Cliff Edge: Textile Art on the Brink
Textile Open Call
You are invited to submit work to this TEXTILE call out.
EXHIBITION DATES: 2 - 12 OCTOBER 2026
EXHIBITION DATES: 2 - 12 OCTOBER 2026
Brief
Cliff Edge captures the precarious moment where textile art stands today: between tradition and innovation, craft and concept, material and message. Like the literal cliff edge of Cromer — where land meets void, and stability gives way to erosion — this showcase will explore how textile artists confront sudden shifts, high stakes, and the possibility of collapse or transformation.
Themes explored
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Disruption: Works that challenge norms of textile practice, pushing boundaries of form, function, and meaning.
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Risk: Pieces that embrace fragility, impermanence, or political urgency.
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Tension: Threads pulled taut between past and future, identity and abstraction, comfort and confrontation.
Key dates
- Deadline for submission: Monday 24 August 2026
- Selection panel meets: Second week in September 2026 and will include – Kate Farley, Jessica Loveday, Sandra Morris
- Artists notified by 13 September 2026
- Delivery of selected work, in person to Artspace on the Prom, West Promenade, Cromer, NR27 9FA. Preferably Tuesday 29 September 2-4pm or Sunday 27 September 4-6pm. Should you have to post/courier your work we will provide details.
- Exhibition opens Friday 2 October 11am – 4pm daily
- Private View: Friday 2 October 5-7pm
- Artist in Conversation: Thursday 8 October 6pm
Collect work:
Thursday 15 October 10am-12pm. Please arrange for collection at this time if possible as we have no storage space. However, let us know if you need to make arrangements for a courier to collect or for postage or for collection on a different day.
Size of work
Please bear in mind the size of the gallery – see gallery plan and measurements, plus photographs on the website.
Commission
If you would like to sell your work Cromer Artspace will take 20% commission