One of the many benefits of membership is being eligible to enter SAQA exhibitions that travel all over the world. Our variety of opportunities is designed to satisfy the needs of members at all levels of career development.
We also offer a Virtual Gallery program, offering exhibitions crafted exclusively for the online viewer. Plus, there are many other options to share your artwork with the world. Scroll down to view them all!
SAQA Global Exhibitions
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Our shared human history includes a violent and shameful component -- that of deliberate attempts to eradicate specific populations due to differences of culture, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender expression and race.
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Abstract art uses the pure elements and principles of design to create emotions and thoughts in the viewer. Because it is so free and unbounded from the real world, the diversity of abstract art is truly stunning. In the way a poem distills a novel into a few words, let your abstract art offer the essence of an idea using the vocabulary of line, shape, rhythm, texture, color, value and composition.
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Nature produces an endless array of colors, shapes, and patterns that creatures use to fool the eye. Only when they move or are in contrasting surroundings do these animals become visible. Creatures may disguise themselves to blend in by changing color on demand or with the seasons, allowing plants to grow on them, or by evolving to look like something else.
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SAQA and Timeless Textiles, the only commercial fibre art gallery in Australia, are partnering together to present this unique opportunity for SAQA artists. A total of 60 pieces (30 artists) will be on display at Timeless Textiles in Newcastle, NSW...
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Fire is the third and final component of our elemental series premiering at the National Quilt Museum. Previous exhibitions included Primal Forces: Earth and Primal Forces: Wind. Fire can both create and consume. From prehistory, humans have harnessed the power...Virtual Gallery Calls
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Virtual Gallery of selected pieces available for viewing January 1! Landscapes, portraits, and nature can often be reconfigured successfully using geometric shapes. Or a geometric construction may resemble a real-life form. Alternatively, the subject of a quilt can be given...Other SAQA Calls
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A silhouette can capture a powerful emotion or a dramatic pose. Whether your version is a perfect outline or employs strategic cutouts to make add emphasis to your work, this opportunity is a study in the beauty of strong contrast.Other Opportunities
What's Next? Art is constantly evolving. Imagine a SAQA Global Exhibition that will be innovative and engaging. Share your vision with us! The SAQA Exhibitions Committee is asking members to submit themes we can consider for future SAQA Global Exhibitions.
SAQA has a very robust regional exhibition program which expands the variety of exhibition opportunities available for our members from juried shows to traveling trunk shows.
Interested in applying to be a Juried Artist member? Find out more by reviewing our application guidelines.
Explore some of the non-SAQA opportunities to exhibit your artwork. Note that SAQA lists these events as a courtesy, and inclusion on this page does not imply SAQA endorsement.
