Apply for a SDA Award / Grant

Michelle Sirois-Silver, Personal Development Grant, sample of non-traditional technique and materials that will be integrated into the Decay and Repair themes, Sample 3, 2009/2010;  wool, silk, copper wire, glass beads, paint, hand hooked, pulled and wrapped threads; woven with 28 gauge copper wire, eyelets, stitches, french knots, paint on linen.

Grants:

Awarded to an SDA member or area group to foster excellence in surface design.

  • Personal Development Grant To support creative activities and scholarship of SDA members Deadlines - March 1, October 1
    Guidelines - PDF

  • Small Event Grant
    To support program-related expenses for local and regional SDA member activities Deadlines - March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1
    Guidelines - PDF
Kathy Goddu, Sarah Haskell, Phyllis Harper Loney and her husband, Katherine Harding and Libby Barrett at Altering Matters, New Work by Maine Members of the Surface Design Association. Harding applied for and won an SDA Small Event Grant 2010 to help fund the project.

 

Awards:

Given to SDA members who have shown excellence in the field of surface design.

  • Award of Excellence
    To increase awareness of SDA by rewarding creative and innovative applications of surface design for a work of art in an exhibition
    Guidelines - Word Document

  • Outstanding Student Award
    To increase awareness of SDA by rewarding the innovative work of students
    Deadline - April 1
    Guidelines - PDF

  • Creative Promise Award for Student Excellence
    To recognize excellence in a body of work by two outstanding students, one undergraduate and one graduate
    Deadline - June 1
    Guidelines - PDF
Adrienne McKenzie, 2010 Creative Promise Award Recipient for her work exploring costume design. Pictured here is Autumns Jolly.

Helpful information about applying for a grant or award can be found below in two SDA Newsletter articles by Bette Levy.

Winter 06 Issue          Winter 08 Issue

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Check out this "intriguing alliance of textile innovation, high fashion & art" now on in Paris through July 14.


Futurotextiles
www.coolhunting.com
Fabric grown from wine, wooden textiles, strawberry lace and more




Surface_Design: Exhibition of Emily Richardson Fiber work at @LaSalleUniv http://t.co/9y1Y6uvVsM
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Yong Ho Ji re-purposes used tires to sculpt striking animal forms:


http://yonghoji.com/db/index.php?%2Fomnivorous%2Fbear%2F
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Surface_Design: Barbara Shapiro will be teaching A Greener Indigo at @OLLISFState June, 2013. http://t.co/WQvc22DzqR
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See work of Fiber ForeMother Ruth Asawa at Christie's NYC until 5/31. Learn about her, here:


Dream Weaver
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Retrospective of this mid-century sculptor is her first solo show in New York in 50 years.




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Artists/Designers from around the world are invited to submit works of "art/wear" for this ab/fab fashion show. Deadline is August 23.


Jack Millikin Centre - Saskatchewan Wearable Art Gala 2013
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Craft & Folk Art Museum (LA) has been yarn-bombed with 8000 granny squares from around the world!


Cover Photos
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Surface_Design: Anna Carlsons' Designing the Self: Patterns of Order and Disruption at Gallery 1639 in St. Paul. http://t.co/tHiKJRCJGl
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Planning a trip to NYC this summer? Go see Punk get romanticized at the MET:


PUNK: Chaos to Couture
www.metmuseum.org



Surface_Design: Kathy Weaver will be teaching at @Arrowmont in the beautiful Smokies Sept 29-Oct 5. http://t.co/Pbgdj6bHck
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Russia-born Olga Elman is now a Texan & creator of Tioli Girl ab/fab felted fashion. Get your hands on it at our upcoming conference in San Antonio!


Tioli
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Tasha Lewis (IN) transforms public spaces with magnetized cyanotype butterflies, here:


Guerilla Sculpture
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SURTEX - the annual art & design sales event (MAY in NYC) tapped past SDA President Jason Pollen to judge 2013 designext competition for emerging textile designers. Check out his comments on the process on his blog, here:


Jason's Planet
jasonpollen.blogspot.com



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Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga's solo show at Southwest School of Art (during SDA's upcoming conference in San Antonio) gets a shout out on local PBS channel, here:


Watch now: ARTS | KLRN Video
A local artist uses modern materials to weave creations representative of her roots.



Surface_Design: Virginia/West Virginia SDA Regional Exhibit at Craddock-Terry Gallery, Riverviews Artspace. http://t.co/09MReg5GsE
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Another big fiber moment, happening now:


Orly Genger in Madison Square Park / NYC
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Orly Genger, an artist who deploys masses of rope in eye-popping ways, has created an installation of 3 enclosures for Madison Square Park.




Surface_Design: Line by Line: Drawing Explored at Detroit Artists Market now to May 24 featuring http://t.co/YJzOr7HL0Z
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Judy Pfaff, renowned artist & professor at Bard College (NY), has been elected into American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Big score for use + visibility of textile mixed media...


Judy Pfaff Studio
www.judypfaffstudio.com



Surface_Design: MARILYN HENRION "The Evolution of A Fiber Artist" Now available on DVD! http://t.co/cCPIGw6mKF
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Now on SDA NewsBlog:


In the Loop 3: Knitters Unite in UK
www.surfacedesign.org
Whether or not you use looping techniques to express your ideas, you'll enjoy this glimpse of those who do. Let knitter Adrienne Sloane take you to a recent international confab in the UK, where she encountered lots of local color - along with some knitting royalty.




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