42nd Annual Smoky Mountain Quilters Quilt Show & Competition
Smoky Mountain Quilters Competition
June 21-22, 2024
April 24, 2024
IQF Houston Tactile Architecture 24
Quilt Festival - Quilts
May 24, 2024-January 2025(if traveling)
April 25, 2023
All Creatures Great and Small
http://www.texasquiltmuseum.org/
July 31, 2023-January 31, 2024
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of the information listed
Call open April 1, 2023 no info on closing date
World of Threads Festival (Oakville, ON, Canada)
http://worldofthreadsfestival.com/submissions.html
October 10-December 14, 2023
April 21, 2022
Salt Lake City Modern Quilt Guild Showcase
Quilt Festival
May 20-at show or September 30, 2022
will be (April 30?), 2024
Quilt Expo en Beaujolais (France)
https://www.biat-quiltexpo.com
June 8-11, 2022
2023(?)
Fiber National 2023 Biennial (Lorton, VA)
https://www.workhousearts.org
2023
May 2024
Art Movements in Fiber(SAQA NorCal/NV)
Regional Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Exhibit Dates TBD
August 8 - September 14, 2024 (Ship+Show)
European Patchwork Meeting - Ocean
July 31, 2024-September 2025(1 year travel after show)
Reading and Remembrance: A Tribute to Barbara Bush
Quilt Festival - Call for entries (quiltfestivalcallforentries.com)
June 28, 2024-December 2024 if travelling
Hands All Around
Quilt Festival - Call for entries (quiltfestivalcallforentries.com)
June 14, 2024-January 2025 if travelling
IQF Houston In The American Tradition
Quilt Festival - Quilts
June 14, 2024-September 2025(if traveling)
IQF Houston Landscape Quilts
Quilt Festival - Quilts
June 14, 2024-January 2025(if traveling)
May 16, 2024
IQF Houston Red White & Blue 50th Anniversary
Quilt Festival - Quilts
June 28, 2024-September 2025(if traveling)
May 16, 2024
50 Years of Great Quilts
Quilt Festival - Call for entries (quiltfestivalcallforentries.com)
June 28-January 2025 if travelling
May 27, 2024(MoFA students)
MOFA IN THE HOUSE: Fiber Connections (Webster Groves, MO)
https://missourifiberartists.org
July 26-October 28, 2024(ship+show)
May 29, 2024
Save the Planet! 24
Quilt Festival - Call for entries (quiltfestivalcallforentries.com)
June 28-EODec, 2024 if not travelling
May 29, 2024
IQF Houston In Full Bloom
Quilt Festival - Quilts
June 28, 2024-January 2025(if traveling)
IQF Houston Text on Textiles 24
Quilt Festival - Quilts
June 28, 2024-January 2025(if traveling)
In or Out: Perspectives in Fiber(SAQA KS/MO/OK)
Regional Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
July 24, 2024-August 2026(Ship+Show)
English Paper Piecing(Golden, CO)
Call for Entries (rmqm.org)
October 21, 2024-January 17, 2025
https://www.sebarts.org/entries/fiber-arts-x
May 12, 2022
Art Deco Inspired Quilts (International Quilt Festival Long Beach)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
August 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling
May 12, 2022
Art Nouveau - Craft as Art (International Quilt Festival Long Beach)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
August 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling
May 21, 2022
Excellence in Quilts (Fiber Art Now Magazine)
Fiber Art Now Calls
Published in Magazine then selected for exhibit
May 27, 2022
Once Upon a Thread
Carrefour Européen du Patchwork
Sept 15, 2022 in Person then travel until Fall 2023
May 31, 2022 (SAQA Members)
Intersect Chicago
Intersect Chicago
November 3-6, 2022 Returned by December 31,2022
A Common Thread (Minneapolis, MN)
https://textilecentermn.org
Become a member to exhibit your fiber art
Tricksters & Transformation (Culver city, CA)
https://textileartsla.org/tricksters-exhibit
Aug 27 – Sept 28, 2021(ship+show)
NorthWest Quilting Expo (Portland, OR)
https://www.nwquiltingexpo.com
Sep 23 - 25, 2021
New Quilts from an Old Favorite: your choice (Paducah, KY)
https://quiltmuseum.org
Jan 11, 2022 - Jan 31, 202
June
Great Wisconsin Quilt Show Black and White Plus One
Quilt Contest | The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show
August 15, 2024-September 30, 2026(Ship+Show)
Art Quilt Australia (Warwick, Queensland)
https://www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au
August 4-December 15, 2023(Ship+Show) Possible travel
Quilt Festival CFE
July
2023
July 1, 2023 (SAQA Members)
SAQA Journal Member Gallery: Blue Review
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Published Quarterly
July 9, 2023
Lake County Fair Pavilion
Pavilions — Lake County Fair (lcfair.com)
July 23-31, 2023
July 31, 2023 (SAQA Members)
Imprisoned
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Online Exhibit opening TBD
July 31, 2023 (SAQA Members)
Fierce Planets
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
TBD
Excellence in Fibers(Fiber Art Now Jan 2024 edition)
https://www.fiberartnow.net/calls/
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of the information listed
Birth to Death: Korea Fiber Art Forum(Suwon, Korea)
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Artwork receive date August 30, 2022
August
August 30, 2024
Western Wonders(SAQA New Mexico)
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
October 24-December 2024
August 31, 2024
Primal Forces: Fire
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
August/September-December 2025(TBD)
August 1, 2023
Quilts = Art = Quilts
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=11900
Oct 2, 2023 - Jan 10, 2024 (ship+show)
August 4, 2023
TEXtiles: Texas Fiber Art presented by The Fiber Artists of San Antonio
Entry Thingy for Artists
September 5- October 24, 2023(Ship + Show)
August 7,2023(N CA)
Northern California Quilt Council New Quilts Exhibit
Quilt Guilds, Quilt Teachers - NCQC
October 2-October 17, 2023
August 7, 2023
Elegant Threads(Tequesta, FL)
Artist Call for Entry
August 28- Runway Show November 16, 2023
August 11, 2023
Asheville Quilt Guild
Asheville Quilt Guild - Home
September 11-30(Ship+Show)
August 12, 2023
Kids Quilt Challenge (15 and under Madison, WI)
Great Wisconsin Quilt Show
September 7-9, 2023
August 14, 2023
It's a Quilt Thing - Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza
PNQE
Show September 14-16, 2023
August 14, 2023
Mid Century Modern - Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza
PNQE
Show September 14-16, 2023
August 15, 2023(SAQA OR)
Biophilia
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
TBD
August 21, 2023
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo Quilt Contest (sewingexpo.com)
Show October 5-7, 2023
Call for Entry Deadline 315-369-6411
Quilts Unlimited(Old Forge, NY)
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals.php
October 7-December 2, 2023
August 23, 2023
Not Your Mother's Quilt(IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI)
Fine Line Creative Arts Center
October 7-November 15, 2023(ship+show)
August 31, 2023
Common Threads: Art & Fiber
https://www.mccordgallery.org/commonthreads
October 6-November 10, 2023
2024
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of the information listed
TBD
2022 South African National Quilt Festival (Stellenbach, South Africa)
http://festival.quiltsouthafrica.co.za
July 4-9, 2024
September
September 6, 2023
Perseverance
Pacific International Quilt Competition
October 12-15, 2023
September 6, 2023
Mid Century Modern
Pacific International Quilt Competition
October 12-15, 2023
September 16, 2023(New Zealand)
Auckland Festival of Quilts
The 2023 Festival of Quilts 3rd – 5th November 2023
November 3-5, 2023
September 16, 2023 (Sequim, WA)
Spinning Sewn Stories - Promulgate, Piece & Ply
http://fiberartsfestival.org
Virtual Exhibition and Sequim Museum & Arts
October 6-November 25, 2023
September 21, 2023
AQS Quilt Week (Daytona Beach, FL )
http://www.quiltweek.com/contest
January 18 - February 24, 2024(Ship+Show)
September 30, 2023(SAQA FL)
Awakening
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
January 15, 2024-December 31, 2025
September 1, 2023(SAQA IN)
The Art of SAQA Indiana Showcase
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
November 3 - December 31, 2023
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of the information listed
TBD, 2024
Quilt National 2025
The Dairy Barn Arts Center - The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens Ohio
TBD
October 2023
October 1, 2023(SAQA Washington)
Inspiration/Exploration
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
January 7, 2024-2027 with travel
October 1, 2023(SAQA NoCA/NoNV)
SAQA Selections fron Northern California/Northern nevada
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
October 12-15, 2023 at PIQF
October 1, 2023(SAQA)
En Sillhouette
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
SAQA Journal Quarterly Publication
October 15, 2023
Art Quilt Elements 2024
www.artquiltelements.org
March 24-April 27, 2024
October 12, 2023(Branson, Mo)
AQS Quilt Week
American Quilter's Society - AQS Quilt Contests
February 15-March16, 2024(Ship+Show)
October 15, 2023(Wayne, PA)
Wayne Art Center Art Quilt Elements 2024
www.artquiltelements.org
March 15-April 27, 2023(Ship+Show)
October 30, 2023(SAQA NM, CO, WY, UT, AZ)
Personality Plus
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
February, 2024-EO2025
October 31, 2023 (SAQA Members)
Bearing Witness(Branchburg, NJ)
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Aug 2024-Sept 2024 Additional Venues TBD through 2027
October 31, 2023 (SAQA Virtual)
Geometric Expressions
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
January 1, 2024 onward
October 31, 2023 (Members Modern Quilt Guild)
QuiltCon 2024 Community Outreach Challenge (Atlanta, GA)
https://www.quiltcon.com
January - February 25, 2023(ship+show)
October 31, 2023 (Members Modern Quilt Guild)
QuiltCon Maximalism Exhibit (Atlanta, GA)
https://www.quiltcon.com
January - February 25, 2023(ship+show)
October 31, 2023 (Members Modern Quilt Guild)
QuiltCon Color Shift 2023 (Atlanta, GA)
https://www.quiltcon.com
January - February 25, 2023(ship+show)
October 31, 2023 (Members Modern Quilt Guild)
Windham Artisan Cotton 2024 (Atlanta, GA)
https://www.quiltcon.com
January - February 25, 2024(ship+show)
October 31, 2023 (Members Modern Quilt Guild)
QuiltCon American Patchwork & Quilting Super Scrappy Challenge (Atlanta, GA)
https://www.quiltcon.com
January - February 25, 2024(ship+show)
October 31, 2023
'living language land' Inspired: Works from SAQA KS/MO/OK
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls
June 2025-December 31, 2027 or earlier
Below are placeholder for calls that do not have all the information available
October ?, 2023(Ontario, CA) Call Opens Aug 1 2023
Road to California
Road to California Contest
January 17-20, 2024
Oct 15, 2021
The McClean Textile Gallery (McLean, VA)
https://www.callforentries.com/national-call-for-entry-to-showcase-wall-hung-fiber-art.html
4 Week Long Exhibits During 2022