February 3–27, 2026 @ Tipton Gallery
Online call for submission via Slideroomhttps://etsu.slideroom.com/#/permalink/program/87572
East Tennessee State University Department of Art & Design and Slocumb Galleries in partnership with Jerry’s Artarama of Knoxville and Bravissima! Women Sponsoring the Arts invite artists to submit entries forPositive/Negative 41 National Juried Art Exhibition.This year’s Juror is Dr. Brittany Webb, curator at Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas.
The Positive/Negative is a national juried art exhibition, organized yearly since 1985, to provide the regional communities in Tennessee, and Southwest Appalachian region including Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina and other border states access to dynamic contemporary art practices that explore current directions in visual art. For more than 40 years, the Positive/Negative exhibitions serve as platform for dialogue to promote diversity, creative excellence and innovative thinking within the academic and regional communities.
Open to all US-based artists, 18 years and above. All 2D, 3D and video work are accepted (within size limitations, work must not exceed 5 ft in any direction, 100 lbs, longer than 15 min video; 250mb video upload or send link to download video). Artists are responsible for the round trip shipment costs, accepted entries must be delivered or received by April 1. The Slocumb Galleries shall provide insurance during display and storage, kindly fill up the Loan/Insurance form and send with work together with prepaid shipping label. All works must be original and not AI generated. 3D or installation may have multiple views included on one file per entry. Best of Show: $500 cash prize plus 3-5 Honorable Mention. Deadline for submission of entries:February 27, 2026withApplication fee of $40(up to 3 entries).
Juror Brittany Webb is the curator of modern & contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Her most recent exhibition, "Determined to Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden," debuted at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2023 and is on view at the Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester. Her curatorial work has been supported by grants from the Henry Luce Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, the Terra Foundation for American Art, the William Penn Foundation, and the Wyeth Foundation for American Art. She earned a Ph.D. from Temple University and a BA from the University of Southern California.
Exhibition runs from April 4 to 25, Tipton-Ashe Gallery in Johnson City, Tennessee, with Juror's Talk and Closing Reception on April 24, 5 to 7 p.m. Gallery hours are Wednesdays and Saturdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays 5 to 7 p.m. with extended hours during receptions, events and by appointment. For more information, email Slocumb Galleries’ Director Karlota Contreras-Koterbay atcontrera@etsu.edu.
Category: Call for Entries