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Wednesday, May 23 to Saturday, May 26. To be held in Rim Park. The Festival claims to be the largest festival of its kind in Canada and the largest visual arts festival in Ontario. Attendance is over 40,000 One thousand plus quilts will be displayed and at least a quarter of them will be auctioned off. The Ontario Juried Quilt Show has an excellent reputation for excellence and innovation showcasing the work of Ontario's best quitters. For sixth consecutive years, the Waterloo County & Area Quilt Festival has been named as one of Ontario’s top 50 festivals. The number of categories and prizes grows each year. One of the prizes is the Founders Award. This award will go to the best quilt by an artist entering a juried show for the first time. A hundred word submission will accompany the entry describing the courage it took to enter for the first time. $500 Award Sponsored by Carol Miller, founding director of the Waterloo County Quilt Festival. www.quiltcapitalfestival.com |
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