And destinations aren’t the only changes coming to mcgee Tyson airport. The art gallery for passengers is getting a refresh and you can be part of it. Our blunt county reporter Libby Cunningham explains how having work featured in the arts in the airport exhibit helps local artists
Slices of East Tennessee that greet people visiting or coming home to our region. Arts in the airport has been around for more than 15 years and you have until March 10 to submit your work. Knoxville Arts Alliance Executive director Lisa Zenni says winners will see the new gallery up soon.
Looking at the end of April Chloe Wack, a University of Tennessee graduate art student has seen her work in two airport shows. She says the gallery shows snapshots of her life intertwined with her passion for print making. She’s sold some prints to passengers too
And says it’s exciting to see her work when she’s traveling. The two times she’s been in the gallery are personal, the prince that was actually based on a baby photo of my partner Nick, um which he thought was kind of funny to have in the airport.
A photo collage of my friend landed and I is also a graduate student going roller skating. Chloe says she supports other friends in the show too by taking selfies with their art and the pieces in the gallery. Give people a glimpse into the soul of East Tennessee for
People who haven’t been here before to see kind of how active the local art scene is here. Knoxville is really uh an artist led town black isn’t the only person who’s benefited from being in the show. Zenni says numerous artists are getting paid after they submit a piece and we’ve
Sold over 100 and $18,000 worth of artwork to people traveling through the airport. For more information on how you can submit your work and be one of the first trav things that travelers see when they arrive in East Tennessee. All you have to do is head to wbir.com. Thank you so much.
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