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Art Quilt Elements 2024, the 16th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Art Quilts

March 24 to April 27, 2024

Wayne Art Center, Davenport and Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Galleries

Jurors: Carolyn Ducey, Ann Johnston and Bruce Pepich

Wayne Art Center seeks submissions for the AQE 2024 exhibition, a juried group exhibition of contemporary fine art quilts. Selected works will be on display in both the Davenport and Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Galleries of Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania from March 24 through April 27, 2024. For more information about AQE 2024 visit: www.artquiltelements.org.

 

ABOUT THE JURORS

Carolyn Ducey is curator of collections at the International Quilt Museum, a position she has held since 1998. Ducey oversees acquisition and management of the IQM collection of more than 8000 quilts. Ducey earned an M.A. in American Art History from Indiana University in 1998, and her Ph.D.in Textiles, Clothing & Design, with an emphasis in Quilt Studies at the University of Nebraska in 2010.  She is co-editor of American Quilts in the Industrial Age 1760-1870 (2018) and a contributing author of Abstract Design in American Quilts at 50 (2021), and An Evolving Vision: The James Collection, 1997-2022 (2022).

Ann Johnston attributes her artistic interests to an open mind and her desire to keep learning, independently and continuously. Her art quilts—made with her hand-dyed fabrics and freehand stitching—are shown in exhibitions worldwide including over 20 solo exhibits. Since 2011, she has been working on a series of large-scale quilts called The Contact.  The collection has been exhibited in various museums and venues in the US, as well as in Spain, England, France, Saudi Arabia, and Mongolia.  Ann’s books, workshops, lectures, and videos about dyeing and designing have been resources for fiber artists for many years. Her ongoing mastery of color and texture and design continues to produce powerful work that draws in her viewers and collectors. She has juried about a dozen exhibitions including Quilt National, Carrefour Européen du Patchwork, and Shifting Tides: Convergence in Cloth. Several of her published Juror’s comments and a recorded Juror’s talk at Visions Art Museum can be seen here:  https://annjohnston.net/resources/  Find her newest dye video on https://courses.annjohnston.net/.

Bruce W. Pepich is the Executive Director and Curator of Collections of the Racine Art Museum and the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts. In the 1990s, he assembled one of the most significant contemporary craft collections found in any art museum in North America. He opened RAM in 2003 in downtown Racine, Wisconsin, as a second campus that is home to this collection.  Pepich curates exhibitions from RAM’s 11,000 piece collection and regularly presents lectures on contemporary craft around the country. He is a published writer and has served as a juror for over 135 national and international art competitions and fellowship awards including the US Artists and Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Awards. His latest publishing project is an essay for Quiet Elegance: The Jewelry of Eleanor Moty, published by arnoldsche Art Publishers in 2020. In 2012, he was inducted as an Honorary Fellow into the American Craft Council’s College of Fellows and currently serves on the Council’s Board of Trustees.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Artists must be 18 years of age or older.
  • Works submitted must be original in design. Collaborative works are accepted.
  • Work must have been completed in the last two years (after January 1, 2022).
  • Work previously exhibited at Wayne Art Center is not eligible.
  • All work must be for sale.
  • Work must remain on display for the duration of the exhibit.
  • Size Limitations:  Works of any size not exceeding 12′ (144″) high will be considered.

Online Entry Information:

Artists may submit up to THREE works per application. A maximum of six images may be uploaded to show alternate views or details of work.

Entry fee is $50 per application.

Artists are permitted to submit additional applications. The artist should use the same name and contact information (including email) for both applications but must use a different username for additional applications.

Visa, MasterCard, AMEX or PayPal will be accepted for application fee payment. The application will not be finalized until the entry fee has been paid.

UPLOADED IMAGE SPECIFICATIONS

Be sure to have upload-ready JPG files:

File format: JPEG or JPG only

All images should be at least 300 dpi

File dimensions: 1200 pixels or greater on the longest side.

File size: under 5 MB

Please name each jpg file with the title of the work and specify full, alternate or detail view.

IMPORTANT ENTRY WINDOW DATES
Online Call for Entries Opens
July 1, 2023

Final Deadline for Entries
October 15, 2023, at  Midnight MST

Notification of Accepted/Declined Work
October 31-November 3, 2023

Jury result notification will be communicated by email only.

Communications
Notification to artists will occur via e-mail. Multiple submissions may receive two different email notification–one for accepted work and one for work that has been declined. An e-mail will be sent for each image submitted. Please read each result e-mail carefully, to understand the status of each submission. The artist contact email provided on the online application must remain active during the submission and exhibition process. The artist is responsible for checking email (and SPAM) for acceptance and/or decline and other information regarding Wayne Art Center’s 2024 Art Quilt Elements. No communications will be mailed regarding acceptance and/or declined information. Please do not contact Wayne Art Center for updates regarding notifications until after November 4, 2023.

Shipping and Delivery of Work
Shipped and hand-delivered work should arrive at Wayne Art Center from Wednesday, March 13 – Friday, March 15, 2024; 10am–5pm

Artists are responsible for ALL shipping costs. The work must be shipped via FedEx or UPS and A PRE-PAID RETURN-SHIPPING LABEL MUST BE ENCLOSED WITH THE WORK. No work will be exhibited that does not include a prepaid shipping label. If artwork is purchased, the return shipping label will not be used and therefore the noted account will not be billed.

Insurance:

Wayne Art Center will insure AQE 2024 work for 60% of its retail value while on the premises after it has been determined that sent work has arrived unharmed.

Artists are financially responsible for the cost of shipping to Wayne Art Center and for return shipping and all in-transit insurance.

WAC will not be responsible for loss or damage to work in transit to or from Wayne Art Center.

Hand delivered work not retrieved by May 31, 2024, will become the property of Wayne Art Center.

For internationally accepted work, please review the country of origin shipping and customs regulations and the best way for US customs to receive work. Regulations and rules change frequently and can cause artwork to be delayed in customs or returned to the artist. Often a commercial invoice is required for return shipping.

Wayne Art Center provides insurance coverage only while work is on our premises. Once the artwork is shipped with the designated carrier, insurance is the responsibility of the artist and not WAC. In the event of damage or loss in transit, the artist is responsible to settle all claims directly with the shipping carrier.

While all precautions will be taken to ensure the protection of submitted work upon receipt, Wayne Art Center cannot assume liability for any loss or damage to artwork in transportation. Artists and agents must arrange their own shipping and in-transit insurance.

Opening Reception
Sunday, March 24, 2024,  3-5:00 pm

Exhibition Dates
Sunday, March 24 – Saturday, April 27, 2024
Monday–Friday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Closed on Sundays and Holidays

Retrieval of Work
April 29-May 1, 2024, 9am-5pm

Return Packing and Shipment of Work from Wayne Art Center
Work will be repacked and ready for shipping around May 2, 2024

All works must be delivered to Wayne Art Center with a return shipping label.

Sales Policy
All work submitted to AQE 2024 must be available for sale and, once accepted into the show, remain on display throughout the duration of the exhibition. NFS or POR submissions will not be accepted. There is no threshold for the level of artwork pricing; however, Wayne Art Center recommends that works not exceed $10,000.

The sale price submitted on the entry form must remain throughout the duration of the show. Wayne Art Center will retain 40% commission of the sale price, or on any sale that results from mediation by the Wayne Art Center staff.

Installation
All work should be submitted installation ready.  Work should be accompanied by rails or rods for wall installation.  If the artwork installation is overly complex, Wayne Art Center will contact the artist to request assistance with the installation process. The artist may be required to assume financial responsibility for any alterations (painted walls, site-specific pedestals, armatures, lighting, electrical, etc.) that are requested or required by a particular installation. The artist is welcome to install their complex artworks if necessary. Installation requests must be requested in advance and approved by Wayne Art Center.

Wayne Art Center Contact:
Pam McLean-Parker, Exhibition Coordinator.
Wayne Art Center
413 Maplewood Avenue
Wayne, PA 19087
610-688-3553
wayneart.org
artquiltelements.org

Questions
For questions regarding prospectus and exhibition, please contact Pam McLean-Parker, exhibition coordinator at pam@wayneart.org or 610-688-3553, ext. 211. For online submission support, please direct your inquiries to cafe@westaf.org.

Artists may submit up to THREE works per application. A maximum of six images may be uploaded to show alternate views or details of work.

Entry fee is $50 per application.

Artists are permitted to submit additional applications. The artist should use the same name and contact information (including email) for both applications but must use a different username for additional applications.

UPLOADED IMAGE SPECIFICATIONS

Be sure to have upload-ready JPG files:

File format: JPEG or JPG only

All images should be at least 300 dpi

File dimensions: 1200 pixels or greater on the longest side.

File size: under 5 MB

Please name each jpg file with the title of the work and specify full, alternate or detail view.

  • Artists must be 18 years of age or older.
  • Works submitted must be original in design. Collaborative works are accepted.
  • Work must have been completed in the last two years (after January 1, 2022).
  • Work previously exhibited at Wayne Art Center is not eligible.
  • All work must be for sale.
  • Work must remain on display for the duration of the exhibit.
  • All works must be for sale.
  • Size Limitations:  Works of any size not exceeding 12′ (144″) high will be considered.