Mitchell Art Museum

Mitchell Art Museum Asking persistent & timely questions about the human experience, through art & extraordinary artists. John's College (founded in 1696). St.

Founded in 1989, the Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Art Museum is one of only five art museums in Maryland accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The museum is located in Annapolis, the state's capital, and is part of St. John’s College is the third oldest college in the United States and is known as one of the country’s premier liberal arts colleges due to its distinctive Great Books curriculu

m. Undergraduate and graduate students read more than 200 classic texts across dozens of subjects and discuss them with faculty in small, seminar-style classes. The museum's program, inspired by the college's distinct learning culture, has been recently reenvisioned as a place to ask pertinent and urgent questions about the human experience through art and with extraordinary artists. All its exhibitions and most of its events are free and open to the public.

Though we will be closed tomorrow in observation and celebration of Juneteenth, “Abjection and Alienation: Video Works o...
06/18/2026

Though we will be closed tomorrow in observation and celebration of Juneteenth, “Abjection and Alienation: Video Works of Martha Rosler and Pipilotti Rist” will be back open to the public this weekend, and will remain open until June 28th.

If you haven’t had a chance to see this formidable show yet, we hope you do before it closes! We are truly honored to welcome you into the museum to share in viewing these classic selections of video art, created by two titans of the form.

“Abjection and Alienation” can be found in the Videodrome: /m’s dedicated film & video art space, designed and curated by our Manager of Artistic Inquiry, Jenny Cawood (pictured here on the right).

Thank you for your time and we look forward to seeing you!

Sincerely,

The /m Team

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Upcoming Event: Seminar on Julia Kristeva and Karl Marx 🩸✊Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026Time: 3–4:30 p.m.Location: Mitchell...
06/18/2026

Upcoming Event: Seminar on Julia Kristeva and Karl Marx
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Date: Sunday, June 21, 2026

Time: 3–4:30 p.m.

Location: Mitchell Art Museum

We invite you to join us this Sunday to discuss the writing of Julia Kristeva and Karl Marx - two authors whose work underpinned the curatorial vision behind our current exhibition “Abjection and Alienation: Video Works of Martha Rosler and Pipilotti Rist”, on view now in /m’s Videodrome until June 28.

Jenny Cawood, the Curator of Videodrome Exhibitions, will begin this discussion with an opening question, in the tradition of the St. John’s Seminar. Please come prepared to ask questions, listen to your peers, and analyze these texts in relation to the video works on view.

This event will be catered with coffee and pastries, which we will enjoy while we discuss theses texts together!

If we can expect you to attend, please RSVP to [email protected].

The Readings:

Julia Kristeva, Powers of Horror (1981)

- Chapter One, “Approaching Abjection”. Read up until the “Dostoyevsky” section (stop after “Outside of the Sacred, the Abject is Written”). This is about 18 pages of reading.

- Chapter Eight, “ Those Females Who Can Wreck the Infinite”. Entire chapter, 17 pages of reading.

Karl Marx, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844

- the “Estranged Labor” section of the First Manuscript. About 8 pages of reading.

- the “The Power of Money in Bourgeois Society” section of the Third Manuscript. 4 pages.

These readings are both available as PDFs online:

https://www.thing.net/~rdom/ucsd/Zombies/Powers%20of%20Horror.pdf

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Economic-Philosophic-Manuscripts-1844.pdf

We look forward to welcoming you to this event!

Best,

The /m Team

Due to staff celebrating the graduation of our beloved students, we at /m will be closed today. However, we will be open...
05/09/2026

Due to staff celebrating the graduation of our beloved students, we at /m will be closed today. However, we will be open tomorrow (Sunday) from 10am-6pm as usual. Thank you for your understanding and we hope to see you tomorrow!

Pictured: 1) “Ken Friedman: 92 Events” in the main gallery, 2) “Abjection & Alienation: Video Works of Martha Rosler and Pipilotti Rist” in the Videodrome

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Dear SJC Seniors,This is a reminder to submit your work for the 2026 Baird Prize! 🎨The Walter S. Baird Prize is awarded ...
04/17/2026

Dear SJC Seniors,

This is a reminder to submit your work for the 2026 Baird Prize!

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The Walter S. Baird Prize is awarded annually to a graduating senior for excellence in the arts, humanities, or sciences.

Similar to last year, the prize will be awarded to the creator of a single work that incorporates ideas from two or more disciplines in a compelling way.

The work itself can take any form. It could be, for example: an animation, cartoon, ceramic, dance performance, drawing, essay, film or video, graphic novel, lecture, musical composition, math proof, model, opera, painting, photograph, performance, play, poem, or sculpture, to name a few possibilities.

The award is named after Walter S. Baird (1908-1982). A man of many talents and interests, Baird founded the Baird Corporation in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1936. The company was a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of spectrographs and other scientific instruments.

📝 We invite you to submit an existing work by April 27th for consideration and, accompanying your work, explain how it aligns with the goals of the grant.

The winner will be announced at Commencement, will be listed in the program, and will receive a generous cash award.

You can drop off your submission at the Mitchell Art Museum during their open hours: Thursday, Saturday, Sunday from 10am-6pm; Fridays from 2-7:30pm.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

The /m Team

You are cordially invited to the opening reception of the Annual SJC Community Art Show!Day: this Friday, April 17Time: ...
04/14/2026

You are cordially invited to the opening reception of the Annual SJC Community Art Show!

Day: this Friday, April 17
Time: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: FSK Lobby of Mellon Building

Join us in celebrating the incredible work of 31 talented artists and cherished members of our community. At the event, we will introduce the show, serve delicious refreshments, and award the two show prizes (Moran and Polity).

At approximately 6:30 p.m. we will go to the Greenfield Library to see the works on view!

If we can expect you in attendance (with or without a guest), RSVP at [email protected].

We look forward to welcoming you to this special event!

Best,
The /m Team

📸: one of the winning artworks for the Baird Prize last year & a submission in the 2025 Community Art Show - “Love Vine” by Fiona Guinness

Event Reminder! 📣Tomorrow evening from 6-7pm, in partnership with the Chesapeake Children’s Museum & the NEA (National E...
04/14/2026

Event Reminder! 📣

Tomorrow evening from 6-7pm, in partnership with the Chesapeake Children’s Museum & the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) / its “Big Read” program, we are hosting a poetry event! It will be half public reading, half writing workshop.

This workshop will be led by Jenny Cawood, /m Manager of Artistic Inquiry (pictured slide 3) 🌷

Who is Invited 🖌️:

Open to anyone who loves poetry, would like to read aloud, and write new work of their own in a community of fellow writers and enthusiasts!

No prior experience with poetry necessary to attend.

Schedule of the Event 📝:

This reading & workshop will begin at 6 p.m. and wrap up at 7 p.m. The location is inside the museum itself.

For the first 30 minutes of the event, we will take volunteers who’d like to do a short reading aloud (either from the poetry book we will distribute, or your own favorite poem about Nature), and then for the rest of the time, we will write poems inspired by what we just listened to.

Theme of the Event 🌱:

NEA Big Read has a national theme this year of:
OUR NATURE: How Our Physical Environment Can Lead Us to Seek Hope, Courage, and Connection

Their book choice for Anne Arundel County is:
“You Are Here, Poetry in the Natural World”, Edited and Introduced by Ada Limón, 24th Poet Laureate of the US.

We will have copies of this book available for you to read from, should you wish to.

We look forward to welcoming you to this special event and can’t wait to share in love of poetry with you!

‼️ Space is limited, please RSVP by emailing us at [email protected]. ‼️

Thank you!

Sincerely,
The /m Team

In partnership with the Chesapeake Children’s Museum & the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts), we are hosting a poetr...
04/10/2026

In partnership with the Chesapeake Children’s Museum & the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts), we are hosting a poetry event — half public reading, half writing workshop!

Who is Invited 🖌️

Open to anyone who loves poetry, would like to read aloud, and write new work of their own in a community of fellow writers and enthusiasts!

No prior experience with poetry necessary to attend.

Schedule of the Event 📝

This event will take place on Wednesday, April 15th, from 6-7pm. The location of the event is inside the museum itself.

For the first 30 minutes of the event, we will take volunteers who’d like to do a short reading aloud (either from the poetry book we will distribute, or your own favorite poem about Nature), and then for the rest of the time, we will write poems inspired by what we just listened to.

Theme of the Event 🌱

NEA Big Read has a national theme this year of:
OUR NATURE: How Our Physical Environment Can Lead Us to Seek Hope, Courage, and Connection

Their book choice for Anne Arundel County is:
“You Are Here, Poetry in the Natural World”, Edited and Introduced by Ada Limón, 24th Poet Laureate of the US.

We will have copies of this book available for you to read from, should you wish to.

We look forward to welcoming you to this special event and can’t wait to share in love of poetry with you!

‼️ Space is limited, please RSVP by emailing us at [email protected]. ‼️

Thank you!

Sincerely,
The /m Team

Submission Call for the SJC Community Art Show! We accept work from across the fine art spectrum: sculptures, paintings,...
03/27/2026

Submission Call for the SJC Community Art Show!

We accept work from across the fine art spectrum: sculptures, paintings, drawings, etc.

Submissions close on April 2nd (date extended). The runtime of the show is April 17th - May 1, and all work will be view in the Greenfield Library.

For all submission forms and prize information, please visit our website at the link in our bio.

Once on our website, you will see “upcoming events” at the bottom of the home page. Click on the one titled “SJC community art show” for all information you’ll need!

Please note that participation is open only to SJC polity and people with a direct relationship to SJC and/or the Mitchell (alumni, donors, friends, parents, board members, volunteers), living in the Annapolis area.

We hope to see your submissions soon ♥️🎨

Best,

The /m Team

We at /m are delighted to invite you to the opening of our newest exhibition, “Abjection and Alienation: Video Works of ...
03/27/2026

We at /m are delighted to invite you to the opening of our newest exhibition, “Abjection and Alienation: Video Works of Martha Rosler and Pipilotti Rist” ❤️‍🔥‼️

This event will take place this coming Wednesday, April 1, from 6-7 p.m. right outside the Mitchell Art Museum!

📺 About the Event:

This event — which will graciously be catered by Bread and Butter Kitchen & Mills Fine Wine — will introduce our community to an incredibly special show. We hope you’ll join us for great conversation, delicious food, thought-provoking art viewing, and friendship.

At approximately 6:15 p.m. Jenny Cawood, /m’s Manager of Artistic Inquiry and the curator of this exhibition, will make public remarks about her thinking behind the show’s creation, the lives of the iconic artists it showcases, and the way it fits into our lives here at SJC.

If we can expect you to attend, please do send us an RSVP (saying how many in your party there will be) at [email protected].

🎞️ More about the Exhibition:

On view in /m’s Videodrome, this exhibition presents two video works, side by side: Blutclip (1993) by Swiss visual artist Pipilotti Rist, and Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained (1977) by American conceptual artist Martha Rosler.

Cawood says:

“This show invites you to compare these two works; to explore how each show the female body as transmogrified by society into a thing both abject and alien.

Of equal importance, it asks you to interrogate the different ways human beings are systematically controlled and dehumanized—not only women, but also ‘foreigners’ and ‘citizens’.

These works dare to ask how a person can feel both alien and native at the same time, bound or unbound, home or not-at-home. They challenge the societal forces that create this rending state of being.

Thematic questions we encourage you to consider while viewing these works include:

Why do we otherize people? How can an objectified person reclaim feeling human?

How can I be whole again?”

We look forward to welcoming you to the museum in celebration of this exhibition!

Best,

The /m Team

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