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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

Gallery Links

  • A Matter of Time
  • Living Colour!

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 131, Avoca Beach
NSW 2251 Australia

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On exhibition

  • 9 November 2025 – 31 January 2026 Performance Arts Culture Cessnock
    AHEAD OF THE CURVE
  • Integrifolia #3
    26 February – 1 March 2026 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival – Hampton, Virginia
    Minimalism
Join me IN PERSON at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festiv Join me IN PERSON at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, Virginia from 26 February to 1 March 2026. I will be teaching an in-depth 1-day version of my workshop Logs & Ladders: Building with Improvisation. I will also be teaching two half-day workshops; Geometricks and Bodacious Beads. Book directly with @quiltfest.

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While staying in Fes, I took an overnight side tri While staying in Fes, I took an overnight side trip to the Zerhoun mountains to the holy city of Moulay Idris and the Roman ruins of Volubilis. It was generally rainy and overcast. Not great for the walk to the ruins 4km outside of town but there were no crowds and the mosaics were washed down. On my way back, I stopped at a literal hole in the wall bakery and bought some khobz (a flat bread roll) still warm from the oven. #volubilis #moulayidriss
My first full day in Marrakech was completed by a My first full day in Marrakech was completed by a 3 hour food tour. A multi-sensory experience meandering through the medina. And, yes, I did get a teensy bit lost making my way back to the riad afterwards… @moroccanfoodadventures
My short time in Marrakech began with pouring rain My short time in Marrakech began with pouring rain and ended with a glorious sunset from a rooftop bar overlooking Koutoubia mosque against a backdrop of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains. 🌴🌅

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