Atlanta-based artist and educator Kelly Taylor Mitchell will discuss her exhibition, “Memory Worker,” a collection of suspended mixed media assemblages that reference the African Diaspora. Mitchell is a multidisciplinary artist who gravitates towards labor-intensive and homespun processes passed down between generations, allowing time for contemplation and connection to ancestors. Her practice weaves together oral history, ancestral memory, mythology and ritual, resulting in meticulously crafted works that incorporate printmaking, papermaking, textiles and installation. In addition to being the recipient of the BIPOC Fellowship supported by the Lyndon House Arts Foundation, Mitchell is currently a Midtown Alliance Artist-in-Residence, Arts & Social Justice Fellow at Emory University and assistant professor of art and visual culture at Spelman College. Her exhibition, which opened in mid-November, will remain on view through Mar. 12.
WHO: Kelly Taylor Mitchell
WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 20, 2 p.m.
WHERE: Lyndon House Arts Center
HOW MUCH: FREE!
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