CQ Challenge for 2023 - DIVERSITY

Welcome to the 2023 CQ Challenge, 'Diversity'
Kay Leech, the exhibition coordinator is negotiating with venues as to whether 3d items can be shown.
It has been agreed that they can be displayed at Peebles Art Gallery, however there is no guarantee that they can be exhibited at other venues.
So put on your thinking caps, get your creative juices flowing and start planning.

'Diversity” will be a juried exhibition with selected quilts exhibited during 2024 at venues to be organised by Kay Leech, the exhibition coordinator.

There will be a charge of £15 per entry to the exhibition to cover cost of postage & transport of quilts to places of exhibition.

The timetable is set out below under Key Dates. The closing date for entries is 20th October 2023, with the selection process and the Anne Tuck Prize taking place during November 2023. You will be notified if your quilt has been chosen by the end of November and all quilts are to be sent to the CQ challenge co-ordinator by mid-December 2023.

'The Collins dictionary gives the following definitions for diversity:
  • “A diversity of things is a range of things which are very different from each other.”
  • “Diversity involves the deliberate inclusion in a group or activity of people who are, for example, of different races, genders, and religions.”

Diversity is now open for submission

Your submission

Deadline extended to 27th October 2023

Entry should be made online by 27th October 2023. Online entry enables us to automatically generate labels and lists for exhibition. If online submission is not possible or, if you are unable to send an image by email or to complete the online entry form, please contact the challenge co-ordinator (email address below).

An image upload is required:
Please email an image of your quilt, showing the entire, completed quilt. It will be used in the selection process and therefore should be of excellent quality and at least 2MB.

Please title yor image in the following format
firstname_lastname_title
eg: janine_pound_diversity.jpg

Please email to
cqchallenge_contemp@quiltersguild.org.uk

By submitting an image of your quilt and the entry form it is implied that you accept that the image may be used by CQ for promotional purposes and on the website.

The entry form will ask for:
  1. Your name, address, email, telephone number, and Guild membership number
  2. The title of your piece
  3. An artist statement (max 150 words) on your inspiration, design concept and techniques/materials. You must acknowledge input from others (e.g. printing fabric at a workshop or using a commercial printer).
  4. You will have the option to enter for the Anne Tuck Prize, the eligibility requirement is outlined below.
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The Rules

  1. The theme, 'Diversity', can be interpreted in any way you choose.
  2. The work must be new and conform to the general definition of a quilt, being at least two layers with a reasonable amount of stitch holding the layers together.
  3. The edge treatment should be finished to exhibition standard and in keeping with the style of the quilt. E.g. it could be faced or bound or left raw depending on the style of your quilt.
  4. Size: minimum 50x50cm, maximum 100x100cm or anything in between providing there is no dimension less than 50cm or larger than 100cm.
  5. 3d: Peebles Art Gallery can exhibit 3d pieces, other venues have yet to be confirmed.
  6. Any styles, techniques, or materials can be used.
  7. A hanging quilt will require a 10cm wide D-shaped sleeve attached to the back, set 1.25cm from the top edge and 2.5cm from the sides unless it has an integral hanging sleeve. It must be able to accommodate a wooden batten. Details of how to make a D-shaped sleeve can be found on here. Display requirements for 3D pieces will be provided if they can be accepted.
  8. A label must be attached to the back of the quilt giving your name and the title of the quilt.
  9. Quilts must be available for any further exhibitions during the following 30 months.
  10. A 20cm square sample using the same fabrics and techniques as the main work must be submitted. This should demonstrate the look and feel of the quilt. It will be used in the selection process and in the sample books that are displayed at exhibitions. It must be labelled with your name and title of the quilt.

The Anne Tuck Prize

Anne Tuck was a founder-member of The Quilters’ Guild and also of Contemporary Quilt and her family donated funds for an annual prize in her memory. 
The Anne Tuck Prize is awarded for an outstanding entry into Contemporary Quilt’s Challenge by an exhibitor with under three years' membership of CQ, and not an established textile artist. To be chosen at the time of selection for the CQ Challenge exhibition. The prize of £180 is to be used to enable the winner to attend a course or workshop to further their quilting skills. 

The 2023 winner will be chosen from the quilts entered for the 'Diversity' CQ Challenge and their quilt will tour with the collection irrespective of whether it was selected for the main touring exhibition.

Key Dates:

1st October 2023 - Entry Forms will be available online
20th October 2023 -  Entry Forms submitted and photographs to have been emailed.
A 20x20cm sample to be with the Challenge Co-ordinator.
Mid - end November - Entrants will be notified if their quilt has been selected for the “Diversity” collection and of the results of the Anne Tuck Award.
19th December - All successful quilts are to have been received by the challenge co-ordinator.
Challenge co-ordinator:
Janine Pound cqchallenge_contemp@quiltersguild.org.uk
(tel: 01883 653100;
Address: Annsway, Upper Court Road, Woldingham, Surrey, CR3 7BF)


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