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Great Lengths Award Winners

First Place: Loretta Oliver, Crossing Straits
Second Place: Catherine Ellis, Fields
Third Place: Jane Dunnewold, Autumn
Honorable Mention: Nicki Bair, It's Raining Beetles
Honorable Mention: Lynn Nickerson, Red Bamboo
HGA Award: Sarah Fortin, Escalante Slots

	Great Lengths HGA’s Convergence 2006 Grand Rapids Yardage Exhibit Exhibit: June 23-August 13, 2006 Gerald R. Ford Museum Grand Rapids, Michigan An international juried exhibit featuring lengths of constructed and embellished yardage Jurors: Anna Zaharakos and Margaret Dunford Anna Zaharakos, a product and textile designer, is the founder of Studio Z Textiles. Studio Z designs extensively for GuildThreeSixty and has developed a large number of textile programs for many customers in the contract furniture industry. Margaret Dunford is Vice President of Design at GuildThreeSixty. She has been a textile designer for 28 years for leading manufacturers in both the contract and automotive industries. Local exhibit coordinators: Liz Oppewal and Diane VanderPol, Chairs Local host: Michigan League of Handweavers

Jurying	The juror will independently screen all slides and make the preliminary selection of all work in the exhibition. Accepted work is subject to final approval by the jurors’ representative after the actual work arrives at Gerald R. Ford Museum. Work that differs significantly from the slide representing it may be ineligible for the exhibition and may be returned to the artist. Submission to Great Lengths implies that the artwork on the slides will be, if chosen by the jurors, available for the exhibition and that the artist understands that all accepted work, without exception, must remain for the duration of the exhibition.
Eligibility	This exhibit is open to all artists working with constructed and/or embellished yardage. Two pieces may be entered per artist. Pieces must be originally conceived and created by the entrant: it should be one-of-a-kind, unpublished, not previously exhibited at a Convergence, and completed within the past two years. The size of the finished work must be a minimum of 18 inches (45.7 centimeters) in width and 3 yards (2.7 meters) in length and may not exceed 60 inches (1.5 meters) in width, 10 yards (9.1 meters) in length and 40 pounds (18.1 Kg) in weight. Work executed under classroom supervision is not eligible.
Entry Procedure	Send completed entry form, signed artist’s agreement, and nonrefundable entry fee to HGA. Entry fees can be paid by check or money order in US funds or drawn on a US bank, made out to HGA or charged to a credit card. For each entry, send two slides: a full view and a detail of the work and an 8 inch x 8 inch (20.3 cm square) swatch with edges finished neatly and ready for display. An identification tag needs to be attached to the back of the swatch.   full view detail Slides should be submitted in a slide sheet or individual pockets. The only mark on the slide should be a single colored dot in the top right hand corner. Do not label slides; label slide sheet or pockets only. The slides and swatches will become the property of HGA/Convergence 2006 Grand Rapids and may be used for HGA slide kits, publications and other promotional purposes. Non-accepted entry slides and swatches will be returned only if an adequately-sized self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with sufficient postage is included. Incomplete entry forms will be returned to the artist.
Presentation of Work	All accepted entries must be sent ready to show and exhibit. Accepted entries may use the swatch submitted for jurying as a touch panel in the exhibit for visitors to handle. All entries must remain on display until the conclusion of the exhibit.
Shipping	Shipping instructions will be sent with the acceptance notification. Artists are responsible for the costs of sending and the return shipping of their work and for insurance during transit. Valid credit card information is required to guarantee return shipping. Updated credit card information will be requested with the acceptance notification. NO hand delivery or hand pick-up of work will be allowed. No exceptions. Any entry that cannot be returned due to invalid or expired credit card number, incorrect address, etc., will become the property of the host guild.

Awards	First, second and third place awards will be selected by the juror. Additional special criteria awards may be available. For updates please check the HGA Web site (www.weavespindye.org).
Calendar	Any entries postmarked after these dates will be returned unopened. International entries: January 9, 2006 US entries: January 16, 2006 Jury notification sent: March 15, 2006 Accepted entries due: May 15, 2006 Exhibition dates: June 25-August, 2006 Return of work: September 8, 2006
Sales	Work on exhibit will not be for sale.
Liability	NLFM/NARA will insure the borrowed object up to its fair market value at the time of the loan when insurance is required as a condition of the loan. The coverage purchased will be an all-risk, wall-to-wall fine arts policy subject to the standard exclusions. If the lender wishes to insure the loaned object itself, rights of subrogation with respect to NLFM/NARA and the U.S. Government must be waived or NLFM/NARA must be provided with a certificate of insurance that names the U.S. Government as an additional insured. NLFM/NARA shall not be responsible for any error or deficiency in information furnished to the lender's insurer or any lapses in coverage. The amount payable under an insurance policy is the sole recovery available to the lender in event of loss of or damage to the loaned object. During return shipment, the insurance regulations of the shipping company will be in effect. The artist must provide any additional insurance.

Return: completed entry form with signed artist’s agreement two slides per piece entered with dots indicating the top right-hand corner 8" x 8" swatch of fabric per entry with ID tag attached entry fee—check, money order in US Funds, or valid credit card information

To: Great Lengths Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. 1255 Buford Highway, Suite 211 Suwanee, GA 30024 USA

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