Oral Histories and Alternative Fibers: Experimental Papermaking – Kelly Taylor Mitchell
August 22, 2022 - August 26, 2022
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Oral Histories and Alternative Fibers: Experimental Papermaking – Kelly Taylor Mitchell
Dates: August 22 – 26, 2022
Studio: Papermaking
Tuition: Sliding Scale $300 – $1200
Lab fee: $90
Class limit: 8
This experimental papermaking workshop will center oral histories that the participating artists are carrying, seeking, or working to decipher. These oral histories may be tied to family, place, or relationships. Through sketching and writing, these narratives will be abstracted and communicated with alternative and classic fibers. Participants will be asked to broadly consider which materials align best with their narratives, collect them, and bring them along as potential pulp possibilities. Pulp painting, stencil pulp painting, watermarks, inclusions, sheet formation, and play will ground the workshop.
Artist
Kelly Taylor Mitchell
Kelly Taylor Mitchell is an artist and educator living and working between Atlanta, GA and San Juan, Puerto Rico. An Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture at Spelman College, her most recent exhibition Kelly Taylor Mitchell: mouth wide open is on view through April 2026 at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Mitchell has been the recipient of the Nellie Mae Rowe Prize, Atlanta Artadia Awardee, Spelman College Affiliate Fellowship at The American Academy in Rome and the Working Artist Project Fellowship at The Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia. Her work is found in museum collections and in publications like Burnaway, Art Papers, and Hand Papermaking.
