2009 - 2010 call for submissions Fall 2009 Woven Work, story ideas July 15 editorial Deadline August 15 posting September 21, 2009,
Volume 5 Issue 4/ Winter 2009 Anthology with the year in reviews
Volume 6 Issue 1/ Spring 2010 Comfort Zone ( blankets, sweater, scarves old family textiles things that inspire safety: story ideas December 15/09 Editorial Deadline February 15, 2010 posting March 21,2010
Volume 6 Issue 2 / Summer 2010 Rugs and Carpets story ideas Feb 15/10, editorial deadline May 15/10, posting June 21, 2010.
Volume 6 Issue 3/ Fall 2010 Quilts, story ideas June 15 editorial Deadline August 15 posting September 21,
Volume 6 Issue 4/Winter 2010 Anthology with the year in reviews plus report from Textile Society of America Symposium from Lincoln Nebraska October 6 – 10, 2010. Volume 7 Issue 1/ Spring 2011 Wall Hangings, story ideas December 15 editorial Deadline February 15 posting may, 2011
Hazel Meyer "Snot and Tears" vintage handkerchiefs and small engines, 2006 , at Gladstone Hotel Hand Face Body exhibition 2006
• Tapestry, is it a specific method of working or a mislabeling of something that is hung on a wall.
• “Hangings” are they “Art” and /or Blankets, Rugs, Carpets, Quilts only?
• What are the construction methods; are they woven, knotted, hooked, punched, whole or pieced.
These are just a few of the words that cover a number of approaches and methods in creating the objects that, depending on scale or size that can limit or alter function, can be used for explaining and describing fibre based, textile or fabric work that is hung on walls.
Over the next two years fibreQUARTERLY wants you to explore the above “categories” of intention.
Judith Martin, Fragile as a leaf in Autumn, this quilt traveled to Japan for the Yokohama Quilt Week 2006 (November 11-13 Yokohama, December 5-13 Sendai, Japan.) in an exhibition organized by Valerie Hearder
For each edition listed above we are inviting submissions in the following categories:
Articles: We are seeking essays and profiles dealing with the different categories list above:
Histories of national, provincial, or local organizations; associations, guilds or “networks” that developed to focus on or facilitate study, creation, and promotion of specific traditional ways of working.
Profiles of Individual Artists identified as “masters” of these methods [contemporary or deceased]
Up and coming practitioners with portfolio presentations accompanied with critical examination and/ or interviews.
“Profile” of mid career artist with either interview or bio sketch
Article submissions should be 2,500- 3000 words with 4-8 images
Portfolio of up and coming artist submissions should be 750-1,000 words with 6 images
Profile of mid career artist submissions should be 1000-1250 words with 8 images
On Going Sections:
Thinking Fibre 1,000 – 1,500 words. An overview of the theme
In the Viewfinder; Between 500 – 750 words, with three images each, and a link to a website, for each news item. These Items are about production lines from up and coming artist, news about special projects showcasing collaborative exchanges focusing on “issue” for raising awareness, and/or fund raisers.
Iridescent Marsh/Marais Irisé, 1985 by Paulette-Marie Sauve Toronto Dominion Center, Canadian Pacific Tower: York Street entrance Who Made That?; textiles as Public Art: you can contribute to building a database of textile and fibre work on display in public spaces. We would like to track new work while trying to document already installed and possibly decommissioned work in two ways:
1. If you have completed a commissioned work for a public space you can submit, Images, information on the piece and space, architect/ designer construction dates, installation date material, dimensions, interior location, and address and building management. Make sure you have copyright permission to use images of the installed work, this is not necessarily a given!
2. You can also provide us with a list of work you know of with contact information for building management. Most “Public” Space is actually private, Corporate or Institutional and even when you assume it is a Federal, Provincial or Municipal government space it is still regulated and permission to photograph for publication needs to be granted from the building or government agency rather then the artist.
Compiling a list is a first step and we would appreciate your volunteer participation in this endeavour.
Reviews mini reviews of 500 words and 1 image of recently past or current exhibitions (any Bloggers that are about work seen not daily life are welcomed to have a link at anytime if there is Textile and fibre content)
After Words: a list of up and coming events or related links to regional artists. There will be time related material and non regional material edited by us included in each issue
NEW SECTION: “Retracing History”
We would like to start to explore a new function for this publication by re- presenting in digital format pivotal Survey exhibitions of contemporary fibre and textile art.
Examinations of these exhibitions would include:
Introduction:
Images with appropriate information,
Curator and artist biography that is concurrent to the exhibitions, with contemporary update,
Information on the Gallery/ Museum
Bibliography: of accompanying publications, Promotional material, Catalogue. Reviews
Nancy Herrbert: untitled: Technique Mixed (off loom) Material: Wool and synthetics,Photo provided by Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery and used with permission
fibreQUARTERLY is a non- affiliated, independent Canadian Textile and Fibre Arts/ Craft and History on-line magazine. it is produced with the volunteer contributions of artist, writers, curators and educators
 ( detail) at the Sink: 2002, textiles, chainstitched on canvas 80" X 45" by Meshell Melvin featured in fQ Gallery
New Projects Artist Directory / Registry There has been a number of request from artist to have their websites added to our links page. This would prove to be a rather large undetaking and I realize such a directory would be of use. so we are planning a separate publishing project that will list individuals, Guilds, groups, organization, galleries and annual fairs, trade shows a "One of Kind" events. there will be a sliding fee scale to be listed in this publication which will be produced in a paperless CD Rom format When our plans have been finalized we well announce then on the fQaroundtown Blog and through a mail out. Finishing School (not the Coffee Table Book)
In 1999 the Pacific Educational Press published Linda Peterat examination of "Home Economic" specifically textile eduction in classes in high school curriculum. this book "Making Textile Studies Matter: Inside Outstanding School Programmes" she documented a changing system that was directing students toward a continuing post secondary eduction in fashion or directly into the trade with a traditional skill base. While looking at the students and the textile eduction being offered in post secondary Art departments i realized there is the potential to develop this material into a book. if you are interest in this possible project let me know.
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2010/11 Editorial Schedule 
