Call Description

You are invited to submit artwork utilizing any textile- or fiber-based techniques to Intertwined 2025: Contemporary Southeast Fiber Art, a survey of the best contemporary fiber art in the Southeast. The exhibition will showcase a wide range of content, materials, and techniques, with common threads of craftsmanship and passion.

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists working in one or more fiber techniques and living in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee.

LOCATION:   Turner Center for the Arts, 527 North Patterson St., Valdosta, GA 31601.

CALENDAR:  
June 20, 2025 - Call opens 
August 20, 2025 - Entry Deadline 
October 1, 2025 - Notification of acceptance via email
November 3 - 6, 2025 - Timeline for hand delivery of accepted work
November 6, 2025 - Deadline for delivery of accepted work 
November 10, 2025 – Turner Center for the Arts Exhibition Opens and Opening Reception 5-7 pm
January 7, 2026 – Turner Center for the Arts Exhibition Closes
January 8-9, 2026– Pickup/return of exhibited work

AWARDS:  The jurors will select the following awards:
1st Place - $800
2nd Place - $500
3rd Place - $300
Two Honorable Mentions - Ribbons

ENTRY FEE: $35 per entry. 

JURORS: Marcia Young and Mary Edna Fraser

Juror: Marcia Young has been immersed in the world of art and fine craft for over 30 years, as both a maker and a writer. She is the founder and former publisher of Fiber Art Now magazine and has collaborated with Schiffer Craft publishing. Most recently, she served as Executive Director of the Society of Arts + Crafts, and she is currently the editor of Quilting Arts magazine. Throughout her career, Marcia has held numerous leadership roles across the arts, fine craft, and maker communities.

She is the author of Create Naturally, a book that highlights makers whose work is deeply connected to the natural world. When not working, Marcia can often be found at the pottery wheel, sewing quilts in her studio, or spending time with her family. She lives near Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Learn more about Marica through her instagram @marcia_maker or her website youngpottery.studio

Juror: Mary Edna Fraser is a renowned textile artist who transforms aerial photographs—taken from the open cockpit of her family’s vintage plane—into luminous batiks on silk. Her work captures threatened landscapes and memories through layered wax and dye techniques, resulting in both monumental installations and intimate silk pieces. With a deep passion for the environment and a flair for large-scale, site-specific art, Fraser’s visual storytelling spans subjects from aerial landscapes to deep ocean waterscapes and outer space imagery.

A graduate of East Carolina University with honors in Interior Design and Clothing & Textiles, Fraser furthered her studies through graduate work, apprenticeships, and international training. Her solo exhibit Aerial Inspirations was the first textile exhibition at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. She has presented and taught globally, earning the Verner Award in 2016 and being named a Master Dyer by Silk Painters International in 2021. With over 100 solo exhibitions to her name, she continues to inspire, most recently teaching alongside her daughter, Reba Fraser. If you would like to learn more about Mary Edna you can visit her website at maryedna.com.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

• Submit one artwork per entry.
• Submit up to two entries (go through the entire entry process for your first artwork and then, optionally, go through the entire entry process again for your second artwork).
• Submitted work must utilize at least one textile- or fiber-based technique (interlaced, felted, stitched, dyed, coiled, knotted, printed, spun, woven, etc.) and can be of any material.
• Submitted work must be original in design and completed since January 1, 2023.
• Accepted work must remain on exhibit through January 7, 2025, with no exceptions.
• Nudes and figure studies are acceptable. Images of graphic violence, specific political agenda, and/or pornography will not be accepted.
• Work must not weigh over 50 pounds including any mounting hardware and/or armature.
• Photographic images should accurately represent your work.
• Include an overall view with up to two additional detail images for clarification. (Minimum of 1 and maximum of 3 images per entry.)
• Image files may be color corrected to accurately represent the work, but not enhanced in any way.
• Image editing is limited to cropping and adding or modifying a solid background of white, black or gray.
• Additional entry requirements:
  • Brief artist statement (less than 1,000 characters).
  • The non-refundable application fee. Online payments via credit card or PayPal will be accepted.

ENTRY SUBMISSION:

• Entries must be submitted through CaFÉ™.
• Please visit the CaFÉ™ Help For Artists page for complete instructions on how to create a free  CaFÉ™ account and information about image preparation and uploading.

SELECTION:

• The juror’s decision is final.
• If accepted work differs dramatically from the images submitted, the work will be returned to the artist and will not be included in the exhibition.
• The substitution of artwork will not be allowed.
• Please note that juror resources do not allow for personal feedback on submissions.

SHIPPING:

• All shipping and shipping insurance costs are the responsibility of the artist.
• Label all packing materials with your name.
• Work will be returned in the packing in which it was received.
• Include pre-paid return postage and shipping insurance labels or a check, payable to the Turner Visual Arts Center, with your shipment.  If return shipping is not included, you will be responsible for picking up your work in Valdosta, GA.

DELIVERY:

• Accepted work must arrive at the Turner Center for the Arts by 5 pm on November 6, 2025.
• Work may be sent by the artist's desired carrier OR it may be hand-delivered to the  Turner Center for the Arts the week of November 6, 2025 from 9 am – 5 pm.

INSTALLATION AND EXHIBITION:

• Accepted work must be received ready to display.
  • Include all display hardware with clear installation instructions.
  • Consider sending photos with installation instructions.
  • Pedestals will be provided, but you must supply any special mounts required.
  • A few mannequins will be available for your use. Please indicate in your entry if you need one to display your entry.
  • Accepted work must have a label attached to the back or base that includes your name, email, phone number, title, and price/NFS and an indication of the top of the work.
• Two-dimensional work will hang against walls.  Three-dimensional work will be free-standing or placed on pedestals.
• Installation entries will be considered only if you commit to installing and uninstalling your entry at the venue.

SALES:

• Sales of exhibited work are allowed.
• The Turner Center will take a commission on sales (30%), so price your work accordingly.
• If you choose, you may donate any portion of the sales proceeds to SEFAA (a 501(c)(3) charity) to help establish a prize fund for future fiber exhibitions.
• Work offered for sale will be sold as exhibited.
• Sold work must remain on exhibit through January 7, 2026.

INSURANCE: The galleries will insure all work displayed during the exhibition.  The artist is responsible for ensuring their work during transport/delivery.

QUESTIONS:

• Please call or email Bella Mongin at SEFAA at (678) 235-4328 or info@fiberartsalliance.org.
• Please call or email Madison Caldwell at the Turner Center for the Arts at (229) 247-2787 or mcaldwell@turnercenter.org.

Application Requirements

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

• Submit one artwork per entry.
• Submit up to two entries (go through the entire entry process for your first artwork and then, optionally, go through the entire entry process again for your second artwork).
• Submitted work must utilize at least one textile- or fiber-based technique (interlaced, felted, stitched, dyed, coiled, knotted, printed, spun, woven, etc.) and can be of any material.
• Submitted work must be original in design and completed since January 1, 2023.
• Accepted work must remain on exhibit through January 7, 2025, with no exceptions.
• Nudes and figure studies are acceptable. Images of graphic violence, specific political agenda, and/or pornography will not be accepted.
• Work must not weigh over 50 pounds including any mounting hardware and/or armature.
• Photographic images should accurately represent your work.
• Include an overall view with up to two additional detail images for clarification. (Minimum of 1 and maximum of 3 images per entry.)
• Image files may be color corrected to accurately represent the work, but not enhanced in any way.
• Image editing is limited to cropping and adding or modifying a solid background of white, black or gray.
• Additional entry requirements:
  • Brief artist statement (less than 1,000 characters).
  • The non-refundable application fee. Online payments via credit card or PayPal will be accepted.

Eligibility Criteria

ELIGIBILITY:  Open to all artists working in one or more fiber techniques and living in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Tennessee.