Arts & Culture Alliance Summer Members Show

July 11-25, 2025
Arts & Culture Alliance Summer Members Show
Opening reception: Second Friday, July 11, 5:00-9:00 PM
The Emporium, 100 S. Gay Street. Gallery hours: Mon-Fri 9-5

The Arts & Culture Alliance proudly presents a Summer Members Show, the largest annual exhibition of local artists in the Greater Knoxville area. The fresh mix of two- and three-dimensional works created within the last two years encompasses a wide variety of media such as oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, mixed media, photography, fine craft, sculpture, ceramics, fiber, and more from regional artists who are all individual members of the Arts & Culture Alliance, which serves and supports a diverse community of artists, arts organizations, and cultural institutions. Membership is open to all, and information may be found at www.knoxalliance.com/join-renew.

A free celebration with the artists will take place on the second Friday of the month, July 11, from 5:00-9:00 PM featuring music by Nick Horner Family. Downtown Knoxville’s First Friday celebrations are delayed by one week due to the July 4th holiday.

“I am always amazed when walking through an open exhibition at the Emporium,” says Liza Zenni, Executive Director of the Arts & Culture Alliance. “No other exhibition space in the city can accommodate and compliment artwork at every level made by artists of all ages from every neighborhood of Knoxville. It is an astonishing snapshot of what’s in the minds and hearts of our community as a whole.”

Individual members of the Alliance participate locally and regionally in gallery exhibitions, art festivals, sculpture trails, weekend shows, studio tours, and public murals. Some Alliance members are full-time artists, while others have day jobs and create on evenings and weekends. Some members include art professors with the University of Tennessee, Carson-Newman University, Maryville College, Pellissippi State, Roane State, and Walters State. Others are teachers within Knox and surrounding counties’ elementary, middle and high schools. Some Alliance members teach classes privately or through community classes with the Appalachian Arts Craft Center, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Fountain City Art Center, Knoxville Art Center, Knoxville Museum of Art, Mighty Mud, and Oak Ridge Art Center. Many of the artists have working studios in their own homes, while some are part of studio collectives such as Broadway Studios & Gallery, The Emporium, Mighty Mud, Relay Ridge, Sunday Studios, and West Fifth Studios.

Most of the works will be for sale and may be purchased through the close of the exhibition by visiting in person or via the online shop at www.knoxalliance.store. For more information, please see www.knoxalliance.com or call (865) 523-7543.