Interwoven Aspects:
Innovation and Tradition in Paper Art

13th Annual National Juried Exhibition

This March the Morgan Conservatory hosts its 13th Annual Juried Exhibition. This year's artists are invited to reflect on the theme of the exhibition, Interwoven Aspects: Innovation and Tradition in Paper Art. Artists are encouraged to respond to the ever-changing landscape in paper arts; whether that is the rise of AI and other technologies, the idea of intersectionality or the transformative nature of paper as a medium and substrate. The exhibition will be juried by Ashley Pastore and Kelly Taylor Mitchell.

Competing and showcasing their artistry in the 13th Annaul Juried Exhibition are Leah Aegerter, e. ainsley, Jasmine Best, Magaly Cantu, Marcy Chevali, Robert Choe-Henderson, Paula Damm, Alyssa Davis, Chauncey Hay, Junhee Hong, Christina Kang, Kathryn Maxwell,Teddy Milder, Maggie Minor, Mable Ni, Char Norman, Yangbin Park, Sophie Pickering, Linda Pittman, Lorelle Rau, Brielle Sarkisian, Michelle Scarlett, Charlotte Schmid-Maybach, Lisa Schonberg, John Shorb, Cassidy Skillman, Heather Steckler, Rachel Stickney, Carolyn Sweeney, Kristen Tordella-Williams, Jocelyn Tsui, Susan Twining, Erik Waterkotte, and erin wohletz.

Join us for the Reception and Awards Ceremony on Friday, March 28th, 2025 from 5 - 8 p.m. ~ the exhibition will be on view from March 7th- April 29th, 2025.

e. ainsley (they/them) Karma (action) Urbana, IL Color pencil on cast abaca and cotton with Artemesia Vulgaris and collage inclusions $2,300

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About the Jurors

Kelly Tayor Mitchell & Ashley Pastore

Kelly Taylor Mitchell (she/her, b. 1994) is an artist and educator who lives and works in Atlanta, 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. Working across printmaking, papermaking, performance, book arts, and textiles, her current work stems from ancestral origin points in the American South and Caribbean. She has taught at Rhode Island School of Design, Virginia Commonwealth University, Penland School of Craft and Dieu Donne. Her work can be found in collections such as the Harvard Fine Arts Library, Duke University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Walker Art Center Library, and publications like Burnaway, Art Papers, and Hand Papermaking.

Ashley Pastore (she/her) is an artist working in Erie, PA and is the owner of Grounded Print and Papershop. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a focus in Printmaking and New Media. Recently her work was displayed at Allegheny Galleries and Mirabo Press. Her work is on permanent display in Chicago’s Union Station and Cleveland’s Downtown Hilton. Her work currently examines repetitive activity, imaginary narratives and explores the impulse to live forever through the realm of physical objects.