The New Quilt 2024: Entry Form Now Open!

Call for Entries

QuiltNSW recognises the quilt medium as an art form and is committed to providing opportunities for textile artists to share their artwork in a gallery setting.  The New Quilt online entry form is now open and closes at 5pm on Thursday 1 February 2024 (Sydney time). 

The New Quilt 2024, a juried survey exhibition showcasing the art of quilting, will be on exhibition at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery in Windsor, NSW from 3 May – 23 June 2024. The selectors are textile artists Ruth de Vos and Fiona Gavens together with a representative of Hawkesbury Regional Gallery. 

Please share this announcement with others. The New Quilt is open to all artists resident in Australia regardless of whether they belong to QuiltNSW. (Current QuiltNSW members get a discount on entry fees.) All selected entries are eligible for consideration for two new prizes:

• The New Quilt Prize $1500
• The New Quilt Prize Runner Up $500

Note:

• artists may enter 1 or 2 quilts. Only 1 work per artist may be selected;
• there is no prescribed theme – submit your best work reflecting your creative practice;
• a quilt means stitched and layered materials using any technique; and
• 2–D, 3–D, installation work, ceiling hung work, work on stretcher bars and framed work are eligible subject to certain size restrictions.

Download Conditions of Entry or see www.quiltnsw.com for more information 

Inquiries to: thenewquilt@quiltnsw.com