The Fine Art Textiles Award

The Fine Art Textiles Award (FATA) returns for its fifth year in 2023.

FATA is an international juried exhibition open to all amateur and practising artists using textiles as their medium, and offering a prize of £5,000 for the winning piece.

The Fine Art Textiles Award recognises the creative talents and skills of a broad community of high-calibre artists (including quilters) and celebrates textiles’ rightful place amongst high art.   

The winner is announced annually at our partner show, The Festival of Quilts, and we were delighted be bring both the winning work and the shortlisted entries to this year’s Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace and Harrogate Convention Centre.

This was opportunity to see first-hand work from some of the world’s leading textile artists and those that are truly pushing the boundaries of the medium. 

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    Key dates

    • 22nd May: Submission deadline
    • 29th May – 5th June: Judging takes place
    • By 19th June: Shortlisted (and declined) applicants advised (by email)
    • 10th – 23rd July: Shortlisted works to arrive with shippers Bill Bowden
    Click below to download the PDF of entry requirements and submission criteria.