Exhibitions

79TH ANNUAL STUDENT ART COMPETITION

Ewing Gallery of Art + Architecture (UTK) / 1715 Volunteer Blvd. January 22, 2026 - March 1, 2026

Begun in 1947 by C. Kermit Ewing, founder of The University of Tennessee School of Art, the annual student exhibition has become one of the oldest competitions in the country and one of the highlights of the Ewing Gallery’s exhibition season. This competition has been an outlet for UT’s talented students for 79 years.