Opening Gallery Reception + Open RR Artists Studios + RR Printshop happenings! FIRST FRIDAY December 6th 6-9pm Olivia Tawzer “Sideline Braid” acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 inches, 2023 Join us for the opening reception of Pickleball a curated exhibition by Gina Stucchio. It’s hard to feel like things aren’t just shit these days. However, in […]
Join us during First Friday December 6th from 6-9pm to shop our printshop filled with local artists’ work! Handmade prints and other artworks created right here in Knoxville will be available for purchase. You can support these local artists directly by buying their work here at the open house, all while checking out the gallery’s […]
Sofreh سفره 7-9pm December 6th Sofreh سفره Torshi Supper Club and Husmus Studio are presenting a collaborative installation at Relay Ridge for December’s First Friday opening. They will also be sharing a food table for you to taste and experience their food with them. The installation is free for all to enjoy as a piece […]
Join us First Friday February 7th from 6-9pm for the opening reception of Sweet Sweat a new gallery exhibition by Abigail Rose Hedley. Find more about Abigail here: https://www.abigailhedley.com/ “Cherished Disgust” We will also be hosting Open Studios by our RR Resident Artists PLUS we will be offering something fun happening in the community printshop (details TBA).
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Join us first Friday February 7th from 6-9pm for the opening reception of Sweet Sweat by Abigail Rose Hedley @abigail_rose_sculpture “Sweet Sweat is an exhibition of wool sculptures that create a space for viewers to reflect on their own soft memories of a summer’s day. Each piece asks the viewer to stop and sit with the […]
Join us First Friday May 2nd from 6-9pm for our quarterly OPEN HOUSE event! We’ll have a new exhibition Seeds by local artist Andrew Godwin in the Relay Ridge Gallery + OPEN STUDIOS with the RR Resident Studio Artists + Save-an-Old-Oak-Tree Fundraising with dogwood design printing in the printshop Andrew Godwin uses drawing and painting […]
Sunday May 18th 🌞8am – 2pm🌞 (if rain we will set up inside the building instead of outside) DISCOUNTED ART SUPPLY HEAVEN! Come to Knoxville’s annual yART Sale at Relay Ridge! It’s like a flea market, but for artists! Good deals for those in need of discounted art supplies! ⚡OR⚡ Do you hoard art supplies with […]
Eric William Carroll (view of process) FRIDAY August 15th 6-9pm Join us for an open house event celebrating a new gallery exhibition Heartwood by Eric William Carroll and Jessica Greenfield. Hurricane Helene had a dramatic impact on the people of Southern Appalachia, as well as the region’s more-than-human inhabitants. As a way to process this […]
SAY IT AGAIN! Prints of Resistance Exhibition Dates – October 3 – 25, 2025 Opening Reception – First Friday October 3rd 6-9pm Juror: E “Oscar” Maynard of Tender-Heart Press History can repeat itself, but when it does, so too does the resistance and our messages often bear repeating. With printmaking’s reproducibility and paper’s portability and ease of distribution, prints […]
Make BIG PRINTS! with us this Fall! Now is not the time to be quiet. Now is the time to be BIG On Saturday & Sunday, October 11th & 12th, join us at Relay Ridge for our 2nd annual Steamroller BIG PRINT Weekend. Witness our community print 21 HUGE woodblocks, each carved by different artists, […]
Join us First Friday November 7th for our 🚨 last opening of the year! We are thrilled to host the opening reception of the exhibition Queer as Water by Kenzie Wells. During this event, we will be hosting our Open Artist Studios with all our Relay Ridge Resident Artists ✨PLUS✨ we will be hosting a […]
Opening reception in the gallery of solo exhibition by Guen Montgomery Reasonable Doubts. PLUS we will be hosting Open Artists Studios + Featured Printmaker Sage Perrott HAYPEEP in the Community Printshop! _____________________________________________ REASONABLE DOUBTS Mary Oliver told us to let the soft animals of our bodies love what they love. What if you’re always a […]
Join us on Friday April 17th from 6-9pm for the opening reception of Nurturing Nature: An Afrolachian Prayer, a collaborative exhibition by Ty Murray & Jazmin Witherspoon. Come celebrate this new show in the gallery with us! Nurturing Nature: An Afrolachian Prayer is an ekphrastic exploration rooted in Appalachian landscape and Black Femme identity. This duo […]
Join us for the book release of our very own Resident Studio Artist Anika Toro! The party will be in the community printshop during our opening house event on Friday April 17th from 6-9pm. Anika will be present to chat and sign any books, but more enticing may be acquiring the one-of-a-kind hand-printed material items […]
📣Come one, come all, it’s the 5th annual yART sale! Sunday morning 🌞 May 17th 9am – 2pm Enjoy a beautiful day on the side lot of Relay Ridge while scoring deals on gently used art supplies! Past sales have included art supplies, tools, scrap materials, equipment, furniture, discount artwork, clothing, and other unique artsy […]
Join us for the opening reception of A Foothold, That Is All, a solo exhibition by Chattanooga-based artist Judy Rushin-Knopf. We will be also hosting Open Artist Studios + printmaking demonstrations in the Community Printshop. More details TBA A foothold, that is all Meanwhile, I have found a ledge on which to catch my breath. […]
Join us for a Collector’s Sale & Studio Farewell Party for @elysiaallalong on Friday September 11th from 6-9pm! After four wonderful years as a Resident Artist at Relay Ridge, Elysia Mann is moving her studio to her home. To mark the occasion (and to make room for what’s next!), she is throwing a party / […]
Join us for a free monthly collage meet-up! This is brand new so things may change as we go, but for now, this group is meeting once a month on the last Sunday of the month. Our next meet-up will be Sunday September 27th from 2:30-5:30pm. Bring a project to work on or start something […]
We are thrilled to be hosting the 5th Triennial of the Wood Engraver’s Network! Join us for the opening reception First Friday October 2nd from 6-9pm! The Wood Engravers’ Network (WEN) proudly presents our 5th Triennial Exhibition, a traveling exhibit featuring work by fifty-five (55) artists working in six (6) countries. Out of one hundred […]
(photograph by Taryn Ferro) Join us for a weekend of BIG printmaking fun and community! As a part of Knox Small Press Fest, we are hosting the 3rd Annual Steamroller BIG PRINTS Event at Relay Ridge Saturday and Sunday October 3-4th from 10am-5pm on both days. Whether you are a seasoned printmaker or just print-curious, […]
