Southern Fiber Lab with Kelly Taylor Mitchell
August 10 - August 14
| $450 – $1300Event Navigation
Southern Fiber Lab – Kelly Taylor Mitchell
Dates: August 10 – 14, 2026
Studio: Papermaking
Tuition: Sliding Scale, $450 – $1300
Lab fee: $150
Class limit: 6
Southern Fiber Lab is an experimental and exploratory workshop where site specific plant matter becomes paper. You will learn how to cook and process foraged fibers with southern roots like kudzu, spanish moss and plantain. The resulting pulp will act as the basis for introductory sheet formation processes like double couching, inclusions, and blowouts. An expanded notion of the south, that engages a diasporic lens and looks within and beyond the United States will be explored in the class through reading, discussion and material play. You’re encouraged to bring, for use as inclusions in your papermaking, southern fibers; with both “southern” and “fiber” being self defined. For example, this may include plant matter, ephemera, textiles, etc.
Papermaking is a wet process; participants should be prepared with waterproof or water-safe shoes and clothing. This workshop will involve prolonged periods of standing, often requiring repeated movements in the upper body, and the maneuvering of heavy items. The instructor is available to collaborate/accommodate to ensure student safety/comfort.
This workshop is currently in the week-long members-only registration period. Registration will open to the public on February 4th.
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.
