Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry for the Vision 2020 travelling textile art exhibition. I understand that artists have many demands on their creative time and this summer has been especially challenging. I appreciate your support of my curatorial endeavours.
I selected 40 textile works (ie 20+20 – a record!) from 107 entries from 100 entrants drawn from 14 countries. Here are the Vision 2020 artists:
Christine Beardsley (Australia)
Helen Beaven (New Zealand)
Sheila Beer (Australia)
Sue Broadway (Australia)
Betty Busby (USA)
Maryte Collard (Lithuania)
Shannon Conley (USA)
Sue de Vanny (Australia)
Rachelle Denneny (Australia)
Sue Dennis (Australia)
Christine Dowell (Australia)
Dianne Firth (Australia)
Anita Fors (Sweden)
Kay Haerland (Australia)
Julie Harding (Australia)
Neroli Henderson (Australia)
Di Jobbins (Australia)
Monica Johnstone (USA)
Linden Lancaster (Australia)
Cindy Loos (USA)
Niraja Lorenz (USA)
Victoria Mansfield (Australia)
Mary McArdle (Australia)
Alicia Merrett (UK)
Mary Metcalf (New Zealand)
Alison Muir (Australia)
Wendy Nutt (Australia)
Sonya Prchal (New Zealand)
Paula Rafferty (Ireland)
Beth & Trevor Reid (Australia)
Sue Reid (Australia)
Jane Rundle (Australia)
Lucy Sattler (Australia)
Kim Simpson (Australia)
Linda Steele (Australia)
Mary Transom (New Zealand)
Candice Walker (Australia)
Alison Withers (Australia)
Rebecca Wolske (Australia)
Brenda Wood (Australia)
I will be sharing more curatorial insights over on the new Vision 2020 blog this weekend. Social media previews of the selected works will commence on Monday, 20 February 2020. I invite you to follow the reveal on Facebook Vision 2020 textiles and Instagram @vision2020textiles