Fibre Arts Australia is highlighting the contemporary practice within Art Textiles as an art form in this, the second International Art Textile Biennale.
The International Art Textile Biennale (IATB) seeks to exhibit the best of contemporary art textiles and invites submissions, from Australia and Internationally, that reflect a wide range of works related to the textile medium.
The International Art Textile Biennale (IATB) seeks to exhibit the best of contemporary art textiles and invites submissions, from Australia and Internationally, that reflect a wide range of works related to the textile medium.
TOTAL PRIZE MONIES: AU$15,000
IATB 2023 Major Award Winner: AU$8,500
Glenys Mann Award of Excellence: AU$2,500
Australian Excellence Award: AU$1,500
International Excellence Award: AU$1,500
IATB 2023 Major Award Winner: AU$8,500
Glenys Mann Award of Excellence: AU$2,500
Australian Excellence Award: AU$1,500
International Excellence Award: AU$1,500
EnTRY IS NOW OPEN!
Entry to the IATB23 is open from 3/12/2021 until 17/07/2022
Art Textiles is a term derived to express emotions and feelings using a media that has been used since the dawn of time. Traditional and non-traditional techniques being utilised in a contemporary practice, the repeated touch in these works is very gratifying.
The selected works in this award will push previously held notions of textile/fibre art, opening a dialogue about what it is to be a textile artist that makes an expression and commentary on content and concept in the 21st Century.
A well resolved concept combined with exploratory and expert use of a chosen material will be paramount for this Biennale.
From intimate reflections to huge environmental issues, the works will vary in concepts, techniques, material and presentation. There will be a common thread of innovation, experimentation beside professional practice with a focus on contemporary as never before.
The goal of the exhibition is to include innovative work rooted primarily in textile as well as art that explored unexpected relationships between textile and other creative disciplines
Fibre Arts Australia is committed to developing this significant award with it original vision and intentions so that Art Textile practitioners continue to expand, grow and inspire.
The selected works in this award will push previously held notions of textile/fibre art, opening a dialogue about what it is to be a textile artist that makes an expression and commentary on content and concept in the 21st Century.
A well resolved concept combined with exploratory and expert use of a chosen material will be paramount for this Biennale.
From intimate reflections to huge environmental issues, the works will vary in concepts, techniques, material and presentation. There will be a common thread of innovation, experimentation beside professional practice with a focus on contemporary as never before.
The goal of the exhibition is to include innovative work rooted primarily in textile as well as art that explored unexpected relationships between textile and other creative disciplines
Fibre Arts Australia is committed to developing this significant award with it original vision and intentions so that Art Textile practitioners continue to expand, grow and inspire.
The IATB23 Exhibition currently runs in conjunction with
East Gippsland art gallery
bairnsdale, Vic
Toowoomba regional art gallery
toowoomba, qld
Australian design centre
darlinghurst, nsw
moonah art centre
moonah, tas
emu park art gallery
emu park, qld
If you would like to see The IATB 2023 Exhibition at your gallery or art space, please contact us at mail@fibrearts.net.au
IATB 2023 is produced and managed by Fibre Arts Australia
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