BC – Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival – 2009 “Fibre, Naturally” — Greater Vancouver Weavers & Spinners Guild

Paper Like You Have Never Seen it Before

The exhibit, Fibre, Naturally, will take place at Emily Carr University, Granville Island, in the Concourse Gallery from August 10 through 16, 2009. Pieces from the exhibit will then travel to the Port Coquitlam Visual Arts Centre for 3 weeks, and to Fibre Works Gallery on the Sunshine Coast also for 3 weeks, through to Sept 13, 2009.

Submission Information:

Jurying will be by digital image. Images may be sent on line or on by mail on CD. For specific image requirements see below.
All artists applying must be members of either the Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts (VGFA), or the Greater Vancouver Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild (GVWSG).
All works must incorporate at least 50% paper, Tyvek, or other like material as approved by the steering committee.
A $10 entry fee for up to 2 pieces of work, payable to the Vancouver Guild of Fibre Arts (VGFA), must accompany the entry form.
All work must have been completed after January 1, 2008.
Work must be original in design and execution. All work must be ready for display with any custom hanging materials or display props included. Please indicate these on your entry form as well.
The steering committee reserves the right to reject any works which do not match the submitted images.
No submission materials will be returned.

Timeline:

January 31, 2009: submission information and entry form available on Guild websites. www.vgfa.org or www.gvwsg.com
June 1, 2009: all online entries or mailed entries must be received by 5pm. Online entries may be sent to annihunt [at] mac [dot] com. Mailed entry fees, payable to VGFA, or CD entries and fees may be sent to Anni Hunt, 3332 Mathers Ave., West Vancouver, V7V 2K5.
June 8, 2009: emailed notice of acceptance/non-acceptance will be sent. Accepted entrants with no access to email will be phoned.
June 10, 2009: print ready digital images of accepted works must be received at annihunt [at] mac [dot] com by 5pm.
August 3, 2009: All accepted works, clearly labeled with the artist’s name, address, and contact information must be delivered to Anni Hunt at 3332 Mathers Avenue, West Vancouver, V7V 2K5. Make sure your packaging material is also clearly labeled with your name and address, with return shipping arrangements on the outside wrapping. Please contact Anni by email to confirm your delivery arrangements – courier, mail, or by hand, and to confirm she is able to accept your work at that time. If a work requires special display materials or accessories these must accompany the work unless previous arrangements have been made with the steering committee.
August 10, 2009, Exhibit opens at the Concourse Gallery, ECU (time to be determined)
(Dates and arrangements for return of work TBD) If work is to be returned by mail or courier, prepaid packaging must be included.

Insurance: Further information on this will be added to the web site at a later date.

Sale of Work: If sold, works may not be removed by the purchaser until after the last exhibit – Sept 13, 2009. Exceptions may be made under special circumstances by arrangement with the steering committee. If a work is sold the artist will receive 60% of the sale price and the exhibiting gallery and organizing committee will receive 40%.

Submission materials:

Whether online or by mail each entry must include
An artist’s statement about the work;
A description of materials and techniques used
A one page cv, including a list of recent exhibitions
A completed entry form for each piece submitted

Digital images: a front view and a detail, and in the case of 3-D pieces, a back view. Maximum 3 images per entry.

Entry fee of $10.00 for up to 2 entries.

Images:

Images for jurying must be in jpeg format, 72ppi, and no larger than 300 x 355 pixels.
Print quality images for accepted works should be of the front view only, must be 300ppi jpeg files, and no larger than 2625 pixels by 3375 pixels.
If you do not know how to create files to these specs, please go to the CCBC website, www.cabc.net, click on news, and go to the Sept 2008 Call for Entry for the Cheongju Biennale; From there click on Image Preparation Guidelines
Please name your files as follows: use the first 3 letters of your last name followed by the first 3 letters of your first name and the number of the image. For example Joan Smith would call her files smijoa1a, for the front view; 1b for the detail, and 1c if there is a 3rd image. For the second piece it would be smijoa2a, and so on. If selected, name the print quality images the same, with the addition of the letter p at the end – thus: smijoa1ap.
Selected images will be used for publicity purposes. Image quality will affect your chance of being selected for this exhibit and your work being featured in our promotional material. Tips: use a plain background when photographing your work, and be sure the object stands out from the background. Good lighting will help this and can enhance texture and other details.