Call for Entries
Art Quilt Australia 2025 is a juried exhibition with $9000 in prize money. All selected entries are automatically eligible for consideration for the $4000 OZQN Award of Excellence (non-acquisitive). Entries into the wool quilt category are eligible for the $4000 Expressions:The Wool Quilt Prize where the winning work is acquired by the National Wool Museum for its permanent collection. There are also $500 awards for Highly Commended in both categories.
Art Quilt Australia 2025 is open to residents of Australia and New Zealand and OZQN members worldwide. Entries close on Tuesday 15 April 2025 at 5pm (Perth time). Submission is via the online entry form only.
- Online AQA2025 Entry Form opens 15 February 2025. See below.
- Download Conditions of Entry
Art Quilt Australia 2025 will be on exhibition at the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum (YRRM) Lilydale, Victoria from Wednesday 9 July 2025 until Sunday 12 October 2025
Art Quilt Australia 2025 seeks to promote excellence and originality in contemporary art quilts in Australia with an added emphasis on quilts made of wool. Works will be assessed in terms of originality, composition, content and execution by a jury of acknowledged experts:
- Anne Kempton: Australian artist and felt maker, Anne Kempton runs Timeless Textiles, a Gallery and centre for fibre arts and artisans in the beautiful Hunter region of New South Wales.
- Dijanne Cevaal: Dijanne specialises in dyeing, printing, linocut and hand stitch. Dijanne has taught and travelled extensively around the world and is a published author of textile books.
- Mary Transom: Mary is an award-winning art quilter and tutor from New Zealand. She is well known for her sophisticated floral quilts.
Highlights from the Conditions of Entry
- Categories: Entrants may enter one quilt in each category and either or both may be selected for exhibition:
- Open Category, where OZQN defines a quilt as a stitched layered textile incorporating any material and employing any technique; and
- Wool Quilt Category. where the NWM defines a wool quilt as a stitched layered non-traditional textile employing any technique and made predominantly of wool with at least 60% of the visible surfaces (front and back) composed of wool
- No theme: The exhibition has no theme so you are free to develop your own ideas and put forward the best work from your portfolio.
- Size: Maximum height 250cm. Maximum width 200cm. Minimum perimeter 300cm (sum of all sides). For unusually sized or shaped works, including 3-dimensional and sculptural works, please contact AQA2025@ozquiltnetwork.org.au before submitting your entry to verify that it can be accommodated if it has been selected.
- Completion Date & Exhibition: Quilts must have been completed after 2 June 2023 and must not have been exhibited elsewhere in Victoria.
- Expressions: The Wool Quilt Prize: To be eligible for this acquisitive prize, the quilt must be entered into the Wool Quilt Category and available for acquisition.
- Sales: Quilts may be for sale. The nominated sale price must include 20% commission that is payable to OZQN.
- Fees: The entry fee for OZQN members is $30 for up to two quilts and for non-members the fee is $50. Artists selected must also pay an extra contribution of $30 per work for OZQN members and $40 per work for non-members. Payment may be made by credit card or direct deposit.
- Copyright: There is a comprehensive section about intellectual property and copyright, to protect the rights of artists while permitting OZQN and the National Wool Museum to best promote the exhibition and the artists whose work has been selected.
- Photography: Clear, high-quality photography is ESSENTIAL. The work should appear as you would wish it to be reproduced in the catalogue and other media. Images must be at least 1800 pixels on the longest side. The online entry form accepts images up to 5MB in size each.
Key Dates
- 15 December 2024: Call for entries announcement
- 15 February 2025 : Online entry form opens
- 15 April 2025: Entries close at 5pm (Perth time)
- 28 May 2025: Notification of selection by e-mail
- 24-28 June 2025: Delivery of work by Australia Post to YRRM
- 9 July 2025: Exhibition opens
- 12 July 2025: Opening event and awards ceremony
- 12 October 2025: Exhibition closes
- 31 October 2025: Latest date for dispatch of artwork
