FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Suzanne Cada
PO Box 2506
Knoxville, TN 37901
(865) 523-7543
sc@knoxalliance.com
www.knoxalliance.com

Call for Entries: Arts in the Airport Exhibition

(02/09/2010/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.  The selected art will feature contemporary 2-dimensional artwork and will be exhibited in the secured area behind McGhee Tyson Airport’s security gate checkpoint from April 23 – October 21, 2010.

The deadline for entries to be received is Friday, March 19, 2010.
> Download a prospectus and application: PDF / Word

No entry fee.  Each artist may submit up to five entries which must be original works in the following categories: Painting, Graphic Arts, and Photography.  3-D works cannot be accommodated at this time unless they can hang on a wall.  Download a prospectus and application above, or send an SASE to Suzanne Cada, Arts & Culture Alliance, PO Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901.  The Arts & Culture Alliance, with assistance from Stephen Wicks of the Knoxville Museum of Art, will jury the exhibition.  Final approval is the purview of the Airport Authority.  Prizes include $1,000 in cash awards. Information: 865-523-7543.

View the current exhibition at: www.knoxalliance.com/album/airport_fall09.html.

“Arts in the Airport” is sponsored by the McGhee Tyson Airport and Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville.
 
About the Arts & Culture Alliance
The Arts & Culture Alliance serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions.  The Alliance receives financial support from the Tennessee Arts Commission. www.arts.state.tn.us
 
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