ATA International Student Award Application Form

Award: ISA Application Form

Information
The ATA Student Award will be presented annually to a student enrolled in a college fiber program. The fiber program may be located in any country. The award will consist of $750. In addition, the winner’s work will be featured in the ATA newsletter, Tapestry Topics. All applicants will receive a one year student membership in the American Tapestry Alliance.

Award Criteria
A panel of three judges will judge the submissions on the basis of the following criteria:

  • excellence in tapestry technique
  • an awareness of the textile ‘language,’
  • creativity in imagery

For the purposes of this award, woven tapestry is defined as hand woven, weft faced fabric using discontinuous wefts.

IMPORTANT PAYMENT INFORMATION! PLEASE READ! Please note that the following countries do not have Paypal facilities – Belarus, Burma (Myanmar), Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Iraq, Liberia (Former Regime of Charles Taylor), Persons Undermining the Sovereignty of Lebanon or Its Democratic Processes and Institutions, North Korea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Syria, Western Balkans. The American Tapestry Alliance will not be able to accept submissions from these countries. In addition to this, some countries may have Paypal facilities but certain areas do not have an agent that can deal with Paypal. Please make sure that you are in a country/region that has both a Paypal facility and an agent that can deal with Paypal.

Application
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Award: ISA Application Form

  • Please visit ATA's website for full description of the award: https://americantapestryalliance.org/awards/ata-international-student-award/
  • Award Criteria
From their submitted images and their artist’s statement, applicants must illustrate that hand-woven cloth is an integral part of their artworks’ structure and that it is also central to the student’s artistic concepts. Traditional tapestry, experimental woven structures, and multimedia work will all be considered.
  • IMPORTANT PAYMENT INFORMATION! PLEASE READ! Please note that the following countries do not have Paypal facilities - Belarus, Burma (Myanmar), Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Iraq, Liberia (Former Regime of Charles Taylor), Persons Undermining the Sovereignty of Lebanon or Its Democratic Processes and Institutions, North Korea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Syria, Western Balkans. The American Tapestry Alliance will not be able to accept submissions from these countries. In addition to this, some countries may have Paypal facilities but certain areas do not have an agent that can deal with Paypal. Please make sure that you are in a country/region that has both a Paypal facility and an agent that can deal with Paypal.
  • Application
    Fill in the fields below. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
  • Discuss conceptual and technical approaches to your studio practice and how the two are integrated into created the submitted artworks. Approx. 250 words.
  • Discuss your development as a textile artist. Approx. 200 words.
  • Max. file size: 200 MB.
    Upload a scan of your student ID.
  • Max. file size: 200 MB.
    Upload an annotated list of submitted images with the title, dimensions, date, materials, technique and photo credit.
  • A minimum of three artworks is required, with one overall image and one detail for each work. The submitted images must illustrate the development of the applicant’s studio practice from earlier works to current work. Images should be 150 dpi jpegs, 1920 pixels in the longest dimension. Images must not be cropped to exclude the edges of the artwork.
  • Max. file size: 200 MB.
    Upload Image #1. If you are having difficulty uploading the image, please email separately to ataaward@americantapestryalliance.com.
  • Max. file size: 200 MB.
    Upload Image #1, detail. If you are having difficulty uploading the image, please email separately to ataaward@americantapestryalliance.com.
  • Max. file size: 200 MB.
    Upload Image #2. If you are having difficulty uploading the image, please email separately to ataaward@americantapestryalliance.com.
  • Max. file size: 200 MB.
    If you are having difficulty uploading the image, please email separately to ataaward@americantapestryalliance.com.
  • Max. file size: 200 MB.
    Upload Image #3. If you are having difficulty uploading the image, please email separately to ataaward@americantapestryalliance.com.
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    Upload Image # 3, detail
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    Upload Image #4. If you are having difficulty uploading the image, please email separately to ataaward@americantapestryalliance.com.
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    Upload Image #4, detail. If you are having difficulty uploading the image, please email separately to ataaward@americantapestryalliance.com.
  • Max. file size: 200 MB.
    If you are having difficulty uploading the image, please email separately to ataaward@americantapestryalliance.com.
  • Max. file size: 200 MB.
    If you are having difficulty uploading the image, please email separately to ataaward@americantapestryalliance.com.
  • Having trouble with this form? Please email info@americantapestryalliance.org if you would like help.
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