CALL FOR ENTRIES
ARTAPESTRY6
ETF (European Tapestry Forum) is calling for entries for its sixth European Tapestry Triennial exhibition, ARTAPESTRY6.
Download application at the bottom of this page.
The submission deadline will be August 15th. 2020.
ETF was established by tapestry artists for tapestry artists. The organization works to encourage the continuing development of the art of tapestry weaving and holds regular triennial exhibitions as part of its intention to demonstrate the versatility of this technique and to promote it to a wider audience.
ARTAPESTRY6 will open on January 15th 2021 at KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad
in Denmark. Further venues in Europe will be announced when details are finalized. Work accepted for the exhibition will therefore be committed for two years.
DEFINITIONS
The exhibition is open to professional tapestry artists who live and work in Europe. Europe is defined of 51 countries.
For the purposes of this exhibition, ETF defines "tapestry" as a hand-woven weft-faced material with covered warp threads and discontinuous wefts.
CRITERIA
Submitted work must be designed and woven by the artist.
Work should not be more than 5 years old. (completed by 2015 or later).
It must be a minimum area of 1.44m2 (e.g. 120 x 120cm or 60 x 240cm)
Should not be larger than 400 x 400cm.
ETF's main aim is to promote handwoven tapestry, but in order to encourage innovation in the field, the jury will be open to selecting a small number of works (no more than 10% of exhibition) executed in related techniques such as jacquard weave. All works must meet all other selection criteria.
APPLICATION
The application shall consist of the following:
Completed application form, to include.
Artist's name
Title of tapestry and dimensions (in centimeters, height x width x depth)
Insurance price/sale price in Euros
Short Biog/statement/c.v.
2 views of each work, a full view and a detail
Image format
TIFF (preferred) or jpeg, 300 dpi
Colours: CMYK (preferred) or RGB
Size of image must correspond to one of two measurements: width 18 cm, or height 22cm
Image orientation. Each image must be labeled with the word “TOP” in the upper right-hand corner.
Images must be clearly labeled with YOUR LAST NAME.TITLE.tiff or YOUR LAST NAME.TITLE.jpeg.
The images should be of exceptional quality, as they are to be used for the catalogue if your work is selected. (We strongly recommend professional photos. Tapestries should be placed on a light-coloured, plain background for the photo.)
Submission of application form and Images
Images and application form must be submitted using WeTransfer or e mail.
WeTransfer is the simplest way to send big files around the world.
It is a free online service and very simple to use. 4 easy steps
Log on to https://wetransfer.com
add the ETF email address - submissions.artapestry@gmail.com
add your image and application form files,
add a message and send.
or by email to email: submissions.artapestry@gmail.com
The application will not be considered without the completed application form, correctly presented images and payment of application fee.
The jury may disqualify any work that is significantly different from the images submitted.
The Call for Entries and the Application Form can be obtained by downloading them from our website, www.tapestry.dk (PDF-file) or by e-mail inquiry here. e mail: mail@tapestry.dk (WORD-document).
Application form and images must be submitted no later than August 15th, 2020. Entries after that date and/or without payment of the entry fee will not be considered.
The results of the jurying process will be announced in beginning of September 2020.
ENTRY FEE
The entry fee of 40 Euros must be paid by bank transfer or by PayPal.
Please do not send cash or cheque.
Bank Transfer Information
Sydbank, Storegade 22, DK-6270, Toender, Denmark
Account Holder: European Tapestry Forum
IBAN No. DK8970450001414455
Swift Code: SYBKDK22
Danish to Danish account 7045 0001414455 (300DKK)
Transfer via PayPal to mail@tapestry.dk
JURY
Work will be selected by an independent jury of three experts in their field.
The full jury for ARTAPESTRY6 will soon be confirmed. As before, we are bringing together a group of distinguished professional artists, academics and curators in order to select the tapestries for the exhibition.
The jurors are:
Pawel Kielpinski, artist, professor at the University of the Arts Poznan, Poland
Leena Svinhufvud, Art Historian, Docent and curator at Finish Design Museum , Helsinki, Finland.
Andrea Milde, Tapestry-artist, Berlin, Germany.
TRANSPORT AND INSURANCE
Artists are required to send their work in sturdy, re-usable containers. Please label all packing materials with your name and the title of the work. Please include all hanging devices and easy-to-understand instructions for hanging. Please remember that the people hanging the show may not speak other languages than their own.
Cost for transport and insurance to the first venue and from the last exhibition venue to your address is entirely the responsibility of the artist. Works by artists outside the EU should be cleared through customs in advance by you.