Quilt National '27 explores the expanded field of quilting, showcasing textile-based contemporary art and fiber as a medium for material inquiry. The exhibition features works that interrogate surface, structure, labor, gender, and politics, merging craft, design, and fine art while repositioning quilt-making within contemporary art discourse. The work must be composed of at least two layers and must be held together by elements that merge all layers, and are distributed throughout the surface of the artwork.