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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
I the past six months I have made countless journe I the past six months I have made countless journeys to Hawkesbury Regional Gallery in connection with The New Quilt exhibition. My favourite ritual has been to take the scenic route via Berowa Waters and the bucolic Hawkesbury countryside. The exhibition has now closed and yesterday’s ferry crossing was in perfect conditions. #scenicroute #thenewquilt #thenewquilt2021 #berowrawaters #takethelongwayhome
#Repost @globalquiltconnection with @get_repost
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🌟Time for 3 more preview photos for the May 22nd-23rd All Star Virtual Sampler Platter.🌟

Check out these all-star presenters and their fabulous quilt demo topics scheduled for May 23rd, 3-6 PM Eastern Time:

⭐ Lisa Shepard Stewart @culturedexpressions
Ankara Folded Hexie Blocks and Projects

⭐ Ana Buzzalino @ana_buzzalino
Paintstiks on Fabric with Stencils and Rubbing Plates

⭐ Brenda Gael Smith @brendagaelsmith
Piecing Freeform Banded Triangles

Register on the Global Quilt Connection website under guild resources. Open to guilds and individual quilters!!

#globalquiltconnection #onlinequilteducation #onlinequiltinspiration #virtualquiltworkshops #virtualquiltlectures #onlinequiltworkshops #onlinequiltlectures #onlinequiltteachers #quilting #quilt #quiltersofinstagram #modernquilt #modernquilting #allstarvirtualsamplerplatter #quiltingdemos #sewing #sew #foldedhexie #hexieblocks #painstiks #surfacedesign #improvpiecing #improvtriangles #brendagaelsmithworkshop #brendagaelsmith
Today 11 April is your last chance to catch The Ne Today 11 April is your last chance to catch The New Quilt exhibition in the cloth including my two artworks:
▪️Integrifolia #7 Emergence
▪️Acuity #5 Zemblanity 
Hawkesbury Regional Gallery is open from 10am-3pm. Take an art excursion!
#thenewquilt #thenewquilt2021 #quiltnsw @quiltnsw @thenewquilt @hawkesburyregional_gallery #artofquilting #brendagaelsmithart #saqaart #ozqnart #integrifolia #banksiacone #acuity #zemblanity
@vision2020textiles continues its exhibition tour @vision2020textiles continues its exhibition tour to:

Rusten House Art Centre: 8 - 29 May 2021
87 Collett St, Queanbeyan, NSW 2620
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 10am-4pm

Join curator Brenda Gael Smith and local artists Dianne Firth and Beth& Trevor Reid for the official opening and floor talk: 11am–12 noon, Saturday 8 May. Booking essential.

 @visitqueanbeyanpalerang @brendagaelsmith @bethandtrevor @dianne.firth #vision2020textiles #powerofsight #artofseeing #rustenhouseartcentre #brendagaelsmithcurator #vision2020textiles

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