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The Austin Peay State University Department of Art + Design
55th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition

This competitive juried show honors the Department of Art + Design's outstanding student artists for their hard work and creativity. The show is professionally juried from outside Austin Peay State University, emulating the practice of real-world art shows. The exhibition showcases the array of artwork produced by students during the past academic year and gives students the opportunity to participate in a professional exhibition where a qualified juror selects artwork and artistic merit awards.

Reception and Awards Ceremony: Wednesday, April 26, 2026, 5:30 - 7 p.m., The New Gallery

Prospectus and Call for Entries

Eligibility: Works must have been produced between January 2022 and March 2023 and not exhibited in previous juried student exhibitions at APSU. To submit work, entrants must have been enrolled during the 2022-2023 academic years at Austin Peay State University. All media are eligible for submission, but must be completed by the date of entry; no work may be changed or altered after entering.


Entry Fee: No Entry Fee

Entry Limit: 4 Entries per person

Dates:

  • Mon., Feb. 20 – Online Portal for submissions opens
  • Fri, Feb. 24 - Online Submissions due by 11:59 pm
  • Wed., Mar. 1 - Students notified on, or prior to, this date
  • Tue, Mar. 28 - Wed., Mar. 29 - All accepted work due in The New Gallery ready-to-hang
  • Mon., Apr. 5 – Physical Exhibition opens
  • Wed, Apr. 26 - Reception and awards, 5:30-7 p.m. Physical Exhibition closes.
  • Thurs., Apr. 27 – Artwork Pickup begins. 10a-3p
  • Fri., Apr. 28 – All works must be picked up by 3p. (see pick-up times at bottom of prospectus)

Juror:

Courtney Adair Johnson is an artist and curator based in Nashville, TN. She is the Gallery Director of the Department of Art and Design at Tennessee State University and Co-Builder of McGruder Social Practice Artist Residency (M-SPAR). Johnson is a self-proclaimed reuse artist whose passion is creating conversations on consumption and waste habits. With her public and academic work, she finds importance in information sharing and working on topics of social justice, history, and cultural and neighborhood preservation. Johnson has led reuse projects with Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Tennessee Craft, and Springboard for the Arts (Fergus Falls).

Awards:

Awards will be presented at the Reception/Awards Night on April 27, 2021. The visiting juror will designate the following awards from the selected artwork:

  • Best in Show - $300
  • Juror’s Recognition Award (2) - $100
  • Personal Expression Award - $100
  • Best Craftsmanship Award - $100
  • Best Concept Award - $100
  • Applied Art History Award - $100
  • D&D Co’s, Inc. Merit Award - $100
  • Plaza Art Supplies Foundations Award (2) - $50
  • Frist Art Museum Student Membership Award (2) - $25

The Art+Design Faculty will designate the following awards from the selected artwork:

  • Faculty Choice Award - $100
  • *CECA Purchase Awards - $1000 in purchase awards
  • *Hazel Smith Student Art Collection Award - $200 purchase award (3-dimensional work)

*awards only available to those works that are marked ‘for sale’

General Guidelines for Entries

The filing of entry forms is an agreement to all terms and conditions in the prospectus.

Submissions:

Submissions are accepted via ArtCall.org (see Department of Art + Design website for details/link). Each artist may submit up to four (4) pieces for consideration. All media encouraged: Animation, Ceramics, Drawing, Illustration, Intermedia, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Graphic Design, Foundations (Foundations I, II, III, Drawing I & II), Video and Time-based art. Accepted submission formats: .jpeg, .pdf, .mp3, .mp4, .mov.

2D Entries: Photography, printmaking, drawing, illustration, collage, painting, foundations work can be submitted via .jpeg (min. 540px/max 1920px longest size). Graphic design works can be submitted via .pdf or .jpeg (min. 540px/max 1920px longest size).

3D Entries: Ceramic works, sculptures, installations can be submitted via .jpeg (min. 540px/max 1920px longest size) along with accompanying detail or alternative view (2nd side view).

Video and Time-based Media: Animation, performance, experimental can be submitted by .mp3, .mp4, or .mov files (video no longer than three (3) minutes must be presented for juror's review). For longer videos, please submit a video still (.jpeg) along with a URL link directing the juror to the full video. For ‘dimensions’, please list the time duration of the piece.


Collaborative Works and Group Projects: Every piece that bears the student's name counts as one of their total number of entries (i.e., entering one collaborative piece means each student can submit no more than 3 other pieces).

Jury Process and Notification of Juror's Decision:

The jurying process will be conducted with consideration for juror discretion and the following constraint: the amount of physical space. Excessively large work or works in sets will decrease the total number of accepted works, thus they will be juried more stringently.

Acceptance Notifications will be sent by email via ArtCall. A list of accepted works will be posted outside the Department of Art + Design office as soon as possible after the jurying process.

 

Below is a quick tutorial you can watch to help you with the submission process.