Juried Exhibits

Enter your artwork to be seen on the world's stage. Small Expressions will be on view July 2024 at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum and all other exhibitions will be on view July 11 - 14, 2024 at the Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas.

A prospectus for each exhibit including description, requirements, juror, entry fees and deadlines is available online. As always, entry fees for HGA individual, household, and professional artist members are discounted. Students with proof of enrollment at an accredited institution will receive complimentary entry.

All Entry Deadlines: Extended to March 31, 2024

Learn more, find prospectuses, and enter your work here.

• Small Expressions 2024 is an annual touring juried exhibit of small-scale fiber art not to exceed 15 inches (38cm) in any direction. Juror: Pauline Verbeek

• Sunflowers to Sunsets, Wearable Art Exhibit
  sponsored by Suzoo’s Wool Works at The Sheepwalk Ranch
  features the work of juried and invitational artists. Any fiber arts technique may be used. Exhibit will be displayed first in a runway fashion show and then as a traditional exhibit. Juror: Susan Lazear

• Whirlwind of Fibers, Basketry Exhibit features functional or nonfunctional, traditional or nontraditional forms in basketry techniques. Juror: Annetta Kraayeveld

• Limitless Prairies, Limitless Sky, Yardage Exhibit is open to lengths of constructed and or embellished yardage. Any fiber arts technique may be used. Juror: Denise Kovnat

• Explorers of Wind, Wagons, and Wheat, Mixed Media Exhibit is open to work created in any media using a fiber arts technique. Juror: Jean Ann Fausser

 

Competition and Exhibit

Skein Competition and Exhibit

sponsored by Kromski North America

A spinning competition: Skeins will be judged on criteria including overall appearance, singles, plying, dyeing/blending, and appropriate presentation.

Register Your Skein

 

Invitational Exhibits

Leaders Exhibit

Features recent works created by the Convergence 2024 Leaders who teach and inspire in all areas of art.

 

Interns Exhibit

sponsored by Lyn McCormick

Features recent works created by the Convergence 2024 Interns who are students enrolled in accredited fiber arts programs in North America - be sure to see these works from the next generation of fiber artists.