Call for Entries: Arts in the Airport Exhibition

Sculpture by Doug Gruizenga, "Thoughts of Colleen" using welded aluminum. Image by Jeaneane Payne.

KNOXVILLE – The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville and the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority (McGhee Tyson Airport) announce a call for entries for the next “Arts in the Airport”, a juried exhibition developed to allow regional artists to compete and display work in the most visited site in the area. Approximately 40-45 fine art works encompassing all styles and genres from both emerging and established artists will comprise the exhibition in the secured area behind McGhee Tyson Airport’s security gate checkpoint from October 16, 2014 - April 8, 2015.

The deadline for entries to be received is Sunday, September 7, 2014.

The call for entries is open to all artists 18 years and older residing in the 33 counties of East Tennessee. Each artist may submit up to five entries which must be original works in the following categories: 2-D (painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, photography) and 3-D (sculpture of all media). Giclees are ineligible. The nonrefundable entry fee is $30 for up to five works (free for Arts & Culture Alliance members). The $30 entry fee includes a six-month membership in the Arts & Culture Alliance. Apply online and/or download an application at www.knoxalliance.com/airport_entry.html, or send an SASE to Suzanne Cada, Arts & Culture Alliance, PO Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901. Prizes include $1,000 in cash awards.

Joshua Bienko teaches Drawing at the University of Tennessee and will jury the exhibition. More information about the program, as well as images of the current exhibition, can be found at www.knoxalliance.com/airport.html.

Published July 25, 2014