The Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Gallery is planning exhibitions for December 2022 through March of 2024. Artists living within 250 miles of Knoxville are encouraged to submit proposals.

This premier, not-for-profit gallery, located just west of The University of Tennessee, programs eight exhibitions per year, showcasing regional artists working in a wide variety of styles, media, and genres. The gallery can only show work that is two-dimensional and ready to hang in a professional manner. Work must be appropriate for audiences of all ages and will be decided on by the art committee. The TVUUC Art Gallery Committee reserves the right to pair artists for two-person exhibitions but will also consider artists for one-person exhibitions as well as group shows by arts organizations. Exhibitions typically run for two months.  

To learn more about TVUUC, please visit our Web site: http://www.tvuuc.org.  

The nonrefundable entry fee for submitting a proposal is $30 per individual artist or $60 per official organization. The gallery provides publicity (including show postcards) and hosts a reception for the artist(s) whose work is selected.  

Individual artists have the option of submitting their work by email or physically delivering their submission to TVUUC. Email submissions will be sent to Kate McCullough at  kateswaterart@gmail.com Artists will submit an online package to Kate or a flash drive (to the church or to Kate with prior arrangement) with eight to ten images of the work (or type of work) they wish to show, a one-paragraph bio with name, address, phone, email address, a  brief artist statement and an image list including title, size and media. Include payment with proposal. If submitting by email, please send or deliver a check for $30 in payment to TVUUC (memo to the Art Committee). If submitting a physical package with flash drive, please include your $30 check in the package. JPG images are required, approximately 1MB in size, labeled with title, size and artist’s name. (Example: JohnDoe_BusyCityStreet_22x30)  

Art must be original and created by the artist. 

Organizations will submit everyone’s images and info in one group submission. Package will include a flash drive with 2-3 representative images of each artist’s work, and a one paragraph bio 

with name, address, phone, email address, a brief artists statement and an image list including title, size, and media per artist. 

Proposals must be received by Monday, August 22, 2022 

Art Gallery Committee 

Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church 

2931 Kingston Pike 

Knoxville, TN 37919 

Artists will be notified by September 18, 2022. 

The church takes a 15% commission for every sale. 

For further information please e-mail kateswaterart@gmail.com 

Application as follows:

TVUUC Art Gallery Application Form DUE August 22, 2022 

To be submitted with other required materials described in call to artists.

Name_____________________________________ 

Address_________________________________________________________________ Phone______________________email________________________________________ 

Artist’s statement:  ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 

Include a $30 check payable to TVUUC with the notation “Art Committee” and your name plus 8 to 10 JPEG images of your work with titles, size and artist’s name. See Call to artists for complete details 

List with title, size and medium of images submitted: 

Title Size Media

1_______________________________________________________________________ 2_______________________________________________________________________ 3_______________________________________________________________________ 4_______________________________________________________________________ 5_______________________________________________________________________ 6_______________________________________________________________________ 7_______________________________________________________________________ 8_______________________________________________________________________ 9_______________________________________________________________________ 10______________________________________________________________________