Kelly Taylor Mitchell Studio Newsletter: January

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Kelly Taylor Mitchell
January 10, 2024

Hi Y’all, 

I hope you’re settling in smoothly to 2024. As I find my footing in the New Year I am reaching out with invitations to openings, talks, and reflections with so much gratitude for your care and support of my work.

Detail of Recipe #1, 2024. Bahia altar cloth and  handkerchiefs, beads, found bucket, found bundt pan, Georgia Spanish moss, Texas palm frond, black eyed peas. On view in Material Memory at Swan Coach House Gallery through February 15th.

Opening Tomorrow!  

Kelly Taylor Mitchell & Sergio Suárez: Material Memory, curated by TK Smith, opens tomorrow at Swan Coach House gallery in Atlanta. I have been so looking forward to this special show full of brick dust, charcoal, and nourishing material intersections. I hope you’ll join us during tomorrow’s opening reception from 6-9PM. The show is on view through February 15th.

“Material Memory brings together two celebrated Atlanta-based artists whose practices use material as a critical form of communication. Beyond functional use, materials are filled with personal, cultural, and symbolic meanings that often trigger memory and imagination. When thoughtfully woven together, certain materials can read like language, offering supplemental, if not critical, meaning to a work of art.” (Exhibition statement excerpt)

Slice, 2023. Handmade paper: Alabama river cane, flax, image transfer. On view in Material Memory at Swan Coach House Gallery through February 15th.

Two Talks, One Week   

It is a gift to start off the year in conversation with my practice, other artists, and maybe even (hopefully!) you. You are invited to two upcoming artist talks. First, this weekend, Saturday, January 13th at 3PM, with Sergio Suárez at Swan Coach House Gallery. Followed by, Saturday, January 20th, 2PM, at Lyndon House Arts Center.

Totem #7, 2023. Dyed textile, cowries, image transfers from private performance at The Great Dismal Swamp, hand embroidery, ceramic beads, brick dust. On view in Memory Worker at Lyndon House Arts Center through March 13th.

“An Early Spring Dinner…”

I am so elated to have Makeda Lewis contribute an exceptionally thoughtful essay in response to my solo show Memory Worker, on view at Lyndon House Arts Center through March 13th. You can spend time with incredible writing and resonant reflections here. 

In the studio working on Totem #8 (Blessed & Highly Favored Like That!) on view in Memory Worker at Lyndon House Arts Center through March 13th. Images captured by Memory Worker studio assistant, Maddi Green.

Thank you for reading. Sending warmth, always.

Hope to see you soon,

KTM