Canberra Modern Quilt Guild – Modern Quilt Show
We will be exhibiting at the Canberra Craft and Quilt Fair 6-9 August 2015!
This is a great opportunity for us to share with the craft and quilt community Modern Quilting in Canberra, showcase our member’s spectacular Modern Quilts and publicise our fun loving guild to an interested audience. Applications to display your modern quilts in this exhibition are now open.
Regretfully the hanging space available to us is limited and our calculations indicate that we will be hanging 20 quilts. With such a tight limit on the number of quilts to exhibit, the show subcommittee has determined that quilts will be need to be curated by members of the MQG Board, similarly to the those shortlisted for display at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne earlier this year. Accepted quilts will not be judged.
It will be a tough job for the jurors noting the variety of quilts produced by our members. Please don’t feel upset if your quilt is not selected, it is not a reflection on you or your work, it is a product of the jurors having to select a specified number of quilts that best fit the categories.
If you would like to participate, complete the online form by Thursday 10 July.
You will be notified no later than 21 July 2015 if your quilt is selected to hang at the show. All selected quilts will need to be labelled and provided to the subcommittee with the completed entry form by 1 August 2015. Quilts can be provided at our 23 July 2015 meeting, 1 August 2015 sewing day or by arrangement with an exhibition subcommittee member. At this stage, a hanging sleeve will not be required.
Remember, this is a curated display not a judged show. Quilts will be selected by the jurors based on the overall look of the display and categories, taking into account that we are presenting modern quilting to the Craft and Quilt Fair attendees. It is important that members understand that not being selected is not a reflection of the quality of your work, you all make stunning quilts, the size, category and the overall show determine the quilts that will be exhibited.
Please note that the exhibition is open to financial members (paid by 31 July 2015) only.
Challenge Quilts
As part of the modern quilt show, we are also inviting members to participate in the challenge quilts. The theme for the challenge is ‘modern takes on traditional’ – get creative and redesign those traditional quilts blocks! The colour scheme is monochrome (black, white and grey) and your mini quilt must measure 24” square with binding on. We will display these all together in the show as a wall of smalls. Your challenge quilt must be delivered to the show subcommittee by 1 August 2015 with the completed entry form (sections 1, 2 and 3 only). Entries are open to all financial members who have paid their 2015-16 membership fees by 31 July 2015 and will not be undergoing a curation process.
Any questions regarding quilt entries should be referred the exhibition subcommittee.
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