Sarah Peeler Adams
https://cargocollective.com/sarahpeeler
Sarah Peeler Adams has an MFA in Photography from the Maryland Institute College of Art, during that time she also studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and was a previous resident of the Wassaic Project. With a background in analog and alternative processes of photography, her primary medium is photomontage/collage with mixed media elements.
Her current practice focuses on juxtapositions of color and texture, often reflecting on landscapes as inspiration and primarily using her photographs, found images, encaustics, and gold foil to create images that evoke a sense of wonder and memory.
Jake Ingram
www.jackalopeeditions.com
Jake Ingram is a printer and artist working in Knoxville, TN. He received his BFA in drawing in 2012 from East Tennessee State University and his MFA in drawing with a concentration in printmaking in 2015 from the New York Academy of Art. He attended Tamarind Institute in 2017 and was awarded his Printer Training Certificate in 2018. He was one of two people selected to stay a second year as an apprentice and in 2019 he earned the designation Tamarind Master Printer. In 2020, he opened Jackalope Editions, a collaborative print shop and publishing house in Knoxville, TN. His interest lies in the synthesis of fine art and craft, therefore his personal work often involves printmaking and sewing. In addition to lithography, Ingram is trained in woodcut and intaglio. His work has been exhibited around the US and internationally. When not hanging out in the print shop you can find him hunting Jackalopes and Bigfoot.
Established in 2020, Jackalope Editions is a collaborative printshop and publisher located in Knoxville, Tennessee. Our mission is to introduce fine art printmaking to local and regional artists, encouraging them to develop their imagery through experimentation under the guidance of a collaborative printer. We also invite artists from outside the region to our studio where they get to experience the culture and landscape of Southern Appalachia while they work on their prints. In addition to honoring traditional techniques of printmaking, we enjoy pushing the limits of what printmaking can do. Some of our unique collaborations include using lithography to print on ceramics, fabric for quilting, and even its application in banjo lutherie. We strive to engage with our community and to provide a deeper appreciation for fine art printmaking.
Ashton Ludden
www.ashtonludden.com
Ashton Ludden lives and works in Knoxville, TN as an artist, educator, and founder of Relay Ridge Collaborative Artist Space. She has a BFA in Engraving Arts & Printmaking from Emporia State University and a MFA in Printmaking from the University of Tennessee. Ludden specializes in the traditional crafts of wood and metal hand-engraving, printmaking, drawing, sign painting, and weaving plastics.
She is enthusiastic about sharing her artistic processes and has taught in various capacities outside of her studio practice. She teaches printmaking at Knoxville’s Community School of the Arts, a non-profit offering free art classes to low income families. Ludden also teaches at TN Governor’s School for the Arts, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Relay Ridge, and recently taught at the University of Tennessee in spring 2024. She was the 2D Artist Coordinator for the Pentaculum Artist Residency (both winter and spring) at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts from 2016-2024.
When she’s not in her studio or tricking others into liking printmaking, you’ll likely find her hiking with her dog in the Cumberland Plateau, napping with her cat the sun, or talking about trees.
Elysia Mann
www.elysiaaileenmann.com
Elysia Mann makes books, weavings, prints and poems that encourage emotional attachment to natural places. She grew up prairie-barefoot on her family’s Nebraskan homestead where partial vision loss instilled an early reverence for the horizon, stars, and sight itself. Her work combines fragments of landscape and language in ways that challenge binary thinking and the capitalist instinct to separate ourselves from nature and each other.
Before moving to Knoxville in 2014, Elysia owned a collaborative print shop in St. Louis called All Along Press where she published limited edition prints and letterpress books. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from Washington University in St. Louis and an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She shows her work locally and internationally and is the recipient of several awards including a recent Steven & Ann Bailey Opportunity Grant. She currently works as a studio tech at UTK, and takes commissions for screen printing, weaving, letterpress, book design, and other projects.
Charles ‘Chachi’ Mathis
chachibangbang.com
Charles ‘Chachi’ Mathis (he, him) is an artist, designer and educator with an intimate relationship with materials, processes and fabrication techniques. He is currently a Lecturer at the College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Holding a Master of Industrial Design from the ECAL in Lausanne, Switzerland, and two bachelor’s degrees from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Chachi has extensive experience as a professional art fabricator, technical instructor and freelance industrial designer. Working collaboratively with friends, he co-founded the Los Angeles design company California Carts, as well as international design group Critical Plus Design.
Charles fluidly blends craft, sculpture and design, utilizing hand and digital tools to create objects primarily in dialogue with use. His work is light-hearted, subtle and often minimal, playing with boundaries of function and form.
Hannah Stokes
www.hannahpielak.com
Hannah Stokes is a multimedia artist based in Knoxville, TN. She received her BFA in studio art with a focus in printmaking and painting from Middle Tennessee State University where she also worked as the printshop studio technician.
She is a member of Art Skool, a collective based out of Nashville, TN. Their mission is to create a community for artists of all kinds to share their skills and knowledge, and create a space to have peer review and collaborations.
Hannah’s recent work is heavily influenced by film, animation, fashion, and pop culture. Utilizing a combination of illustration, collage, and installation based work, she builds worlds and develops characters within them with homages to both southern culture, and the female experience in modern America.
Gina Stucchio
www.ginastucchio.com
Gina Stucchio is a Florida native who is currently based out of Knoxville Tennessee. She earned her BFA from the University of South Florida and her MFA from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Stucchio is a multimedia artist who explores the existence of portals both physical and mental in order to deal with stressors of just being human. She’s curious about what it means to have a relationship with space and objects, thinking about what it means to be a voyeur to another universe through dreams. She collaborates with materials and the spaces she exhibits with in order to have a conversation with the empty spaces in between.
Anika Toro is a mixed‑media artist and writer based in East Tennessee. Working with photography, collage, embroidery, printmaking, and repurposed books, she approaches her practice as a form of contemporary craft — grounded in research, handwork, and a belief that ideas are always evolving. Serendipity, humor, and experimentation shape her process. Her award‑winning photography is held in permanent hotel collections, appears on album covers, and has been published in print. She has exhibited her artwork in shows throughout the United States, and her photography has been sold through Minted and West Elm. She is the author of the mixed‑media art book Finding Joy.
Outside of the studio, Anika draws inspiration from music, tarot, and her garden — practices that continually filter back into her making. She is thrilled to be part of Relay Ridge’s talented community of creators, collaborators, and printmakers.
