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/
March
Mar 1, 2023 (African American Quilters)
15th Annual Exhibition African American Fiber Art (North Charleston, SC)
https://northcharlestonartsfest.com/african-american-fiber-art-exhibition/
May 3-June 18, 2023
March 2, 2023(New Zealand)
World of Wearable Art must complete intention to enter
WOW - World of WearableArt
Show in September 2023
March 3, 2023
Pause(SAQA MI)
Regional Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
AQS Grand Rapids Quilt Challenge September 13-16, 2023
March 6, 2023(USA Quilters)
Broward Quilt Expo 17th Biennial
Broward Quilt Expo 17th Biennial
April 14-16, 2023
March 12, 2023(MoFA students)
MOFA IN THE HOUSE: A Missouri Fiber Artists Exhibit (Webster Groves, MO)
https://missourifiberartists.org
April 25-June 27, 2023(ship+show)
March 15, 2023 (Aotearoa Quilters Members and non Members)
Various Categories (New Zealand)
https://www.aotearoaquilters.co.nz/challenges/
Entries must arrive New Zealand March 18, 2023 for a May show
March 18, 2023(US and US Military Bases Quilters)
2023 Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie
Other Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
May 11 – July 22, 2023
March 28, 2023(Grand Rapids, MI)
AQS Quilt Week
American Quilter's Society - AQS Quilt Contests
August 16 -September 16, 2023(Ship+Show)
March 28, 2023
Small Expressions (Knoxville, Tn)
https://weavespindye.org/calls-for-entry/
July 5, 2022 - June 2024 includes traveling
March 30, 2023(Long Beach, CA))
A Celebration of Color
American Quilter's Society - AQS Quilt Contests
April 28-EOJan, 2024(Ship+Show)
March 31, 2022 (FRCQ members)
Threads of Inspiration (Colorado)
https://www.artquilters.org/project/calls-for-entry/
May 1-May 31, 2023
March 31, 2023
Honey I Shrunk the Quilts
Quilt Festival - Call for entries (quiltfestivalcallforentries.com)
May 23 - November 5, 2023
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have information listed
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 2023
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 14, 2023 (SAQA MT/ID)
Broad Spectrum
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
August 21, 2023-December 31, 2025
April 18, 2023
Minnesota Quilt Show & Virtual Conference
MQ Quilt Show
May 30-June 24, 2023(ship+show)
April 22, 2023(Knoxville, TN)
42nd Annual Smoky Mountain Quilters Quilt Show & Competition
Smoky Mountain Quilters Competition
June 23-24, 2023
April 25, 2023
All Creatures Great and Small
http://www.texasquiltmuseum.org/
July 31, 2023-January 31, 2024
April 27, 2023 (SAQA Members)
Celebrate Life
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Online Exhibit opening TBD
April 30, 2023 (SAQA Members)
HumorUS
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Houston IQF June 2023
April 30, 2023 (SAQA OR)
Biophilia: Threads of Natural Wonder
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
TBD
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
Apr 1, 2022(US and Canada)
Harmony (looking for new venue)
SACRED THREADS (sacredthreadsquilts.com)
May 8-Sep, 2022(Ship+show)
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 2023
Quilt Festival CFE
Quilt Festival CFE
Quilt Festival CFE
Tribes(European Patchwork Meeting)
Patchwork Europe 2023
September 14-17, 2023
Color Challenge Red (New Zealand) 12"x12" Quilt
https://www.aotearoaquilters.co.nz/challenges/
Entries must arrive New Zealand June 2, 2023
Young Shoots 2023 (France)
http://www.francepatchwork.com
September? 2023 - needs translation
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
Art Quilt Australia (Warwick, Queensland)
https://www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au
August 4-December 15, 2023(Ship+Show) Possible travel
Quilt Festival CFE
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
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of the information listed
July 5, 2022
Innovative, Traditional, and Mid-Century Mod/Modern Quilt (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)
Birth to Death: Korea Fiber Art Forum(Suwon, Korea)
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Artwork receive date August 30, 2022
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.
August
August 10, 2023(SAQA GA/SC)
Openings
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
December 16, 2023-February 11, 2024
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)
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of the information listed
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)
September
September 30, 2023(SAQA FL)
Awakening
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
January 15, 2024-December 31, 2025
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have all of the information listed
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
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 2023
October 1, 2023(SAQA Washington)
Inspiration/Exploration
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
January 7, 2024-2027 with travel
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
Below are placeholder for calls that do not have all the information available
October 3, 2022(Ontario, CA)
Road to California
Road to California Contest
January 18-21, 2023
October 11, 2022(Branson, Mo)
AQS Quilt Week
American Quilter's Society - AQS Quilt Contests
March 22-25, 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)
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 30, 2023 (SAQA Global)
Abstraction:Textural Elements (Venue TBD)
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls-entry
Opening in late 2024
November 30, 2023(SAQA Connecticut)
Local Color 6: Flora&Fauna
Regional Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
TBD
The following calls for entry do not have updated information
November 8, 2022
AQS Quilt Week Paducah, KY
American Quilter's Society - AQS Quilt Contests
March 15-April 29, 2023 (Ship+Show)
Nov 30, 2022
Fiber Reimagined
Fiber Art Now Calls
Fiber Art Now Spring Issue April 1, 2023
November 30, 2022
Logs on a Roll | Log Cabin Quilts (Golden, CO)
https://www.rmqm.org/call-for-entries.htm
Apr 17 - Jul 15, 2023
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(Canada)
Delights 2024 | Grandnational (grandnationalfibreartexhibition.com)
January
January 19, 2024
New Quilts From An Old Favorite
Upcoming Exhibits - The National Quilt Museum
February 16, 2024-December 31, 2025(ship+show)
Jan 31, 2024 (SAQA Members)
Camouflage
SAQA Calls for Entry | SAQA - Studio Art Quilt Associates
Online Exhibit opening April 1, 2023
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have information listed
January 10, 2023
Morris Gallery Fiber Art Juried Show Topeka, KS
Morris Gallery
February 21, 2023-May 23, 2023
January 17, 2023(Hampton, VA)
Mid Century Modern
Competition Entry Information » Mancuso Show Management (quiltfest.com)
February 22-26, 2023
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)
January 31, 2023
I Choose Therefore I Am
https://ichoosethereforeiam.com/project
February 25-May 5, 2023(ship+show) includes permanent online exhibition
Jan 2, 2022
Dallas Quilt Show(Dallas, TX)
https://www.quiltersguildofdallas.org/
March 10-12, 2023
Jan 10, 2022(US and Canada) now even years
Sacred Threads (Herndon VA)
http://sacredthreadsquilts.com
July 14 - 24, 2022 traveling through Spring 2024
January 15, 2023
On the Bright Side (San Jose, CA)
https://www.sfneedleworkanddesign.org/rules-and-entry-form/
Online and In Person Exhibition
January 30, 2023
Hanging Thread Gallery (San Jose, CA)
https://www.sfneedleworkanddesign.org/rules-and-entry-form/
Online and In Person Exhibition
February
February 5, 2024
Renewal(SAQA Canadians)
Studio Art Quilt Associates
Fall 2024-2026 including travel
The following listings are placeholders for exhibits that don't yet have information listed
February 1, 2023
Fantastic Fibers(Paducah, KY)
https://theyeiser.org/calls/
March 25-June 24, 2023(ship+show)
Feb 1, 2023 until full(Essex Junction, VT)
Vermont Quilt Festival
vqf.org
June 21-24, 2023
February 1, 2023
3rd Annual Micro Textile And Fibre Art "Scythia" (Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine)
scythiatextile.com or email scythistextile@gmail.com
June 6-20, 2023
February 1, 2023
11th Annual Mini Textile And Fibre Art "Scythia" (Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine)
scythiatextile.com or email scythistextile@gmail.com
June 6-20, 2023
February 2, 2022(PAQA-South Members)
ARTQUILTSinspiration
PAQA-South
March 28-May 15, 2023(Ship+Show)
February 6, 2023
Send Us Some Flowers Indiana Heritage Quilt Show(Bloomington, IN)
http://www.ihqs.org
February 24, 2023-March 6, 2023 (ship + show)
February 10, 2023
In Full Bloom (Melbourne, Australia)
https://aqc.com.au
April 13-16, 2023
February 10, 2023
Interpretations 2023
Visions Museum of Textile Art
Oct 14, 2023- Sept 30, 2023
February 20, 2023
2023 Spotlight Auction
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls
March 1 2023-Auction
February 27, 2023(SAQA Michigan)
Pause
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls
July 14-September 16, 2023(ship+show)
February 28, 2023(SAQA Arizona)
Matter At Heart
https://www.saqa.com/events/saqa-calls
April 1, 2023-September 30, 2024
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 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
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
Emerging Artist Showcase
https://fiberartnow.net/calls/
publication in Fiber Arts Now magazine