ENTRIES NOW OPEN: Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Award 2027

Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Award 2027

Central Goldfields Art Gallery will present the 2027 Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Award from 12 June to 10 October 2027.

We invite you to submit an expression of interest to participate in the Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Award 2027.

Our aim is to showcase contemporary art quilts by Australian artists and to foster enjoyment and appreciation of this unique art form.

A $3,000 prize will be awarded to the artist whose quilt is selected as the winner. The winning quilt will then become part of the permanent collection of Central Goldfields Art Gallery.

In addition, we are pleased to offer:

• $500 Highly Commended Award

• $100 People’s Choice Award

Judges: Sue de Vanny, Textile artist and Winner of the 2025 Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Award and Helen Kaptein, Coordinator, Central Goldfields Art Gallery.

Launch of the Golden Textures exhibition and announcement of the Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Award: 2pm Saturday 12 June 2027. All welcome.

ENTRY CRITERIA

Entries must:

• be created by an artist who lives in Australia

• be created from two or more layers of fibre-like material

• be held together with stitches or piercings

• be identifiable as an art quilt

• have been created within the last two years

Three-dimensional art quilts are particularly encouraged.

Terms and Conditions

1. Entry forms to be submitted to Central Goldfields Art Gallery by 11pm Friday, 2 April 2027 using the online entry form - click on the ENRTY FORM button.

2. Cost of entry is $15 (to support administration costs). Please make the payment through this booking platform (Humanitix). Only one quilt per artist can be submitted to the Award. Please retain your ticket as proof of entry submission.

3. Notification of outcome of finalists in the Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Award will be made by Sunday 30 April 2027.

4. Successful finalists are required to deliver their quilt to Central Goldfields Art Gallery or Central Goldfields Shire Council by 4pm on Friday 21 May 2027.

NOTE: Please contact the Gallery if you have any difficulty with your entry form or need to amend your details, thank you. Call 03 5461 6600 or email cgsc.art@cgoldshire.vic.gov.au

Featured banner image: Art Quilt by Sue de Vanny, Unguarded Moment, 2024. A collage of cotton fabrics: commercial printed fabrics and hand-dyed fabric on a hand-dyed background. Free motion thread painting and quilting. Yarn couched edging. 109 x 166cm. Winner of the 2025 Golden Textures Contemporary Art Quilt Award. Central Goldfields Art gallery Collection.