Seed Stitch Contemporary Textile Awards 2020
This award is an open call-out to NSW contemporary textile artists. An exhibition at Australian Design Centre will feature shortlisted works.
This year we’re excited to announce a regional venue exhibition to follow as part of our ADC on Tour national touring program. Leveraging the relationships that we have with our tour venue partners the exhibition will tour to Tamworth Regional Gallery in late November. This is a great opportunity for shortlisted exhibitors to gain broader exposure to a regional NSW audience.
APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED
Australian Design Centre (ADC), in partnership with Seed Stitch Collective (SSC) is calling for applications from NSW textile artists to take part in the biennial Seed Stitch Contemporary Textile Awards (SSCTA) to be exhibited at ADC in October/November. Following on from the success of Seed Stitch Contemporary Textile Award 2018, ADC is thrilled to present this award for a second time in 2020.
SSCTA seek submissions from textile artists at any stage of their career residing in NSW. This is an open competition aimed at recognising highly skilled and diverse NSW textile artists.
Key dates
Monday 27 July - Applications Closed
From Monday 17 August - Notification of shortlisted artists
by Friday 2 October - Work Delivered to ADC
6-8 October - Installation
9 October - Exhibition Open
Friday 9 October - Tuesday 17 November - Australian Design Centre Exhibition
Saturday 28 November 2020 - Sunday 2 February 2021 - Tamworth Regional Gallery Exhibition
Judging Panel
Lisa Cahill – CEO & Artistic Director Australian Design Centre
Niki McDonald – Seed Stitch Collective
Special guest judges to be announced
Awards
Seed Stitch Contemporary Textile Award - $1000 sponsored by Skein Sisters
Australian Design Centre Award - Object Space Gallery window exhibition
Skein Sisters Yarn Innovation Award - $250 Gift voucher and $250 cash
We Love your Work, Seed Stitch Collective Award - $300 support towards materials, workshop or exhibition costs
Find out more about the Seed Stitch Collective here.
Image top: Christina Newberry, Vintage Puzzle 2016, Photo: Rhiannon Hopely
Image bottom: SSCTA 2018 at Australian Design Centre, Photo: Courtesy of ADC
