Friday, May 20, 2011

Call for Entries: “Crossing Lines: The Many Faces of Fiber” – Deadline June 17, 2011

CROSSING LINES: THE MANY FACES OF FIBER

Sponsored by the Textile Study Group of New York (TSGNY)

TSGNY will celebrate its 35th Anniversary season (2011–2012) by sponsoring two juried fiber art exhibitions at prestigious locations in New York City.  All Full, Donor, Benefactor, and Student members of TSGNY are eligible to participate. 

Download a copy of the TSGNY Membership Form here: http://www.tsgny.org/2010-2011.pdf

Crossing Lines: the Many Faces of Fiber will be installed in the Courtyard Gallery of the World Financial Center, a Brookfield Office Properties building complex at 200 Vesey Street in lower Manhattan. 

The exhibition dates: Nov. 3 - Dec. 30, 2011 or Jan. 7, 2012 (exact closing date to be determined by the venue).

Crossing Lines: the Many Faces of Fiber will be a broad survey of fiber art styles, concepts, and materializations. Members may submit images of up to five (5) works—large or small, two- or three-dimensional, either recent or created in the past. 

No entry fee

Juror: Rebecca Stevens, Consulting Curator of Contemporary Textiles at the Textile Museum, Washington, DC.

Entry deadline: Postmarked no later than Friday, June 17, 2011.

Download the prospectus/entry form

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