The Collective Lens: Perspectives by the Professional Photographers of East Tennessee
Join PPETN at the 2025 Photo Expo at the Emporium Center, Downtown Knoxville
June 2025
About the Show:
PPETN has the unique opportunity to show members’ works at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. All submissions will be juried for acceptance into the show.
A maximum of 50 prints will be accepted into the show. Best of Show, 1st Place, and Photographic Distinction will be awarded. The juror for the show will be Jack Retterer.
The gallery will be displayed from June 6th through June 27th. The displayed works will be part of the First Friday event on June 6th.
To Participate:
- To submit images for consideration into the Expo, the photographer MUST be a paid current member of PPETN.
- Each photographer can submit up to 3 images for consideration.
- Images must be the original work of the submitting photographer.
- Displayed Work(s) cannot have been displayed in past PPETN Expos, the Emporium, or the Knoxville area.
- During the month of June, the artists are to exhibit exclusively at the Emporium and not at other local galleries.
- All images must be suitable for a family event.
- Submit your entry electronically NO LATER THAN SUNDAY MAY 4TH. No late submissions will be accepted. Submit your entries for consideration below.
- There is no fee to submit images for consideration.
- Participants will be notified of acceptance by May 7th.
- If your image is accepted in the Photo Expo, you will be required to sign an agreement form and make payment of $15 per accepted image. A link will be provided in your acceptance notification email.
- Artists will personally deliver their accepted, prepared images to the Emporium on June 2 from 11:00-2:00. If you can’t deliver your image(s) at that time, please make arrangements to have someone deliver your images. June 2nd from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm is the only available time for delivery.
Participation Guidelines:
If your image(s) are selected for the show, you must follow these guidelines:
- Images must be ready to hang with a wired hanging setup (no sawtooth hangers). Each artist is responsible for wiring each accepted image for hanging.
- The title, the artist’s name, and the value must be posted on the back of each image.
- Photos can be printed on any medium (canvas, metal, glass, wood, photo paper, etc.) Canvas prints must have a finished edge.
- Prints on paper must be framed. Matting is optional.
Important PPETN Expo 2025 Dates:
- May 4: Deadline to submit entries into the Expo.
- May 7: Notification of acceptance via email
- June 2, 11:00-2:00: Delivery of art to the Emporium*
- June 6th, 5:00 pm: Awards Presentation at the Emporium, Lower Gallery
- June 6th, 5:00 pm-9:00pm: First Friday event, Downtown Knoxville
- June 6-27: Expo Dates
- June 30, 11:00-2:00: Pick up art from the Emporium*
*If you are not available to deliver or pick-up your images, you must make arrangements for someone to do this for you.
Please Note: If you have any questions, please contact Jessica at info@jessicamillardportraits.com or at (423)923-4392.