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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

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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

  • Integrifolia #7: Emergence
    5 February - 11 April 2021
    Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW
    The New Quilt 2021
  • High Country Lupins #2
    19 December - 17 January 2021 Wangaratta Art Gallery
    Revealed
  • Flotsam & Jetsam
    15 October 2020 – 9 January 2021: Schweinfurth Art Center NY
    Quilts=Art=Quilts 2020
  • Acuity6-Twinkle
    1 February - 14 March 2021 Naracoorte Art Gallery, South Australia    
    Australia Wide Seven
Last week @brendagaelsmith hosted a Meet the Artis Last week @brendagaelsmith hosted a Meet the Artist Zoom Event featuring 12 artists from The New Quilt exhibition. An edited version is now available on the @quiltnsw YouTube channel.

In-gallery artist floor talks are scheduled for tomorrow and we will be recording those too with a view to sharing edited highlights at a later date.

#thenewquilt #thenewquilt2021 #quiltnsw @quiltnsw @thenewquilt @hawkesburyregional_gallery #artofquilting 
#meettheartistthursday  #saqaart #ozqnart #brendagaelsmithart #acuity #driventoabstraction #integrifolia #banksia
It’s 10 years since the Twelve by Twelve Interna It’s 10 years since the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Challenge published our eponymous book. The experience of working with this group creating artwork on a regular basis and being part of a supportive creative community continues to reverberate in my creative practice. Thank you Twelves! @deborahboschert @gericon @helenconwaydesign  @kirstenduncanquilt  @terryhowardgrant  @dlperin  Françoise Jamart, @kristinlaflamme @karen_rips @tstegmiller and Nikki Wheeler.
Here’s a close up of Flying Colours: Blue Mallee Here’s a close up of Flying Colours: Blue Mallee Ringneck (40x40cm)

Improvisational strip piecing is a fun and versatile technique. Learn with me in my 3 hour live, interactive workshop (A$35) at a range of times:
▪️1-4pm Sunday 7 March
▪️7-10pm Sunday 7 March (Sunday morning in UK/Europe)
▪️6-9am Thursday 11 March (Wednesday mid-day/afternoon in the US and Canada)

Book online. Link in profile.
#brendagaelsmithworkshop #brendagaelsmithart #learnwithbrenda
A banksia-inspired artwork is winging its way to N A banksia-inspired artwork is winging its way to New Zealand for the SAQA Oceania Regional exhibition “Distance and Diversity” that premieres at the Great New Zealand Quilt Show in May and continues on tour until 2022.

#banksiagenus #brendagaelsmithart #saqaart #greatnewzealandquiltshow #distanceanddiversity #saqaoceania @saqaart @aotearoaquilters

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