Call for Submissions: Nature, Being & Technology | Changing Landscapes Symposium

International Contemporary Textile & Fibre Arts Exhibition & Symposium

Open Call for Submissions:
Nature, Being & Technology
International Contemporary Textile & Fibre Art Exhibition

Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025

November 7 – December 8, 2025
The Cotton Factory, Hamilton
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Nature, Being & Technology aims to explore the integration of technology into historically handmade practices and how manufacturing and digitalization is changing the landscape of contemporary textile/fibre arts and societal perceptions of applied technology.

Materializing imagination and finding expression for stories has been the nature of humans driving evolution. Textiles hold and carry our history of being in this world. Through the innovative minds behind textile and fibre art creation we will discover forms of the future.

Inauguration for the group exhibition will be November 7, 2025 concurrent with the opening of internationally celebrated contemporary fibre artist Egils Rozenberg’s exhibition Signs of the Time.

Submission Requirements & Key Information

Application form and correspondence languages:
English

Eligible participants:
Canadian & International artists

Form:
Submitted works must relate conceptually or in practice to the medium of contemporary textile/fibre art and explore the theme of Nature, Being & Technology.

A submitted portfolio must contain:

• A current photograph of the artist
• Contact information: name and surname, city and country of birth/residence, telephone number, e-mail address, date of birth
• A bio of the artist (maximum 2000 characters with spaces)
• Colour photographs of the work(s) shown against a neutral background and presented in a manner similar to their planned presentation in the exhibition. Each work must be labelled with a title, year of production, technique and materials, dimensions, and a short conceptual description (maximum. 500 words)
• Set up instructions on how best to attach your work to a wall
• A short description of your relationship to Nature, Being & Technology (maximum 500 words)

To apply for the open call & for all inquiries:
Please email nobacontemporary@gmail.com

Changing Landscapes
International Contemporary Textile & Fibre Art Symposium

November 22, 2025, 9:30am – 6:00pm EST
The Cotton Factory, Hamilton
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Changing Landscapes is a one-day event that will explore themes around the evolutionary incorporation of technology into hand made practices with presentations, round table discussions and a hands-on workshop, all live-streamed for a broadly accessible cross-continental experience.

Canadian and International artists, academics and specialists in the field will be presenting in person and remotely including Megan Price (CA), Fuzzy Mall art (CA/US), Vita Plume (LV/CA), Kristina Austi( (LT/NO), Ilze Godlevskis (LV/CA), Ieva Krumina (LV/CA), Jacopo Alonzo (MX), Kadi Pajupuu (EE), Jonatan E. Jurowski (PL), Beatrijs Sterk (NL), Maja Gecic (SRB).

This event includes a Baltic style catered lunch and closing cocktails with a viewing of the group exhibition Nature, Being & Technology and Egils Rozenbergs Signs of the Time.

For questions, please contact nobacontemporary@gmail.com

Exhibition & Symposium Location:

The Cotton Factory
270 Sherman Avenue North
Hamilton, ON L8L 6N4
www.cottonfactory.ca

NoBa – North Baltica Contemporary Arts was founded by Latvian/Canadian artists who aim to support contemporary art and design on an inclusive platform in a collaborative environment. North Baltica – expresses their presence on the continent of North America while their history stems from the Baltics. Baltica refers to the area of the Baltics before borders and countries were defined. In this way North Baltica represents a place without borders and a focus on international, cross-continental inclusion through the expression of contemporary art.

Flowing through the world due to personal, political and aspirational situations, we evolve what it means to be ‘from’ somewhere and how our identity transforms through these shifts. Contemporary art expresses the concepts of our current human condition in a way that is still undefined and open to interpretation.

Through the presentation of contemporary art we can see through the eyes of another imagining different path travelled on our timeline. Contemporary art teaches us about alternative approaches and perspectives while disclosing personal stories where we can find the elements that unite us yet make us individuals.

NoBa believes it is important to form strong connections with artists and communities both in person and virtually, creating the strength and dynamism that bonds the members of this group to their country of origin and connects them to sharing with creatives throughout the world.

Through the interdisciplinary art practices of NoBa members, we recognize that a creative mind is the life force that gives support through the challenges of displaced living and cultural adaptation through growth, sharing and expression of personal identity.

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