Petite Miniature Textiles 2026

About

Wangaratta Art Gallery is now calling for entries to our biennial small scale textile exhibition, Petite Miniature Textiles 2026. Marking its 14^th anniversary, this very popular exhibition will be held from 27 June – 13 September 2026.

Petite Miniature Textiles 2026 will be curated by artist Cara Johnson. Cara Johnson’s craft-based practice interrogates tensions and narratives connected to the ways land is treated and used through material, intention and invested labour. Her practice is intertwined with her rural location in which she works in isolation, surrounded by bushland and sheep paddocks. Utilising agricultural refuse, weed plant species and what remains from regeneration projects, her work engages primarily with the jewellery vernacular to rework these materials while drawing upon tensions between people and plants, and ideas around control.

This year artists are asked to respond to the theme ‘in the detail’ and put forward works for selection which address and articulate ideas around this concept. The curator will consider work that best meets the theme (in materiality and/or concept) as well as the cohesion between the intention and the resulting work, the quality of execution and mastery of technique.

The work must also confirm to the size limit. The term miniature or in miniature is applied to any work of art produced in a size much smaller than the normal size for that type of work.

Key Dates

Applications open: Monday 24 November 2025
Applications close: Friday 27 February 2026, 5pm (EDT)
Applicants notified of selection: by Friday 8 May 2026
Delivery of artwork to gallery: between Monday 15 – Friday 19 June 2026, 9am – 5pm

How to Apply

All applications MUST be submitted online and include the following:

• Two images of each work submitted (one full image including any framing and one detail of work from different angles)
• an artist statement (200 words max.)
• a CV
• Payment reference number for entry fee

Terms & Conditions.

How to Pay

An entry fee of $30 is applicable per work submitted and must be paid using the following link. Please record your payment reference number as you will need it to complete your application.