Kelly Taylor Mitchell Selected as Inaugural Seed Recipient
The Judith Alexander Foundation (JAF) honors the multifaceted legacy of the late art patron, Judith Alexander, by supporting Georgia visual artists and by preserving and expanding recognition of the extraordinary existence and artistry of Nellie Mae Rowe.
Flowers x Seeds advances ADAMA's mission to spotlight the arts and culture of the African Diaspora by "giving flowers" to artists of African descent who have made a substantial impact but have remained largely unrecognized by the broader art world.
MEET OUR SEED RECIPIENT
Kelly Taylor Mitchell
Kelly Taylor Mitchell (she/her, b. 1994) is an artist and educator who lives and works in Atlanta, GA where she is currently a 2023-2024 Midtown Alliance Artist-in-Residence, a 2023-2024 Arts & Social Justice Fellow at Emory University, a 2023-2024 BIPOC Lyndon House Arts Foundation Fellow, and an Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture at Spelman College. Kelly’s multidisciplinary practice centers oral history and ancestral memory, real and imagined, woven into the fabric of the Africana Diaspora. Her work is deeply invested in labor intensive making, slowness, and home-spun passed down processes.
ABOUT THE AWARD
The Judith Alexander Foundation has generously provided a grant for the first presentation of The Nellie Mae Rowe Award to be awarded to our committee-selected Flower and Seed honorees.
The Judith Alexander Foundation (JAF) honors the multifaceted legacy of the late art patron, Judith Alexander, by supporting Georgia visual artists and by preserving and expanding recognition of the extraordinary existence and artistry of Nellie Mae Rowe.