Central Goldfields Art Gallery (CGAG) will present the Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Award from 28 June to 12 October 2025. The Award showcases contemporary art quilts from around Australia
The artist whose work has been selected as the winner of the Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Award, 2025 will receive $3,000. The winning work will become part of the Gallery's permanent collection.
Come and see the Award winning quilts and vote for your favourite for the People's Choice Award ($100).
Judges:
Linda Steele, President, Ozquilt Network Inc
Helen Kaptein, Art Gallery Coordinator, Central Goldfields Art Gallery
Prizes:
$3,000 Acquisitive Award
$500 Highly Commended Award
$100 People’s Choice Award
Criteria for participation in Golden Textures:
Must be an artist living in Australia.
Only one entry per artist.
Entries must be:
created from two or more layers of fibre-like material
held together with stitches or piercings
identifiable as an art quilt
an art quilt that has been created in the last 2 years
Three-dimensional art quilts are encouraged.
Entry forms to be submitted to CGAG by 5pm Friday 4 April 2025 using the online entry form.
Cost of entry is $10.00. Only one quilt per artist can be submitted to the Award. Please call 03 5461 0610 to make the payment by telephone. Please retain your receipt number to include on the entry form below.
Notification of outcome of finalists in the Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Award will be made by 4 May 2025.
Successful finalists are required to deliver their quilt to CGAG by 4pm Friday 6 June 2025.
Note: Once onsite at CGAG, quilts will be insured.
At the conclusion of the exhibition, artists are requested to organise the collection of their quilt at their own expense.
To submit an entry in the Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Award please fill in the entry form below.
Sandra Champion, ancient pathway 15, 2023, deconstructed papers, vintage silks, scrim, acrylic mediums, inks and stitching are used to make paper textile. Measuring 74 x 73cm. © Sandra Champion. Reproduced with permission of the artist. Central Goldfields Art Gallery Collection.
Suzanne Lyle, Crown of Thorns, 2020, cotton fabric and cotton thread. 42cm (h) x 42 cm (w). Central Goldfields Art Gallery Collection (CGAG.0167). © Suzanne Lyle. Reproduced with permission of the artist. Central Goldfields Art Gallery Collection.
Sue Reid, Australian Print, 2019, textile painted, hand and machine embroidered and quilted, 124 x 105cm. Central Goldfields art Gallery collection (CGAG.0148). © Sue Reid. Reproduced with permission of the artist. Central Goldfields Art Gallery Collection.
Judy Hooworth, Creek Drawing #16, 2017, hand painted, mono printed and stitched cloth, 1830 x 1400mm. Central Goldfields Art Gallery Collection (CGAG.0147). © Judy Hooworth. Reproduced with permission of the artist. Central Goldfields Art Gallery Collection.
Ruth de Voss, Banksia Spill, 2014, textile, hand-dyed, machine pieced, machine quilted using Procion fibre reactive dyes, cotton homespun, cotton linen blend and cotton batting, 1190 x 1070. Central Goldfields Art Gallery Collection (CGAG.0142). © Ruth de Vos. Reproduced with permission of the artist. Central Goldfields Art Gallery Collection.
Susan Matthews,
Coastal Life 2, 2013, cotton fabrics, commercial silk fabric, polyester threads, eco dyed silk fabric, fabric printing ink. Procion dyeing, linocut printing, raw edge applique, free motion stitching, eco dyeing, 1080 x 1480mm. Central Goldfields Art Gallery Collection (CGAG.0139). © Susan Mathews. Reproduced with permission of the artist. Central Goldfields Art Gallery Collection.
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