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Tips for Curating a Textile Exhibition

Curate (verb) – to select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition).

Curator Knowledge  is a series of blog posts and resources based on my experience as an exhibition administrator and curator and includes:

10 Essentials for Exhibition ProposalsAdministration:

  • 10 Benefits of Online Entry Forms
  • 10 Essentials for Exhibition Proposals

Selection:

  • Vision 2020 Curatorial Insights
  • a matter of time selection process
  • a matter of time vital statistics
  • a matter of time preliminary statistics: timing, country & region
  • Living Colour Vital Statistics
  • Vital Statistics for Beneath the Southern Sky Entries

Also see:

  • The Dos and Don’ts of Submitting a Piece to Quilt National – Judy Kirpich
  • Quilt National – Picking the Awards – Judy Kirpich
  • A Look Behind the Scenes of Threads of Resistance by Sue Bleiweiss
  • Nebraska Stories: The Quilts of Ken Burns – video

curator knowledge - a matter of timeHanging & Installation:

  • How to Plan an Exhibition Layout/Diagram
  • How to Attach Textile Art to a Stretched Canvas
  • Combined Hanging Sleeve & Velcro Strip Casing
  • Hanging Arrangements for Textile Works
  • More About Hanging Textile Works
  • More (Again) About Hanging Textile Works

Photography:

  • Watermark Your Images and Protect Your Work Online
  • Seven Easy Ways to Resize Images
  • a matter of time photography day
  • How to photograph textile art by textileartist.org
  • Photographing Your Quilt by Machine Quilting Unlimited
  • Digital Photography for Textile Artists –  Holly Knott and Andy Baird

Shipping and Storage:

  • Shipping Quilts & Textile Works
  • Storing and Conserving Textiles

I acknowledge that I live and create on the land of the Darkinjung and Guringai people and recognise their continuing connection to this place. I pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all First Nations people.

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Brenda Gael Smith
Contemporary Textile Art

brenda@brendagaelsmith.com

PO Box 4033, Copacabana
NSW 2251 Australia

Tel: +61 412530190

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On exhibition

  • Banksia Genus
    Fullerton Park Community Centre, Unley, South Australia 6 May – 29 May 2022
    DISTANCE & DIVERSITY
  • Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 2 April to 17 June 2022
    FUR FANGS FEATHERS & FINS
  • Acuity6-Twinkle
    The National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky, USA 4 March to 19 July 2022    
    Australia Wide Seven
  • Integrifolia #9 - Wide Open
    Wangaratta Art Gallery 18 June to 14 August 2022
    PETITE MINIATURE TEXTILES 2022
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