Connections: Tennessee Art Education Association Member Exhibition will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2021. The exhibition, which premiered in 2011, will feature artwork created by Tennessee art educators, offering teachers the opportunity to display their talents and to be honored for their accomplishments in a professional environment. The art educator exhibition also provides an excellent venue to place in full display the relationship or “Connection” that exists between exemplary student art, the work that Tennessee’s talented art instructors create, and the high-quality programming that the TAA provides in its summer enrichment experiences.
Connections: Tennessee Art Education Association Member Exhibition is a juried show open to all current 2020-2021 TAEA members. No more than two (2) entries per member may be entered and must be in the form of high-resolution JPGs (minimum 300 dpi). Please crop to show artwork only (crop out mat, etc.). Please label each image with the full name of the artist, title, medium, and size of the piece. For example: John Smith -“Sunrise”-painting-30x40. E-mail images to: artzylibby@gmail.com. Please include your cell phone number and mailing address with your email submission! All entries must be received by March 31, 2021.
The first-place winner will receive a cash award of $200 and the artwork will be published in the TAEA Newsletter, on the TAA website, and in a special TAA virtual exhibition video. Cash awards for second and third place and honorable mentions will also be awarded. For questions please call Libby Lynch at 731-695-3127 or e-mail artzylibby@gmail.com. You may also contact the TAA office by phone (615-460-5451) or email (taa@belmont.edu).
The Best of the Best and Connections exhibitions are co-sponsored by the Tennessee Arts Academy and the Tennessee Art Education Association. Special thanks to Jim Dodson, the 2021 TAA Best of the Best coordinator and the founder and creator of the Best of the Best and Connections exhibitions. Additional thanks to TAA’s Visual Art Director Libby Lynch and TAEA’s Virginia Nix who serves as the 2021 coordinators of the Connections exhibition.
