KNOXVILLE – "Poverty and Health Care," is the theme of a mini-summit to be held on March 31 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. It is the second of three mini-summits looking at various aspects of poverty to be held this spring on campus.
      Ready for the World, UT's international and intercultural initiatives, has devoted this academic year to "Our World in Need" with a particular emphasis on the issue of poverty.
     The summit will include a juried art exhibit that's open to the UT community. Students and staff are invited to submit their paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures, films/videos, mixed media and installations for the exhibit that will be on display at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy March 31 through April 2. The exhibit will kick off with a reception on March 31.
      The theme of this exhibition is health care and/or poverty, and it is meant to provide a visual representation of these issues through art and creative dialogues.  
      To enter, submit any number of works to the Baker Center, Room 208, no later than 5 p.m. on March 26. All work must be framed or otherwise ready for display.
      Artists will be notified of acceptance on the evening of March 29, and those artists must be available to set up their display at 2 p.m. on March 30.
      Ten $100 awards will be given to the most outstanding works, as determined by the faculty jurors.
    All events are free and open to the public.

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