Kelly Taylor Mitchell Studio Newsletter: February

Kelly Taylor Mitchell
February 19, 2024

Hi Y’all,

Happy Monday! Daffodils are sprouting in Atlanta, and I come bearing news full of gratitude. I hope this note finds you rested, well, and (if you’re like me) ready for Spring.

The Nellie Mae Rowe Award

I am incredibly honored to be an Inaugural awardee of The Nellie Mae Rowe Seed Award presented by The African Diaspora Museum of Atlanta (ADAMA) and The Judith Alexander Foundation. I am especially moved to receive this award named after the indelible influence that is Nellie Mae Rowe and alongside the truly fantastic Dr. Arturo Lindsay, The Nellie Mae Rowe Flower Awardee.

Hoppin’ Johns #2, 2023. Handmade paper: Flax base sheet, black eyed peas, Alabama river cane, sequin tassel. On view in Through Lines at ADAMA through March 30th, 2024.

Through Lines a two-person exhibition sharing the work of Dr. Arturo Lindsay and yours truly is on view at ADAMA, located at Pittsburg Yards (Atlanta, GA), through March 30th, 2024. Gallery hours are Thursday-Saturday, 12-5PM. Exhibition images coming soon.

Papermaking in Texas

Lecturing! Papermaking! Risographs! Studio Visits! Oh my!

I so enjoyed my week at The University of the Texas at Austin participating in the Guest Artist in Print Program with wonderful faculty, students, and staff. I can’t wait to share my new papermaking work with you. In the meantime, check out the process and previews.

Papermaking in progress at UT Austin Guest Artist in Print Program. Flax deckle box base sheet. Georgia kudzu blow out, Alabama Spanish moss blow out, pulp painting, handkerchief, confetti, sequin tassel.

Not yet titled work created during UT Austin Guest Artist in Print Program. Flax deckle box base sheet. Georgia kudzu blow out, pulp painting, confetti, sequin tassel, family reunion T-shirt pendant with heat transfer.

Papermaking demo at UT Austin Guest Artist in Print Program for ‘Contemporary Issues in Print’ course.

There’s Still Time ...

My solo show Memory Worker is on view at Lyndon House Arts Center through March 13th, 2024. This exhibition shares all new work in textiles and papermaking. Gallery hours are Tuesday/Thursday 10AM-8PM and Wednesday/Friday/Saturday 10AM-5PM.

Makeda Lewis’ incredible essay An Early Spring Dinner accompanies the show.

Totem #8 (Blessed & Highly Favored Like That!), detail. 2023. Image captured on film by Makeda Lewis.

Exhibition image, detail of Kudzu Altar Cloth #3, handmade paper, 2023.

Memory Worker, installation image, 2023. Image captured on film by Makeda Lewis.

Don’t Run, Don’t Walk — Pre Order

I am over the moon to have my November essay An Invitation: Ancestral Mapping included in Burnaway’s annual anthology. This year’s Reader ‘by hook’ is now available for preorder.

^“^{Arriving March 2024. In our fifth Reader, by hook, we contemplate dubious choices, examine inherited histories, and grapple with shifty codependence between people and place in the South. Set in our themes, Conspiracy, Camouflage, and Current, we ask: What is the South? Includes a limited-edition poster by Atlanta-based artist Kelly Taylor Mitchell. “ — Burnaway}

Thank you for sharing your time with me here. Don’t hesitate to write back or reach out.

Warmly,