Artist Expressions of Interest - 6th Textile Triennial

Expressions of Interest will open from 10am, Wednesday 5 March and will CLOSE 5pm, Monday 5 May, 2025.

Expressions of interest are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, age groups, emerging artists and established practitioners.

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Expressions of interest will be accepted from artists living and working in Australia.
The panel will not consider any materials submitted, other than those identified in the Submission Checklist.
EOI’s will be assessed on this application that includes two written responses, a portfolio of work (provided as images) and an artist CV.
Artists are not required to propose a new work until accepted to Stage Two. A panel will be convened in July 2025 to make an initial selection of artists.
Where an artist is selected for the 6^th Tamworth Textile Triennial, the artist authorises the reproduction of images of their work, their artist statement and CV in the catalogue, education kit, website, promotion and other material produced for the 6th Tamworth Textile Triennial.
Expressions of Interest received electronically or postmarked after the closing date will not be accepted, no exceptions.

Stage One (5 March 2025 – 5 May 2025)

A panel will be convened in July 2025 to make an initial selection of artists. The factors they will consider will include:

Artistic expression — works that reflect a diversity of cultural ideas
Collaboration — works that extend practice through an engagement with innovation and technology.
Creative Process — works that question convention through process and technique
Communication — through playful enquiry, works that employ a rich visual language through narrative and image
Materiality— works that demonstrate sensitivity to the innate and unique qualities that textiles offer: tactility, structure, surface, colour, attention to detail, pattern, a rich history
Interrelated— works that move between disciplines, traditions and contemporary

Stage Two (June, 2025)

Artists selected in Stage One will be invited to submit a detailed proposal in response to a theme to be determined by the curator. The curator will also arrange a suitable time to visit with artists in their studio.

Stage Three (August, 2025)

Artists selected for the 6th Tamworth Textile Triennial will be advised early August.

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Conditions of Entry

Expressions of interest will be accepted from artists living and working in Australia.
The panel will not consider any materials submitted, other than those identified in the submission and images sections.
Where an artist is selected for the 6th Tamworth Textile Triennial, the artist authorises the reproduction of images of their work, their artist statement and CV in the catalogue, education kit, website, promotion and other material produced for the 6th Tamworth Textile Triennial.
Expressions of Interest received after the 5pm, Monday 5 May, 2025 will not be accepted, no exceptions.

I have read and accept the conditions for submitting an expression of interest to participate in the 6th Tamworth Textile Triennial.*

Submission

Please outline your current practice, including concepts, processes and materials. Any images can be uploaded in the next section. Maximum 600 words.*

Please describe your reasons for wanting to participate in the 6th Tamworth Textile Triennial. Any images can be uploaded in the next section. Maximum 600 words.*

Please upload the following to support your Expression of Interest.

Curriculum Vitae (Maximum two pages)*

Images

Upload a maximum of 10 images (provided as JPG; please include your name in the title of each file; maximum jpg size is 15MB)

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Artist Expressions of Interest - 6th Textile Triennial

Conditions of entry

Selection process and criteria