We are delighted to share photos from Knoxville Local, a Tri-Star Arts exhibition in Knoxville, TN located at the East Tennessee Foundation (520 W. Summit Hill Drive, Suite 1101, Knoxville, Tennessee). It is the first in our Local exhibition series highlighting TN Artists. The show’s Curator is East-Tennessee native Ashley Layendecker and features 23 Knoxville-area visual artists. Mary Laube, Urn, 12" x 12", acrylic on panel, 2018 Nyasha Madamombe, Mambokadzi, 16.5" x 14.5" x 13.5", ceramics, beads, 2019 Elenor Aldrich, The Knight, 18" x 25.5", oil, enamel, and caulking on canvas, 2019 Jo...

The Tri-Star Arts speaker series now features video conversations with artists and this one is very special. Yashua Klos discusses his family history connection to Memphis, perspectives on current events, as well as his upcoming solo show at the Wellin Museum (Clinton, NY), opening Feb. 12, 2022. Yashua also gave a guided tour of his studio and ongoing projects. Take a look! Yashua Klos' practice employs a process of collaging woodblock prints to engage ideas about Blackness as an identity in flux...

Tri-Star Arts, in collaboration with Memphis River Parks Partnership, is pleased to present Hank Willis Thomas: Fourth Bluff featuring Ernest and Ruth and Harriet and Annie (Capri) by Hank Willis Thomas (New York, NY), on view Apr. 16, 2020—Nov. 1, 2021 at Fourth Bluff Park located on Front St. between Court and Jefferson, Memphis, TN 38103.Curated + Co-Organized by: Brian R. Jobe (Tri-Star Arts)Co-Organized by: Ruby Zielinski (Memphis River Parks Partnership)...