KNOX SMALL PRESS FEST 2025
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JOIN US THIS OCTOBER
Knox Small Press Fest is an annual community celebration of independent publishers, artists, and printmakers. The festival engages Tennessee artists, makers, writers, and poets through city-wide events including: exhibitions, poetry readings, printmaking demonstrations, BIG PRINTS! Steamroller weekend and a Small Press Publishers Fair - featuring more than 30 local artists, writers, zine-makers, and publishers.
THE MODERN PULPIT: Yard Sign Workshop with THE END PRESS
October 2nd, 6-8pm
RELAY RIDGE
4124 McKinley St, Knoxville, TN 37917
Close your eyes and imagine yourself as a homeowner: a wise, powerful being who has the power to influence those around you. Once you’ve put yourself in this wild fantasy, imagine you feel compelled to share your personal (if not a bit strange) beliefs that could only come from you, in all your home-owning wisdom. Unlock the intellectual potential of your front lawn!
Join Mary Climes from The End Press and Ashlee Mays from the Museum of Infinite Outcomes on a yard sign making adventure. All materials provided! Participants will engage with a brief history of prints while making their own yard sign.
REGISTRATION IS FULL
You do not need to be a homeowner to register for this class.
SAY IT AGAIN! Prints of Resistance
Exhibition Dates – October 3 – 25, 2025
RELAY RIDGE GALLERY
4124 McKinley St, Knoxville, TN 37917
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 are the original mass communicator of ideas. Artists have long taken advantage of this process to gain attention and shout our messages through repeated imagery, text, and design.
This exhibition is a creative call to action, presenting contemporary artwork to record, respond, reflect, express, or simply process recent changes in our world affecting both the people and our planet.
SMALL PRESS PUBLISHERS FAIR
October 4th + 5th, 1-5PM
Emporium Arts Center
100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
Our Small Press Publishers Fair showcases local writers, poets, artists, and publishers to showcase and sell their work as part of this community celebration of print! Join us this fall at the Emporium Center in Old City (Knoxville, TN).
BIG PRINTS! STEAMROLLER WEEKEND
October 11th + 12th, 9:30AM-5PM
Relay Ridge
4124 McKinley St, Knoxville, TN 37917
Knox Small Press Fest is proud to present a weekend of large scale Steamroller prints at Relay Ridge. This two day event will be October 11th and 12th.
Any questions? Email printanonknox@gmail.com with the subject line “Steamroller Event”
PERSONAL SPACE: A Portfolio Exchange Curated by Shannon Ferguson and Lucja Bankowska
Reception: October 3rd- 5-7pm, Open Hours: October 4th- 10-1pm
GALLERY 1010
100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
This exhibition is a 30 print portfolio exchange between members of the UTK Print Club and the print club at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy for Fine Art in Wroclaw, Poland. This portfolio exchange was developed through the long-term partnership between the printmaking programs of both universities.
UTK PRINT PARTY
October 9th, 5PM-8PM
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE Printshop
RM 241, Art + Architecture Building, 1715 volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37996
Join the UTK printmaking students and faculty for our annual party in the UTKPrintshop! During this open house event, you'll make your own take away prints in lithography, relief, screenprinting, and letterpress. Enjoy a screenprinted pancake while listening to some of Knoxville's finest karaoke singers.
Participation is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome!
Any questions? Email Professor J. Leigh Garcia at jlgarcia@ukt.edu with the subject line “UTK Print Party”
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