January 21 – March 9, 2025
Art + Design Juror: TBA
The Ewing Gallery is now accepting entries in the Fall of 2024 for the 2025 Annual Student Art Competition. The Annual Student Art Competition is free to enter for all currently enrolled students of the University of Tennessee.
What is the Annual Student Art Competition?
The Ewing Gallery’s Annual Student Art Competition is one of the oldest juried student art competitions in the country – now in its 78th year. All works on exhibition and prizewinning entries are selected by outside jurors who are unaffiliated with the School of Art or the College of Architecture and Design.
Who can enter the Annual Student Art Competition?
Any student with a valid UT ID may enter the competition.
What can I enter?
FINE ART OF ALL MEDIA, DESIGN, and ACADEMIC PAPERS!
You can enter Fine Art and Design entries to be considered for the exhibition that takes place in the Ewing Gallery.
All media is permitted for consideration for the gallery exhibition.
You can also enter Art History and Architectural History academic papers written for a UT class or independent study to be read by an outside juror for a separate competition. Academic paper entries do not count toward your total limit of 4 entries in the fine art and design competition. Students may enter up to 3 academic papers.
Entries in both competitions are considered for cash prizes.
More details about entry rules can be found in the instructions on the entry forms linked below.
Use the following links to submit entries for the Ewing Gallery’s Annual Student Art Competition
More guidelines and rules are included on each entry page. Please read all submission instructions and rules carefully. Failure to follow submission instructions may result in your entry being disqualified.
- ART + DESIGN ENTRIES: tiny.utk.edu/77EWING
- ART HISTORY + ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY PAPERS tiny.utk.edu/78PAPER
SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR ALL ART AND DESIGN ENTRIES: November 1 at midnight
SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR PAPERS: DECEMBER 11 at midnight
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTED ENTRIES: November 25
ART AND DESIGN DROP OFF: December 6, 9, 10,11, 12 at the Ewing Gallery
COMPETITION DATES: January 21 – March 9, 2025
WORK PICK UP: March 10, 10am-4pm at the Ewing Gallery
What can I win?
Every year the Ewing Gallery gives away THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS in cash prizes.