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

(07/28/2009/Knoxville) – The Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville and the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority (McGhee Tyson Airport) announce a call for entries for the “Arts in the Airport Exhibition”, 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 October 23, 2009 – April 22, 2010. The deadline for entries to be received is Friday, September 18, 2009.

> Download a prospectus and application (4 pages) - WORD / PDF

Or send an SASE to Suzanne Cada, Arts & Culture Alliance, PO Box 2506, Knoxville, TN 37901. The call for entries is open to all artists 18 years and older.  Each artist may submit up to five entries, which must be original works in the following categories: Painting, Graphic Arts, and Photography.  No entry fee.  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.

“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 by assuring their creative, financial, and operational well-being.
 
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