SAQA Calls for Entry

One of the many benefits of membership is being eligible to enter SAQA exhibitions that travel all over the world. Our variety of shows--from the trunk show, regional exhibitions, quilt venues and art venues--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 opportunities to share your artwork with the world. Scroll down to view them all!

Have a great idea for an exhibition? The Exhibitions Committee is now accepting submissions for future exhibitions.

 

SAQA Global Exhibitions
View Exhibition Guidelines
Sensational! Read More
Sensational! (SAQA Global Exhibition) - Call for Entry
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See it, touch it, hear it. Let your artwork engage the senses in this no-theme exhibition that will allow viewers of all ages to experience textile art in ways not usually allowed. Embrace the challenge to create art that is appealing not just visually, but also through sound, touch, or interactive components.
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Fungus Among Us (SAQA Global Exhibition) - Call for Entry
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You are invited to explore the fascinating realm of fungi, from the delicate gills of mushrooms to the expansive, invisible mycelium networks beneath our feet. Celebrate the diversity, mystery, and interconnectedness of fungi in all their forms.
Color in Context: Green Read More
Color in Context: Green (SAQA Global Exhibition) - Call for Entry
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Green is the color of new growth breaking through soil, of moss clinging to old stone, and of algae growing on the surface of a still pond. How does the color green breathe life into your own creations?
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Child's Play (SAQA Global Exhibition) - Call for Entry
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Whether you’re reflecting on your own early memories or interpreting a child’s perspective, this lighthearted and imaginative exhibition welcomes artwork that captures the innocence, humor, and vividness of seeing the world with a fresh perspective.
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Desert Stories (SAQA Global Exhibition) - Call for Entry
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This new, exciting exhibition is a collaboration between Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute and SAQA. The museum seeks to inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the (Sonoran) Desert.
Virtual Gallery Calls
About the Virtual Gallery Program
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Pathways (SAQA Virtual Gallery) - Call for Entry
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Every day we use pathways to take us from one place to another place. They are places that our feet travel, essential but transitional spaces that take us where we want to go. Which pathways do you use and how...
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Money, Money, Money (SAQA Virtual Gallery) - Call for Entry
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From the national and regional currencies to cryptocurrencies, money is a faith based tool we earn, acquire, spend, borrow, save and gift. We use it to consume, produce, impress, manipulate and control. For a concept that has absolutely no tangible...
Other SAQA Calls
Benefit Auction Read More
2026 SAQA Benefit Auction - Call for Submissions
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Be part of SAQA’s most-anticipated fundraising event! Donate a 12 x 12-inch (30.5 x 30.5 cm) art quilt to support our exhibition and outreach programs. This year's auction will take place online from September 11 through October 4, 2026.
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SAQA Trunk Show (Call for Submissions)
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SAQA’s traveling trunk shows are designed to showcase SAQA’s diversity of talent and support our mission to “promote the art quilt.” Audiences at locations around the world are able to engage with the art quilts in an up-close and personal...
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SAQA Journal - Flying High
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What does success mean to you? This Member Gallery theme reaches new heights as it seeks images of happiness and glee--or, you know, planes, birds, or superheroes. This theme seeks to be a takeoff on joy that lands with panache.
Other Opportunities
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Regional Calls for Entry

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.

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Juried Artist Guidelines
Interested in applying to be a Juried Artist member? Find out more by reviewing our application guidelines.
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Other Calls for Entry
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.