Each year, our Information Tent sells souvenir items with unique artwork designed by a local artisan and selected to represent the Festival for only one year.
Submit Your Artwork for Consideration
We are seeking original high school student artwork submissions for our annual festival t-shirts and tote bags.
The winner of the contest will receive:
- A check for $250.00
- Artist recognition: biography, photo, and artwork in the festival catalog
- A festival t-shirt
- Two tickets to the 2025 Fall Fiber Festival for October 3 th or 4 th
- The pleasure of seeing their artwork on hundreds of t-shirts and totes!
Art Submission Requirements:
- Must be your original artwork of fiber related animal(s) For example: sheep, alpaca, goat,
rabbit, sheepdog - Entry should be on paper NO SMALLER than 8.5×11
- Line drawing in pencil or pen and ink
- Any shading must be done in stippling or crosshatch- no grey
- Name, grade, high school name and student phone number must accompany entries
- See an example of last year’s winning entry below!
If you would like to have your artwork considered for the 2026 Festival – please submit it to [email protected]. The selected artist will be paid a fee of $250. Artwork must be received by May 15, 2026 to be considered. The artwork needs to have dimensions of 8″ wide X 6″ high or smaller and should be black and white image only.
See Below our Amazing 2025 Artwork!
2025 souvenirs featured art by Sophia Smith!
Artist Sofia Smith is a senior at Tandem Friends School. For as long as she can remember, there has been marker smudged on her fingers or paint speckled on her arms. Everywhere she’s been, art has been there with her. As a young child, she was always highlighted in her school art shows. She takes great pride in her involvement with the art community in Charlottesville, such as being exhibited at the High School Art Show at McGuffey Art Center and attending and assisting the Virginia Governors School Reflections Program. As a young artist, a large focus in her art has been teaching other young people about the power of art. Her current artistic pursuit is her Art for Charity club. The Art for Charity club is a community service club that partners with local organizations and charities to serve the community through creative expression of art. She has led the club in designing and painting a mural to bring awareness to the local food drive at the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank and many other similar projects. She drew specific inspiration for her work exhibited at the Fall Fiber Festival from a drawing she did as a young girl on the back of a diner menu. The drawing displayed a group of animals playing instruments and singing. She found joy in playing off of this idea from so long ago. Her design of fiber animals playing bluegrass instruments is a tribute to her childhood memories and the bluegrass culture of central Virginia.
See below for some sample images of our amazing 2025 souvenirs!
