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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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Serendipity Studio News

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On exhibition

  • 10 October – 12 December 2022 Dysart Art Space, Dysart, Queensland
    Australia Wide Eight
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    1 October - 3 December 2022: View Centre of the Arts & Culture, New York
    2022 Quilts Unlimited
  • rust and green triangle shapes on a dark background
    3 October – 26 November 2022 Kyabram Town Hall, Kyabram, Victoria
    One Step Further
Happiness is watching young Miss C in Rio de Janei Happiness is watching young Miss C in Rio de Janeiro finally opening her Melody 33 quilt after 15+months of the parcel bouncing around the international postal system. 😍 #melody33 #babyquilt #melodyqal #wrappedinlove
Vibrance: Tiptoe Through the Tulips has been selec Vibrance: Tiptoe Through the Tulips has been selected as 1 of 30 finalists in the AQC Challenge 2023 - In Full Bloom. This is a detail. I will write more later.
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See the full artwork in the cloth at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne from 13-16 April and then on tour to Craft & Quilt Fairs in 2023.

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#aqcchallenge2023 #infullbloom #australasianquiltconvention #tulips #brendagaelsmithart #saqaart #ozqnart
Join me for my Zig Zag Pizzazz demo at the next Gl Join me for my Zig Zag Pizzazz demo at the next Global Quilt Connection All Star Sampler Platter event coming up on 6 and & 7 May 2024 (3-6pm Eastern US time). Create energetic designs with flair and style using zig zag freeform piecing techniques⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

open to groups, guilds and individuals. A recording will be available for a limited time too.

Repost from @globalquiltconnection
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6 hours (over two days) of 15-minute demonstrations by Global Quilt Connection teachers.
Guilds purchase a ticket and receive a viewing link that they are then licensed to distribute to their membership.
Mark your calendars for May 6 as you'll want to catch these modern, improvisational piecing techniques led by:
⭐Diane Harris: Maps for Scraps: StarQuar & Beyond @stashbanditquilts
⭐Brenda Gael Smith: Zig Zag Pizazz @brendagaelsmith 
Sign up for All-Star Sampler Platter
https://www.globalquiltconnection.com/samplerplatters
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#virtualquiltlectures #onlinequiltworkshops #onlinequiltlectures #onlinequiltteachers #quilting #quilt #allstarvirtualsamperplatter #artquilts #artquilting #modernquilts #improvpiecing #improvisationalpiecing #improvquilting #improvisationalquilting
Water-sun-life by #volkerhawighorst #recyclerepurp Water-sun-life by #volkerhawighorst
#recyclerepurposed
#breadtags 

If you are intrigued by the design possibilities of every day objects, check out the #quiltfromthings #quiltfromabrief design challenge  that Tara Glastonbury @stitchandyarn is running. 

Design a quilt using photographs of everyday objects  by midnight 15 March AEDT for a chance to win a copy of EQ8!

@theelectricquiltcompany 
@makemodernmagazine 

#quiltfromthings 
#doyoueq 
#eq8giveaway 
#EQ8 #quiltpattern 
#quiltdesign 
#designideas 

PS: this is NOT an entry but there are some great designs there🙂

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