SAQA Calls

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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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...
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Blue is a primary color, crucial to the creation of other hues. This exhibition invites you to explore the color blue and what it represents to you.
Virtual Gallery Calls
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What might be normal for some, may be experienced very differently by others with various mental health issues. This exhibition asks artists to make works related to neurodiversity that will help visually relate experiences and create conversations around mental health issues. Curated by Brandon Wulff
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Art quilters have taken the traditional form of a quilt and moved it to the wall. Now we ask you to explore pushing the form off the wall into three dimensions. Create art that can stand on its own, hang from the ceiling or has added dimension on the wall. Curated by Andrea Finch
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In our daily lives we are surrounded by fabric. Many of these fabrics are mass-produced and bypass the more traditional ways of working with cloth. Old world handicrafts, such as weaving, hand-dyeing and hand embroidery are being lost.
Other SAQA Calls
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Red and white. Blue and green. Purple and yellow. The contrast of two strong hues makes an impression like no other combination. Enter a moving piece made from two colors--no shades or tints allowed--in this Member Gallery that is all about contrast.
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If you've always dreamed of creating an exhibition, this is the perfect opportunity. The Virtual Gallery Committee is now accepting applications for Volunteer Curators. The deadline to apply is April 30, 2024. Curating is an exciting form of creative expression...
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Be part of SAQA’s most-anticipated fundraising event! Donate a 12 x 12-inch art quilt to support our exhibition and outreach programs. This year's auction will take place online from September 15 through October 8, 2023.
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Interested in having your artwork included in the first SAQA exhibition in print? This brand new SAQA Journal Gallery will be published as a special expanded SAQA Journal filled with page after page of art quilts. This issue (published in...
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.