LOTS OF CALLS!

Many mallowmars ago, I swore off lists on ArtAndArtDeadlines.com.  You guys didn’t like reading them, and I didn’t like writing them.  We’re both happier now.  However…

I received a group of Calls for Entries (none of them regional) all from the same organization, the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville (TN).  I have entered two of the four shows before and was juried into both.  I like couldn’t pass on the opportunity for you, but I also didn’t want to get the email suggesting I’m playing favorites by covering the same gallery 4 times in a couple of weeks.  My solution?  Here are four of the Calls for Art Entries in abbreviated fashion:

Knoxville’s Arts District Banner Competition

Receipt deadline: August 20, 2010
The winning design will be printed on 26 banners to be hung from street poles in the Knoxville Arts District (primarily along the 100 & 200 Blocks of Gay Street). 

Banners will hang indefinitely. 

Enter up to three designs, no entry fee.  To download a PDF application, visit www.knoxalliance.com/textfiles/artsdistrictbannerapplic.pdf.

Arts in the Airport

Receipt deadline: Friday, Sept. 17, 2010
This is a biannual juried exhibition showcasing work at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville for a six-month period. 

Enter up to five pieces of work, no entry fee. 

Up to $1,000 in awards are given.  I have work in the current exhibition now.  To download a PDF application, visit www.knoxalliance.com/textfiles/airportapplicationfall10.pdf.

Emporium Artist-in-Residence

Receipt deadline: Friday, Sept. 17, 2010
This is a biannual opportunity for college students and other young, emerging artists providing free studio space at the Emporium in downtown Knoxville as well as a solo exhibition at the end of the six-month residency. 

Free membership in the Alliance for one year. 

No application fee.  To download a PDF application, visit www.knoxalliance.com/textfiles/residencyapplicationfall2010.pdf.

National Juried Exhibition

Postmark deadline: Saturday, Sept. 26, 2010
This is an annual juried exhibition showcasing work at the Emporium in downtown Knoxville from mid-December through end of January. 

Enter up to three pieces of work for $40 ($25 for members) and three additional works for $7/each ($5/each for members). I have had work in this show 2 years in a row.  Come on folks…if I can do it, you can do it.

Up to $1,000 in awards are given.  To download a PDF application, visit www.knoxalliance.com/textfiles/Juriedapplic2010.pdf.

For all the Upcoming Exhibits, visit the website
of the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville.