CALL FOR ENTRIES – ARTAPESTRY7

ETF (European Tapestry Forum) is calling for entries for its Seventh European Tapestry Triennial exhibition, ARTAPESTRY7.

The submission deadline will be January 1st. 2024.

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.

ARTAPESTRY7 will open in July 2024 at Deutsche Textile Museum, Krefeld, Germany, and touring to KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad, Denmark in January 2025, Kulturcentrum Ronneby, Sweden and we collaborate with three other venues in Europe which 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 2019 or later).

It must be a minimum area of 1.44m2 (e.g.120 x 120cm or 60 x 240cm) and should not be larger than 400cm 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 Bio/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 email.

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 e mail to e mail:
  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 than1st January 2024. 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 end of January.

ENTRY FEE:
The entry fee of 50 Euros must be paid, in Euros only, 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

Bank transfer in Denmark 7045 1414455

PayPal mail@tapestry.dk

JURY:
Work will be selected by an independent jury of three experts in their field.

The full jury for ARTAPESTRY7 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:

1. Livia Papai, tapestry-artist Hungary

2. Dr. Isa Fleischmann-Heck. deputy Director for European Textiles and
Clothing, Deutsches Textilmuseum Krefeld

3. Prof. Clio Padovani, SFHEA, Fashion and Textiles Department, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton

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 by you, in advance.

SALE OF WORKS:
European Tapestry Forum will charge 10 % commission on works sold from the exhibition. All works remain with the exhibition for the duration of the tour. Please indicate sales and insurance price only in Euros.

For further information contact:

EUROPEAN TAPESTRY FORUM Telephone: +45 26 70 20 24

Secretariat

Anet Brusgaard e mail: mail@tapestry.dk

Kastelsvej 6, O.G.

DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark