Intertwined 2025: Contemporary Southeast Fiber Art Call for Entry
You are invited to submit artwork utilizing any textile- or fiber-based techniques to Intertwined 2025: Contemporary Southeastern Fiber Art, a survey of the best contemporary fiber art in the Southeast. The exhibition will showcase a wide range of content, material, and techniques with the common threads of craftsmanship and passion.
This call is 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. The entry deadline is August 20, 2025.
Intertwined 2025 will be exhibited at the Turner Center for the Arts in Valdosta, GA from November 10, 2025 through January 7, 2026.
CALL FOR ENTRY:
You are invited to 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, material, and techniques with the 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
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
If you are interested in submitting, please click the button in the right-hand corner; it will direct you to CaFÉ, where you will make your submissions.