Welcome
Text on Textiles: Words as Design in Quilts
International Quilt Festival/Houston plans to showcase
quilts where words and fabric come together to form a unique
statement. This is the second year of a three year project
that will culminate in a contest in 2011. This exhibit will be
one of the highlights of Festival, October 30 - November 7,
2010, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston,
Texas. We would also like to retain quilts for possible
exhibit at International Quilt Festival Spring; our spring
Quilt Market in Salt Lake City, May 2011; and our summer
International Quilt Festival in Long Beach, California, July
2011. This exhibit is open to all.
We would like to
invite you to submit work for consideration to be included in
this exhibit.
Please submit your on-line entry by Thursday, May 6, 2010.
You may submit up to 5 works for consideration. To submit on-line you will upload your artist
information, quilt information and upload your photos.
You will be
notified no later than Friday, June 11, 2010, regarding the
quilts to be included in this exhibit along with shipping
instructions. If selected, the quilts will need to arrive in
Houston no later than Wednesday, August 11, 2010, and will be
returned to you no later than November 30, 2010, if your quilt
is not part of the traveling exhibit.
Quilts must be no smaller than 25" x 25" (width x height). There is no maximum size.
Visual Instructions:
- We recommend using a minimum 4 MP (megapixel) camera,
on highest resolution setting, saved as a JPEG file. The images
should be saved at the highest resolution "baseline" or "standard
jpeg" setting (do not save as a progressive jpeg). Lower megapixels
and resolution settings can produce poor results that can eliminate a
quilt because its color, design, and detail can't be viewed clearly.
- Please provide your images at 300 dpi with 1900 pixels on the longest side.
- Please provide one overall image and one detail image.
- If selected, the entry arrives and it is determined to differ
significantly from the digital image submitted for jurying, the committee
reserves the right to reject the entry and override the jurors' initial
decision. The decision as to whether the difference is significant is
entirely the prerogative of the committee.
How to register
No further registrations will be accepted at this time.
*Important Special Note to quilters shipping from foreign
countries: While we encourage you to insure your work for its
full value for insurance purposes, we must ask you to value it
for customs declaration purposes only at no more than $50
(U.S.). A higher customs value may require an expensive bond
that may not be refunded upon your quilt's return to its home
country. Also mark the customs document "for exhibition and
return, not for sale, no commercial value." We hope you
understand that this is for practical purposes only, and
certainly does not reflect on Quilt Festival's estimation of
your work. If you wish to claim full value for customs
purposes, we recommend that you arrange a carnet A.T.A. for
your quilt at your expense. If we incur customs expenses due
to a decision on your part to declare the customs value of
your quilt as more than $50, you will need to reimburse us for
any such expense. If you claim less than $50 for customs
purposes and we still incur customs charges, we will pay those
charges in full and will not expect reimbursement.
We look forward to hearing
from you. If you have any questions, please contact Carmen
Valls, Special Exhibits Assistant at 713.781.6864 ext. 105,
spexhibits2@quilts.com or Vicki Mangum, Manager of Special
Exhibits, at ext. 106,
spexhibits@quilts.com.
If you have technical questions about the on-line system, please contact Lisa Ellis at
lisa@ellisquilts.com.
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