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/
September
September 5, 2022
Quilt National 2023
The Dairy Barn Arts Center - The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens Ohio
May 27-September 4, 2023
September 7, 2022
Pacific International Quilt Competition: And Sew the Adventure Begins (Santa Clara, CA)
Upcoming Shows » Mancuso Show Management (quiltfest.com)
Oct 11-17, 2022(ship+show)
September 7, 2022
Pacific International Modern Quilt Competition: Mid Century Mod (Santa Clara, CA)
Upcoming Shows » Mancuso Show Management (quiltfest.com)
Oct 11-17(ship+show)
September 7, 2022
Pacific International Wearable Art Competiton (Santa Clara, CA)
Upcoming Shows » Mancuso Show Management (quiltfest.com)
Oct 11-17(ship+show)
September 15, 2022
Forecast//Recast(Albuquerque, NM)
CaFÉ (callforentry.org)
December 3, 2022-January 27, 2023
September 20, 2022
AQS Quilt Week (Daytona Beach, FL )
http://www.quiltweek.com/contest
Jan 18 - Feb 20, 2023
September 30, 2022
Primal Forces: Wind
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
National Quilt Museum Paducah, KY Fall 2023
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of the information listed
Check in summer
Quilts = Art = Quilts Artist Talks (Auburn, NY)
Opportunities - Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center (schweinfurthartcenter.org)
Sept 27, 2021-Jan 12, 2022
check in summer (Sequim, WA)
Bumblebunching - Warped Twisted & Imperfect
http://fiberartsfestival.org
Virtual Exhibition and Sequim Museum & Arts
Oct 1-Nov 27, 2021
October
October 1, 2022
Angled
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
SAQA Journal
October 1, 2022(SAQA MT/ID members)
Our Stitches Tell the Tale
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
Regional Trunk Showcase
October 3, 2022(Ontario, CA)
Road to California
Road to California Contest
January 18-21, 2023
October 31, 2022
Historic Detail
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
Online Exhibition Opens Jan 2
October 31, 2022 (SAQA Members)
Minimalism
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
European Patchwork Meeting Alsace, France September 2023
Oct 31, 2022 (Members Modern Quilt Guild)
QuiltCon Color Shift 2023 (Atlanta, GA)
https://www.quiltcon.com
January - February 26, 2023(ship+show)
Oct 31, 2022 (Members Modern Quilt Guild)
QuiltCon Windham Ruby+Bee Fabric Challenge (Atlanta, GA)
https://www.quiltcon.com
January - February 26, 2023(ship+show)
Oct 31, 2022 (Members Modern Quilt Guild)
QuiltCon American Patchwork & Quilting Modern Log Cabin Quilt Challenge (Atlanta, GA)
https://www.quiltcon.com
January - February 26, 2023(ship+show)
The following exhibits have not been updated
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
November
Nov 6, 2022 (SAQA SCORE)
Uncommon Threads (Encino, CA)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
December 1-31, 2023 and indefinitely on web site
Nov 30, 2022
Logs on a Roll Log Cabin Quilts (Wayne, PA)
http://www.artquiltelements.org
April 17—July 15, 2023
Nov 30, 2022 (SAQA)
Minimalism (Houston, TX)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
Exhibit at Houston IQF Dates to be determined
Nov 30, 2022
Fiber Reimagined
Fiber Art Now Calls
Fiber Art Now Spring Issue April 1, 2023
The following calls for entry do not have updated information
check back later
Art Quilt Elements 2022 (Wayne, PA)
http://www.artquiltelements.org
Mar 27-Apr 30,2022
check back later
Uncommon Threads (Virtual)
https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=9396
Dec 1-31, 2021
check for entry deadline
AQS Quilt Week (Branson, MO )
http://www.quiltweek.com/contest
March 22-25, 2023
check back later
TBD (Golden, CO)
https://www.rmqm.org/call-for-entries.htm
Apr 18 - Jul 16, 2022
check later(FRCQ members)
TBD (Colorado)
https://www.artquilters.org/project/calls-for-entry/
Dec 2021 and Jan 2022 (online)
December
2023 Grand National - Delights
Delights 2024 | Grandnational (grandnationalfibreartexhibition.com)
American Quilters' Society (Paducha, KY*)
http://www.quiltweek.com/contest/
April 26 - 29, 2023
The following calls for entry do not have updated information
check later
https://quiltmuseum.org/education/contests/new-quilts-old-favorites/
Jan 11, 2021 - Jan 31, 2024 (traveling)
check back later
Morris Gallery Fiber Art Juried Show Topeka, KS
Morris Gallery
January 12, March 29, 2022
January
Jan 15, 2023 (SAQA GA/SC Members)
Openings
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
TBD
January 23, 2023(Inland ID and WA residents)
Inland Northwest Modern Quilt Juried Exhibition
CaFÉ (callforentry.org)
May 24-August 30, 2023(drop off + show)
Jan 31, 2023 (SAQA Members)
Color In Context: Red (IQF Houston)
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Online Exhibit opens April 2022
Jan 31, 2023 (SAQA Members)
Body Language
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Online Exhibit opening TBD
Jan 31, 2023 (SAQA PA Members)
Textiles Unleashed(Pennsylvania)
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
April 28-July 15, 2023
January 31, 2023
I Choose Therefore I Am
https://ichoosethereforeiam.com/project
February 25-May 5, 2023(ship+show) includes permanent online exhibition
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have information listed
Jan 2, 2022
Dallas Quilt Show(Dallas, TX)
https://www.quiltersguildofdallas.org/
March 10-12, 2023
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
check later
Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival (Hampton, VA)
Upcoming Shows » Mancuso Show Management (quiltfest.com)
February 23-26, 2023
Usually in January
Fashion Art Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
http://fashionarttoronto.ca
April
? (Needlework)
Stitch at Home Challenge: When you see this, remember me (San Jose, CA)
https://www.sfneedleworkanddesign.org/rules-and-entry-form/
Online Exhibition
Vermont Quilt Festival(Essex Junction, VT)
TBD
vqf.org
June 21-24, 2023
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.
February 2023
February 10, 2023
Interpretations 2023
Visions Museum of Textile Art
Oct 14, 2023- Sept 30, 2023
February
Feb 1, 2022
14th Annual International Biennial of Contemporary textile and Fiber Art "Scythia" (Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine)
Scythia Textile
June 1-15, 2022
Feb 1, 2022
Fiesta 2022 (Albuquerque, NM)
http://www.fiberartsfiesta.org
April 14-16, 2022
Feb 2, 2022
Mixed Media Handweavers Guild
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
July 28 - 31, 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 9, 2022
Yardage Exhibit, Handweavers Guild
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
July 28 - 31, 2022
February 10, 2022
Quilt Visions 2022(San Diego, CA)
Quilt Visions 2022 | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Sept 21, 2022- Jan 13, 2023
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
(2022 cancelled)
Vermont Quilt Festival (Essex Junction, Vt)
Home | vqf.org
June 2023 (ship+show)
Emerging Artist Showcase
https://fiberartnow.net/calls/
publication in Fiber Arts Now magazine
March
Mar 1, 2022 (African American Quilters)
15th Annual Exhibition African American Fiber Art (North Charleston, SC)
https://northcharlestonartsfest.com/african-american-fiber-art-exhibition/
May 14-June 7, 2022
March 10, 2022
Genesee Valley QuiltFest (Rochester, NY)
http://geneseevalleyquiltfest.com/enter_quilts.htm
May 5-22, 2022 (ship+show)
March 14, 2022 (Aotearoa Quilters Members and non Members)
Color Challenge Brown (New Zealand)
https://www.aotearoaquilters.co.nz/challenges/
Entries must arrive New Zealand March 18
March 15, 2022
Small Expressions (Knoxville, Tn)
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
July 13, 2022 - June 2023 traveling
March 21, 2022(Georgia Quilters)
Georgia Celebrates Quilts (Marietta, GA)
https://georgiacelebratesquilts.ecqg.com/
June 5-11, 2022(Quilt drop off and show)
March 31, 2022 (FRCQ members)
Truth (Colorado)
https://www.artquilters.org/project/calls-for-entry/
Apr-May 2022 (online)
March 31, 2022 (Europe/Middle East)
Wide Horizons VII(European Patchwork Meeting)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
August 20-September 2023 return
March 31, 2022(Salt Lake City)
Blocks Among Friends
Call for Entries
TBD and returned by July 23, 2021
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have information listed
2021 Entrants rolled to 2022
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
TBD
Mini Quilt Challenge (print publication)
https://curatedquilts.com
April 2023
April 30, 2023 (SAQA Members)
HumorUS
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Houston IQF June 2023
April 27, 2023 (SAQA Members)
Celebrate Life
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Online Exhibit opening TBD
April
check back for deadline
AQS Quilt Week (Grand Rapids, MI)
http://www.quiltweek.com/contest
September 13-16, 2023
Apr 1, 2022(US and Canada)
Harmony (Alexandria, VA)
SACRED THREADS (sacredthreadsquilts.com)
May 8-Sep, 2022(Ship+show)
Australia Wide Eight (Warwick, Queensland)
https://www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au
July 15-August 27, 2022 Possible travel until August 2024
A Celebration of Color(Long Beach, CA)
April 18, 2022
Minnesota Quilt Show & Virtual Conference
MQ Quilt Show
June 16-18, 2022 Judged IN PERSON, photographed then exhibited online
April 21, 2022
Movies and Musicals: Hooray for Hollywood (International Quilt Festival Long Beach)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
August 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling
April 21, 2022
Quilted Comics and Sci-Fi (International Quilt Festival Long Beach)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
August 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling
April 21, 2022
Salt Lake City Modern Quilt Guild Showcase
Quilt Festival
May 20-at show or September 30, 2022
April 21, 2022
Utah History & Heritage in Fabric
Quilt Festival
May 20-at show or September 30, 2022
April 21, 2022
Utah Quilt Guild Showcase
Quilt Festival
May 20-at show or September 30, 2022
April 21, 2022
Utah United
Quilt Festival
May 20-at show or September 30, 2022
April 21, 2022
Hands All Around(Houston)
https://www.quilts.com/enter-your-quilt/
June 10, 2022-Jan 2023(unless traveling)
April 25, 2022
Seeing in Color(Texas Quilt Museum LaGrange, TX)
https://www.saqa.com/events/other-calls-entry
August 1, 2022-January 2023
April 28, 2022
Hands All Around(International Quilt Festival Houston)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
November 2022 - January 2023 unless traveling
April 28, 2022
In Full Bloom(International Quilt Festival Houston)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
November 2022 - January 23 unless traveling
April 30, 2022
Quilt Expo en Beaujolais (France)
https://www.biat-quiltexpo.com
June 8-11, 2022
April 30, 2022 (France Patchwork Members)
Batik In All It's Forms (France)
http://www.francepatchwork.com
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of the information listed
Postponed indefinitely
Everett Quilt Show, Everett Washington
https://www.everettquiltshow.com
Postponed until 2022
2022?
Utah Quilting & Sewing Marketplace (Sandy, UT)
2022?
Postponed until further notice
World of Threads Festival (Oakville, ON, Canada)
http://worldofthreadsfestival.com/submissions.html
2021?
2023(?)
Fiber National 2023 Biennial (Lorton, VA)
https://www.workhousearts.org
2023
May 2023
May
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 19, 2022
In the American Tradition (International Quilt Festival Houston)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
November 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling
May 19, 2022
Landscape Quilts (International Quilt Festival Houston)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
November 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling
May 20, 2022
Modern Mini Challenge(Madison, WI)
Great Wisconsin Quilt Show
September 8-10, 2022
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 2023
June
Tactile Architecture (International Quilt Festival Houston)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
November 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling
The Festival of Quilts 2022 Fine Art Textiles Award (Birmingham, England)
http://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk
August 18-21, 2022 plus travel
Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee 41st Quilt Show & Competition
Smoky Mountain Quilters
July 25-August 6, 2022 (Ship+Show)
In Celebration of Life (International Quilt Festival Houston)
https://www.quiltfestivalcallforentries.com/index.php
November 2022 - Jan 2023 unless traveling
ManneqART: sculpture on the human form (Laurel, MD)
http://www.manneqart.org
Photography Day July 9th in MD
The Festival of Quilts 2022 Quilt Competition (Birmingham, England)
http://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk
August 18-21, 2022 plus travel
Purpose-Repurpose(Bethesda, MD)
September 6-October 29, 2022
Auckland Quilt Symposium 2022 (Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ)
https://www.quiltsymposium2022.co.nz
October 4-9, 2022
Celebrating 40 years of Sewing with Nancy(Madison, WI)
Great Wisconsin Quilt Show
September 8-10, 2022
International Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival - Edward D. Hansen Conference Center, Everett, WA
www.qfamuseum.org
Festival dates: October 7-9, 2022
July
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
2022
July 1, 2022
Threads of Inspiration(SAQA So CA/NV)
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
June 2023-Aug 2025
July 5, 2022
Innovative, Traditional, and Mid-Century Mod/Modern Quilt (Springfield, MA)
https://www.quiltfest.com
August 11-13, 2022
July 5, 2022
Wall Quilt Competition (Springfield, MA)
https://www.quiltfest.com
August 11-13, 2022
July 5, 2022
Scheinfurth Art Center (Members only Auburn NY)
http://www.schweinfurthartcenter.org
August 27-October 16, 2022
2022 South African National Quilt Festival (Stellenbach, South Africa)
http://festival.quiltsouthafrica.co.za
August 2022- October 5-9, 2022(ship+show)
Art Evolved : Intertwined
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
June 2023-Aug 2025
Five Years of Fibre(Winnipeg)
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
October 5-18, 2022
Birth to Death: Korea Fiber Art Forum(Suwon, Korea)
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Artwork receive date August 30, 2022
Reflections on Spirituality
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Virtual Gallery Available October 1, 2022
August
August 1, 2022
SERENDIPITY(Manitobans, Exhibitors and Members of TFAM)
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
September 9-10, 2022
August 1, 2022
Purple Reign
Current Challenge Rules and Details | SF Needlework & Design (sfneedleworkanddesign.org)
Online Exhibition
August 7, 2022
A Quilter's Alphabet
Quilt Art Letters Reader Challenge | Quilting Daily
August 10, 2022 Online
August 12, 2022
Asheville Quilt Show
Asheville Quilt Guild
September 29-October 2, 2022
August 12, 2022
Kids Quilt Challenge (15 and under Madison, WI)
Great Wisconsin Quilt Show
September 8-10, 2022
August 14, 2022(Old Forge, NY)
Quilts Unlimited
www.viewarts.org
Oct 1 - Dec 3, 2022
August 15, 2022
Fibreart International 2022(Current Members)
Fiber Arts Guild of Pittsburgh
October 6-November 2, 2022
August 15, 2022
Step Up Your Game Pennsylvania National Quilt Competition(Oaks, PA)
http://www.quiltfest.com
Sep 15-18, 2022
August 15, 2022
Mid Century Modern Pennsylvania National Quilt Competition(Oaks, PA)
http://www.quiltfest.com
Sep 15-18, 2022
Excellence in Fibers 2023(San Jose, CA)
Fiber Art Now Calls
August 30-October 8, 2023
Quilts=Art=Quilts 2022
Schweinfurth Art Center
October 8, 2022-January 11, 2023(ship+show)