MS art students collaborate with Artist Mike Mitchell
Seventh and eighth graders in Middle School Art Teacher Andy King’s Drawing: Abstraction and Design class partnered with visiting artist Mike Mitchell, professionally known as mikewindy, on an interactive art experience designed to evolve over the run of Mitchell’s show through Tuesday, November 28.
By Holly Newsome, Assistant Director of Marketing & Communications
Mike Mitchell, professionally known as mikewindy, visited Middle School Art Teacher Andy King’s classroom in October to begin working on the art project with Middle School students. He challenged each student to sketch a design for a rubber stamp to be utilized at an art station through the duration of his exhibition at USN. Mitchell finished the pieces by carving, mounting, painting, and personalizing them ahead of his opening reception on Thursday, November 2.
"Art can be interpreted in many different ways, and that's what art means to me. My stamp, to me, is an 'M,' but to someone else it could be a W, an E, or a 3. Whatever you want it to be, whatever you interpret it as," said Madison Rhodes, '29.
The USN community is encouraged to honor the class' collaboration with Mitchell by visiting his exhibition, "Where All the Things I Forgot Go," to make art as an individual and join a collaboration of artists using limited supplies but creating a unique display.
"Art can be interpreted in many different ways, and that's what art means to me. My stamp, to me, is an 'M,' but to someone else it could be a W, an E, or a 3. Whatever you want it to be, whatever you interpret it as," said Madison Rhodes, '29.
The USN community is encouraged to honor the class' collaboration with Mitchell by visiting his exhibition, "Where All the Things I Forgot Go," to make art as an individual and join a collaboration of artists using limited supplies but creating a unique display.
“Anybody walking by the exhibit in the Tibbott Gallery can create a special piece of art, contributing to an evolving, ever-changing piece of art similar to the theme of mikewindy’s collection,” said King.
Added Mitchell, "King’s artists were inventive collaborators. They met the project with excitement and energy, and they were open and generous with sharing a part of themselves that would allow others in their immediate and wider community to make art together. I love that my mom, Tessa Delpino, the executive director of Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, Mayor Freddie O'Connell and his daughters, students from USN not in King’s class, fellow Nashville artists, and my son and his friend Ezra from Martin Luther King Jr. High School are all making an artwork together that is still in process, just like our city and community.”
Added Mitchell, "King’s artists were inventive collaborators. They met the project with excitement and energy, and they were open and generous with sharing a part of themselves that would allow others in their immediate and wider community to make art together. I love that my mom, Tessa Delpino, the executive director of Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, Mayor Freddie O'Connell and his daughters, students from USN not in King’s class, fellow Nashville artists, and my son and his friend Ezra from Martin Luther King Jr. High School are all making an artwork together that is still in process, just like our city and community.”
Mitchell’s work can be viewed in the Tibbott Gallery from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Our main entrance and parking lot are accessible only from 19th Avenue South. Enter USN through the double glass doors and check in with the receptionist. Bring your driver’s license to receive a visitor’s badge if you do not already have one.
Stay tuned to hear about and see phase two of this project between Mitchell and King's Middle School art students.
Stay tuned to hear about and see phase two of this project between Mitchell and King's Middle School art students.
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