Exhibitions
JULIE BELCHER: TENNESSEE WALTZ
Tri-Star Arts / 4450 Candora Ave., Candoro Marble Building November 20, 2026 - December 31, 2027 (Reception: November 20 5:00pm - 8:00pm)
Julie Belcher
Tri-Star Arts is pleased to present a new exhibition in their Multipurpose Room located at the historic Candoro Marble Building. Tennessee Waltz by Julie Belcher (Knoxville, TN) opens Friday, November 20, 2026 and will run through Friday, December 31, 2027.
An opening reception will be held on Friday, November 20, 2026 from 5:00 until 8:00 pm (artist in attendance). The address is 4450 Candora Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37920 and admission is always free of charge. Visitors should drive only on the crushed gravel driveway and parking lot surfaces. Driving vehicles on the lawn is always prohibited.
Julie Belcher has drawn from her hillbilly roots and themes of country life and hardscrabble beauty throughout a storied career as a letterpress printmaker and mixed-media artist.
Today, she is the owner of Pioneer House studio and gallery in the Magnolia Warehouse District. As a student, Julie brought a love for handcraft and tactile traditions from her upbringing in Bluefield, West Virginia to Knoxville, earned a BFA at the University of Tennessee, and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1995. Her works are laden with personal memories, kind humor, and rural icons.
She co-founded Knoxville’s Yee Haw Industries in 1996, transforming obsolete commercial printing equipment into a creative tool. The resulting handprinted works on paper celebrated the wit and wisdom of Appalachia and interjected new life into relief printmaking.
Eighteen years ago, Julie added a new layer to her work, immersing herself in the encaustic technique of using melted beeswax with paper and mixed-media paintings on wood. She also shares printmaking, encaustic, and ways to combine the two with students through workshops and private instruction.
Her art has been welcomed into regional and national galleries, museums, and print projects, including the New York Times Review of Books, the Knoxville Museum of Art Yee Haw 10 Year Retrospective, and the 2026 Round Top, Texas Vintage Festival. She shares this showcase of her work with the East Tennessee and regional audience as both a celebration of the past and an invitation to the future.
