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)
October
Oct 1, 2021 (SAQA MC, CD WV)
Simple Lines (McLean, VA)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
Nov 29 - Dec 31, 2021 (ship+show)
Oct 1, 2021 (SAQA MI)
Michigan Showcase (Flint, MI)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
Oct 15-Nov 5, 2021 (ship+show)
Oct 1, 2021
Road 2 California, (Ontario, CA)
https://online.roadtocalifornia.com
Jan 19-Feb 1, 2022
October 8, 2021 SAQA (NoCA/NoNV)
Prism Play: A Full Spectrum of Art Quilts declare color choice
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
until Dec 2026
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
October 15, 2021 SAQA (MD/DC/WV)
Simple Lines
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
until Dec 2026
Oct 15, 2021
AQS Quilt Week (Daytona Beach, FL )
http://www.quiltweek.com/contest
Jan 21 - Feb 23, 2022
Oct 29, 2021
Excellence in Fibers, VII (Auburn, NY)
https://fiberartnow.net/calls/
publication in Fiber Arts Now magazine
May 28 - Aug 14, 2022
Oct 31, 2021 (SAQA FL/MS/AL/AR/TX)
The Artist's Questions ...Answered in Fiber (St. Petersburg, FL)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
March 2022 - Dec 2024
Oct 31, 2021 (Members Modern Quilt Guild)
QuiltCon Together 2022 (Phoenix, AZ)
https://www.quiltcon.com
Feb 16-20, 2022
Oct 31, 2021
Street Art(SAQA Virtual Gallery)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
Jan1, 2022-Mat 31, 2022
Oct 31, 2021 (SAQA SoCAL, SNV)
In All Their Glory (Poway, CA)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
Nov 20, 2021 - Jan 30, 2022
Oct 31, 2021 (SAQA)
SAQA Trunk Show
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
Oct 15, 2021 - March 2022
November
Nov 1, 2021
Art Quilt Elements 2022 (Wayne, PA)
http://www.artquiltelements.org
Mar 27-Apr 30,2022
Nov 3, 2021
Uncommon Threads (Virtual)
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=9396
Dec 1-31, 2021
Nov 5, 2021
AQS Quilt Week (Branson, MO )
http://www.quiltweek.com/contest
Feb 18 - March 26, 2022 (ship+show)
Nov 12, 2021
Together: An Exhibition Celebrating African American Quilts(Pompano Beach, FL)
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals.php?reset=1&apply=yes
February 18-May 12, 2022
Nov 14, 2021
Travel Near and Far: Quilting Arts Readers Challenge
www.quiltingcompany.com
Dec 10 2021 - May, 2022
Nov 26, 2021
Evolutions 2022 (Golden, CO)
https://www.rmqm.org/call-for-entries.htm
Apr 18 - Jul 16, 2022
Nov 30, 2021 (FRCQ members)
Fantasies (Colorado)
https://www.artquilters.org/project/calls-for-entry/
Dec 2021 and Jan 2022 (online)
Nov 30, 2021 (SAQA)
Gastronomy (Houston, TX)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
May 2022-Jan 2026 per additional venues
December
Dec 3, 2021
American Quilters' Society (Paducha, KY*)
http://www.quiltweek.com/contest/
Mar 18 - Apr 26, 2022 (ship+show)
Dec 8, 2021
New Quilts From an Old Favorite: Your Favorite Old Block
https://quiltmuseum.org/education/contests/new-quilts-old-favorites/
Jan 11, 2021 - Jan 31, 2024 (traveling)
December 18, 2021 (Old Forge, NY)
2021 Take Home Today: Table Runners
Calls For Entry - View (viewarts.org)
September 18, Jan 8, 2022
December 15, 2022(Canada)
2023 Grand National - Delights
Other Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Jan 31, 2025
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.
January
Jan 7, 2022
ARTQUILTS Emerge (Cary, NC)
https://www.paqa-south.org/exhibitions
March 15 - May 9, 2022 (ship+show)
Jan 10, 2022(US and Canada) now even years
Sacred Threads (Herndon VA)
http://sacredthreadsquilts.com
July 14 - 24, 2022 traveling through Spring 2024
Jan 15, 2022 (SAQA Alaska)
Art Cloth North V
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
May 6-31, 2022
Jan 31, 2022
Bugmania
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Online Exhibit more info later
Jan 31, 2022 (SAQA Global)
Haven (Opens at IQF, Houston, TX)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
May 30, 2022 - Dec 31, 2025 (travel)
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have information listed
Usually in January
Dallas Quilt Show (Dallas, TX)
https://www.quiltersguildofdallas.org
January(?), 2021
Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival (Hampton, VA)
Upcoming Shows » Mancuso Show Management (quiltfest.com)
Feb 24-27, 2022
Usually in January
Fashion Art Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
http://fashionarttoronto.ca
April
February
Feb 1, 2022
Vermont Quilt Festival (Essex Junction, Vt)
Home | vqf.org
June 5-25, 2022 (ship+show)
Feb 1, 2022
Fiesta 2022 (Albuquerque, NM)
http://www.fiberartsfiesta.org
April 14-16, 2022
Feb 5, 2022 (SAQA SoCAL, SNV)
Forever Changed (Roseville, CA)
https://www.saqa.com/events/calls-entry/regional-calls-entry
April 1, 2022 - May 28, 2022
February 7, 2022
Send Us Some Flowers Indiana Heritage Quilt Show(Bloomington, IN)
http://www.ihqs.org
Mar 3 - 5, 2022 (ship + show)
Feb 2, 2022
Mixed Media Handweavers Guild
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
July 28 - 31, 2022
Feb 9, 2022
Yardage Exhibit, Handweavers Guild
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
July 28 - 31, 2022
Feb 23, 2022
Wearable Art, Handweavers Guild
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
July 28 - 31, 2022
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have information listed
2022
AQC Challenge placeholder (Melbourne, Australia)
https://aqc.com.au
April(?), 2022
Feb(?) 2022
Fantastic Fibers (Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY)
https://www.theyeiser.org/gallery/call-for-entries/
Usually in April
Website not updated Verona, Italy
Verona Tessile
http://www.veronatessile.it
2022(?)
2022(?)
Fashion Art Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
http://fashionarttoronto.ca
Oct 2022(?)
Quiltfest Greenville, SC
https://www.quiltfest.com
April 28 -30, 2022
March
March 10, 2022
Genesee Valley QuiltFest (Rochester, NY)
http://geneseevalleyquiltfest.com/enter_quilts.htm
May 5-22, 2022 (ship+show)
March 15, 2022
Small Expressions (Knoxville, Tn)
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
July 13, 2022 - June 2023 traveling
March 31, 2022 (FRCQ members)
Truth (Colorado)
https://www.artquilters.org/project/calls-for-entry/
Apr-May 2022 (online)
Jan 31, 2022 (SAQA CO, WY, UT)
Wild(Brigham City Museum of Art and History)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
June 25, 2022 - Sept 15, 2022 possible travel after
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have information listed
March, 2022 (SAQA)
SAQA 2021 Spotlight Auction Annual Event
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
Apr, 2022
March, 2022 (SAQA)
SAQA Portfolio Submissions (Publication)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
Apr 2022
Placeholder 2022 (Aeteroa Quilters members)
Colour Challenge (NZ) & Members Challenge (NZ)
https://www.aotearoaquilters.co.nz/challenges-and-exhibitions-calls-for-entry/
?
Placeholder, 2022
Quilt Expo en Beaujolais (France)
https://www.biat-quiltexpo.com
June 8-11, 2022
Opens October 2, 2022 deadline TBD
World of Wearable Art (New Zealand)
https://www.worldofwearableart.com/competition/
Jun 15 ship, + travel or exhibit 2023(?)
Odd numbered years (MoFA students)
Windows to the Future (Webster Groves, MO)
https://missourifiberartists.org
TBD 2023
2022? O
Mini Quilt Challenge (print publication)
https://curatedquilts.com
Mar ?, 2022 (African American Quilters)
15th Annual Exhibition African American Fiber Art (North Charleston, SC)
https://northcharlestonartsfest.com/african-american-fiber-art-exhibition/
2022
March 31, 2022 (France Patchwork Members)
ARTextures Concours (France)
http://www.francepatchwork.com
2022 (GA residents)
Georgia Celebrates Quilt Show: Cabin Fever (Marietta, GA)
https://ecqg.com
June 9-11, 2022
March, 2022 (Aotearoa Quilters Members)
Color challenge Aqua (New Zealand)
https://www.aotearoaquilters.co.nz/challenges/
2022 - travel
April
Apr 1, 2022
AQS Quilt Week (Grand Rapids, MI)
http://www.quiltweek.com/contest
Jul 8 - Aug 17, 2022
April 30, 2022 (SAQA AZ, SoCA, SoNV, NM)
Discovering Desert Diversity
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
August 5-September 30, 2022
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of the information listed
2022(?) (students, SDSA)
2022 Exhibit TBD (Edwardsville, IL)
https://www.surfacedesign.org/events-exhibits/exhibits/future-tense-2021/
2022
Postponed until 2022
Everett Quilt Show, Everett Washington
https://www.everettquiltshow.com
Postponed until 2022
Apr 30, 2021 (Australia & New Zealand residents & OZQN members world-wide)
Art Quilt Australia 2021 (Nowra, NSW)
https://www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au
June - Oct(?) Odd years
TBD
Minnesota Quilt Show & Virtual Conference
MQ Quilt Show
June 16-18, 2022 Judged IN PERSON, photographed then exhibited online
2022(?)
Hoffman Challenge
https://hoffmancaliforniafabrics.net
2022
2022?
Fiber Celebration (Fort Collins, CO)
http://www.nocoweaversguild.org/fiber-celebration/
2022
2022?
Utah Quilting & Sewing Marketplace (Sandy, UT)
2022?
2022?
Threaded (online exhibition)
Threaded
2022?
2022?
Quilt Odyssey (Hershey, PA)
http://www.quiltodyssey.com
2022?
Postponed until further notice
World of Threads Festival (Oakville, ON, Canada)
http://worldofthreadsfestival.com/submissions.html
2021?
2022(?)
Fiber National 2022 Biennial (Lorton, VA)
https://www.workhousearts.org
2022
Details Available March 2022
2022 South African National Quilt Festival (Stellenbach, South Africa)
http://festival.quiltsouthafrica.co.za
June 2022
May
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of the information listed
? (Needlework)
Stitch at Home Challenge: When you see this, remember me (San Jose, CA)
https://www.sfneedleworkanddesign.org/rules-and-entry-form/
Online Exhibition
?
Fiber Arts National Juried Exhibition (Bedford, VA)
https://www.bowercenter.org/exhibits-1/Biennialfiberarts
?
?
Emerging Artist Showcase
https://fiberartnow.net/calls/
publication in Fiber Arts Now magazine
?
FELT: Fiber Transformed
https://fiberartnow.net/calls/
publication in Fiber Arts Now magazine
?
TBD (IQF Houston, TX)
https://www.quilts.com/enter-your-quilt/
TBD (ship+show)
?
TBD (IQF Houston, TX)
https://www.quilts.com/enter-your-quilt/
TBD (ship+show)
May (TC members)
A Common Thread (Minneapolis, MN)
https://textilecentermn.org
June 2022??
2022? (wearable art)
ManneqART: sculpture on the human form (Laurel, MD)
http://www.manneqart.org
2022?
June
Auckland Quilt Symposium 2022 (Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ)
https://www.quiltsymposium2022.co.nz
October 4-9, 2022
Purpose-Repurpose(Bethesda, MD)
September 6-October 29, 2022
Check website for 2022 Exhibits
https://www.surfacedesign.org/events-exhibits/exhibits/
2022
The Festival of Quilts 2022 (Birmingham, England)
http://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk
August 18-21, 2022
International Fiber Arts X (Sebastpol, CA)
https://www.sebarts.org/entries/fiber-arts-x
http://fineline.org
October 22 - 24, 2021
http://quiltexpo.com/quiltcontest
September 2022
Work chosen from 2020 entries, 2021 (St. Marie-Aux-Mines, Alsace, France)
Sauvage European Patchwork Contest
http://www.patchwork-europe.eu/index.php?language=GB
Sep(?), 2022
annual Quilt Alliance Contest, Exhibition & Auction
https://quiltalliance.org/contest/
?
July
July 31, 2022
Art Evolved : Intertwined
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
June 2023-Aug 2025
Jacksonville Quiltfest 2021 (FL)
http://www.quiltfestjax.com/
September 15-17, 2022? 2022
Many Hands Fiber Arts Festival (Telluride, CO)
https://www.manyhandsfiberartsfestival.org
August 6-7 2022 (ship+show)
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of the information listed
https://www.jhia.org/project/nihonten?lang=en
https://www.saqa.com/events/16th-quilt-nihon-exhibition-2021
July(?), 2022
? 2022
Fiber Fusions (Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA)
http://whistlerhouse.org/index.php/exhibits/call-for-entries
2022
? 2022
Quilting By the Lake (Auburn NY)
http://www.schweinfurthartcenter.org
2022
August
Aug 14, 2021 (So CA)
Tricksters & Transformation (Culver city, CA)
https://textileartsla.org/tricksters-exhibit
Aug 27 – Sept 28, 2021(ship+show)
August 15, 2021
NorthWest Quilting Expo (Portland, OR)
https://www.nwquiltingexpo.com
Sep 23 - 25, 2021
Aug 16, 2021 (SAQA NoCA/NV)
Prism Play: A Full Spectrum of Art Quilts
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
Apr 8, 2022 – Dec 2026
Aug 16, 2021
Pennsylvania National Quilt Competition(Oaks, PA)
http://www.quiltfest.com
Aug 30 - Sep 24, 2021
August 23, 2021
Quilts Unlimited
www.viewarts.org
Oct 2, Dec 4, 2021
Aug 31, 2021 (men only)
Rocky Mountain Mile High Men's Exhibit(Golden, CO)
https://www.rmqm.org/call-for-entries.htm
Jan 17 - Apr 16, 2022
Aug 31, 2021
Fibreart International 2022(Pittsburgh, PA)
Other Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
June 3-Aug 2022 possible travel to 2024 after exhibition
Aug 31, 2021
Dia de los Muertes(La Conner, Washington)
Other Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Sept 30-Dec 2021
September
September 30, 2022
Primal Forces: Wind
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
TBD possible until Fall 2023
Sep 1, 2021
Quilts = Art = Quilts Artist Talks (Auburn, NY)
Opportunities - Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center (schweinfurthartcenter.org)
Sept 27, 2021-Jan 12, 202
Sep 1, 2021-December 8, 2021
New Quilts from an Old Favorite: your choice (Paducah, KY)
https://quiltmuseum.org
Jan 11, 2022 - Jan 31, 202
Sep 1, 2021 (SAQA)
It's all in how you look at it: SAQA Journal
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
publication
September 1, 2021 (Sequim, WA)
Bumblebunching - Warped Twisted & Imperfect
http://fiberartsfestival.org
Virtual Exhibition and Sequim Museum & Arts
Oct 1-Nov 27, 2021
September 4, 2021
The Forgetting Room
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
Online Exhibition Oct 1-31, 2021
September 8, 2021
Pacific International Quilt Competition: The New Norm (Santa Clara, CA)
Upcoming Shows » Mancuso Show Management (quiltfest.com)
Oct 11-17(ship+show)
September 8, 2021
Pacific International Modern Quilt Competition: Mid Century Mod (Santa Clara, CA)
Upcoming Shows » Mancuso Show Management (quiltfest.com)
Oct 11-17(ship+show)
September 8, 2021
Pacific International Wearable Art Competiton (Santa Clara, CA)
Upcoming Shows » Mancuso Show Management (quiltfest.com)
Oct 11-17(ship+show)
September 9, 2021(Old Forge, NY)
4x12 Exhibition
Calls For Entry - View (viewarts.org)
Sept 25, 2021-November 15, 2021
September 17, 2021(Old Forge, NY)
2021 Keeping with Traditions: Hexagons
Calls For Entry - View (viewarts.org)
Sept 18, 2021-Nov 15, 2021
September 17, 2021(Old Forge, NY)
Red & White Quilts
Calls For Entry - View (viewarts.org)
Sept 25, 2021-November 15, 2021
Sep 24, 2021
Excellence in Quilts (VA Quilt Museum)
https://fiberartnow.net/calls/
publication in Fiber Arts Now magazine
Feb 15 - Apr 16, 202
Sep 24, 2021 (2D, 3D, Installations, Wearables)
Yarn Rope String
https://fiberartnow.net/calls/
publication in Fiber Arts Now magazine
2022
Sep 30, 2021 (SAQA)
sustainABILITY (Lowell, MA)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
Aug 1 - Dec 31, 2025 (ship+show
Sep 30, 2021 (FRCQ members)
Our Humanity (Colorado)
https://www.artquilters.org/project/calls-for-entry/
Oct and Nov 2021 (online
Sep 30, 2021 (FRCQ members)
Close Proximity (Colorado)
https://www.artquilters.org/project/calls-for-entry/
Oct and Nov 2021 (online)
Sep 30, 2021
Quilt for DC Statehood Challenge (Washington, DC)
https://www.lwvdc.org/quilts4dc
Winter - Spring 2022