Category: Open Calls

Open Call: World of Wearable Art Competition

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The World of WearableArt (WOW) Competition celebrates the fusion of art, design, fashion, and performance. It is an opportunity to be seen on the world stage and be part of a global design community. The competition encourages designers worldwide to create extraordinary and innovative wearable artworks.

For over 35 years, finalists’ wonderful works of art have come to life in the spectacular annual WOW Show, held in Wellington, New Zealand – attracting delighted audiences of around 60,000 people.

Each year, six themes are introduced to inspire creators. Three of these are recurring: Aotearoa, Avant-Garde, and Open. The remaining three are unique to the year; they are Air, Neon, and Myths & Legends.

There is an inspiring archive of past winners on the website – https://www.worldofwearableart.com/explore/wearableart-archive

The application deadline for designers outside of New Zealand is the 20th of February, 2025.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.worldofwearableart.com/competition/entry-information


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Of Interest: Felting Festival in Felletin France

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8th European Felt Days Festival in Felletin France.

The 8th Biannual ‘Journées Européennes du Feutre‘, also known as The European Felt Days Felting Festival, will occur in Felletin, France, from the 25th to 27th of April, 2025. The festival will feature various activities, including a fashion show, a craft fair, an exhibition, and workshops.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.felletinpatrimoine.com/jef/

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Call for Journal Submission: Felting, Wet or Dry – Surface Design Association

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Surface Design Association (SDA) is seeking proposals for its quarterly journal. The theme of the spring issue, ‘Felting: Wet & Dry’, is likely to be a subject to which our feltmaking readers might like to contribute.

SDA states, “We truly value the work, viewpoints, and perspectives of our members and fiber community and would love to hear from you.” Editor’s note: We interpret this to mean that writers do not need to be members of SDA.

Proposals Due: the 10th of January.

Learn more about journal submissions here on the SDA’s website – https://www.surfacedesign.org/journal/journal-submissions/

The online form to submit proposals can be found here – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrjkk3jYwRt-PvyD0tSgrqvA8fjI5iE6SuvYMceC6MFMoXjQ/viewform

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Open Call: RHA Annual Exhibition Accepting Submissions

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The Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts (RHA) Annual Exhibition is accepting submissions for next year’s 195th RHA Annual Exhibition. It is Ireland’s largest and longest-running open submission exhibition, and it will be open to the public from Monday, the 26th of May, to Sunday, the 3rd of August, with free admission at all times.

Open to all artists working in painting, drawing, print, sculpture, photography and architecture – the RHA Annual attracts a large public and critical audience.

Editor’s Note: there is a recap of last year’s exhibition of the few pieces which included textile materials – https://feltmakersireland.com/2024/07/30/exhibition-final-week-of-the-rha-annual-show/

Entry deadline: 23rd February, 2025.

For more information, visit the RHA website – https://rhagallery.ie/rha-annual/

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Open Call: International Hat Art Competition –  Chazelles-sur-Lyon, France

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Hopefully, this competition will resonate with our hatmaking members and readers!

There is an open call for the 15th edition of the ‘International Hat’s Art Competition‘ biennial, organised by the Atelier-Musée du Chapeau (Hat Museum) in Chazelles-sur-Lyon, France.

Approximately one hundred hats are selected and are displayed during a summer exhibition. A celebratory weekend featuring a fashion show includes a prize-giving ceremony and a warm welcome for creators.

This year’s theme is ‘The Art and Manner,’ reflecting on the many connections between hats and the arts. The panel, led by Stephen Jones, will feature various professionals from the fashion and millinery industries.

“Participants are encouraged to submit a design inspired by a piece of art, to reinterpret an artwork, or even to invent a hat where there is none.”

For more information and to register, visit the museum’s website – https://www.ateliermuseeduchapeau.com/en/international-hats-art-competition/

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Reminder: Golden Fleece Award Application Deadline is Friday

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The mission of the Golden Fleece Award is to provide resources for practising contemporary visual artists and makers to innovate and develop their artistic vision. In the previous year, only 20% of the applications received for the Golden Fleece Award were made by craft practitioners. Let’s change that this year!

The annual award supports artists working in all forms of visual, craft and applied arts at critical junctures of their careers. Applicants should reside in, or originally from, the island of Ireland.

Two €10,000 awards will be made in 2025, one in each of the two categories: Visual Art and Craft + Applied Art.

The submission deadline is 5pm on Friday, the 29th of November, 2024.

Note: Just over 240 applications were received for the 2024 Golden Fleece Award – 197 for Category 1: Visual Art and 45 for Category 2: Craft + Applied Art! (This is a much smaller number than applicants to the Arts Council of Ireland’s Agility Award. According to their Twitter/X, “We received a record number of 3,279 applications for our 2024 Agility Award”). 

One can also read the past Golden Fleece Award applications to understand the judging better.

For more information, visit the Golden Fleece Award’s website – https://www.goldenfleeceaward.com/

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Open Call: Dwell Here – Two Residencies at IMMA

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The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) welcomes expressions of interest for TWO residencies—Dwell Here: One Month Residency and Dwell Here: One Year Residency. These residencies are for practices based in Ireland or internationally to reside and practice for up to a month/one year at the museum. This opportunity invites practices working across disciplines of the visual arts, design, architecture, curation, and related humanities fields.

Dwell Here offers participants a simple proposition: to commit to this time and place while thinking deeply about its urgencies. Together, we are curious to learn what can be activated or challenged through the process of dwelling.

Application deadline: 18th of Sept 2024.

For more information about the One Month Residency, see this page on IMMA’s website – https://imma.ie/whats-on/dwell-here-one-month-residency/

For more information about the One Year Residency, see this page on IMMA’s website – https://imma.ie/whats-on/dwell-here-one-year-residency/

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Open Call: Loewe Foundation Craft Prize

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The prestigious Loewe Foundation Craft Prize is now open to applicants. It seeks to acknowledge and support international artisans of any age (over 18) or gender who demonstrate an exceptional ability to create objects of superior aesthetic value. The Foundation aims to highlight craft’s continuing contribution to our time’s culture by identifying work that reinterprets existing knowledge to make it relevant today.

Deadline: 30th of October.

For more information, visit their website – https://craftprize.loewe.com/en/craftprize2025

For inspiration, visit the impressive archive of the award’s past finalists and winners – https://craftprize.loewe.com/en/craftprize2024#archive

There is an interactive online exhibition site with behind-the-scenes images for last year’s finalists and winners – https://craftprizeexhibition.loewe.com/

Lastly, other than basketry, there aren’t that many textiles among the past finalists. However, in 2023, Liam Lee was awarded for his needle felted furniture – https://craftprize.loewe.com/en/craftprize2023#craftprize2023

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Open Call: Presenters Needed for Textile Talks

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The Surface Design Association seeks innovative proposals from artists who want to present at one of SDA’s 2025 recorded Textile Talks.

Videos of past talks can be found here – https://vimeo.com/user116604186

The deadline is the 30th of September, 2024.

For more information, visit this webpage – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemOoOivfM_iFK-rC1a0eu-n8TG7HgH0efCbzJcrC0zVZU9HQ/viewform

Textile Talks partners also include @QuiltAlliance, @InternationalQuiltMuseum, and @saqaart

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Open Call: Applications for Irish Design Week 2024 – DCCI

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The Design and Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) is delighted to announce that applications are now open for Irish Design Week 2024.

From workshops to panel discussions, your event can play a key role in making this year’s Irish Design Week truly aspirational. This year’s theme is ‘Imagination for Opportunity’.

Funding is available for selected events that are looking to be part of the story.

Application deadline: 1st of September, 2024.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.dcci.ie/whats-on/irish-design-week/about-dcci-design-week/

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