Please stop by my studio to see my paintings, artist's books, and works on paper.
Many small works are available.
Art makes great gifts!
schedule
Some recent and upcoming shows & events:
OPEN STUDIO Holiday Show & Sale
December 3
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December 3, 2011
1315 Buttonwood St, 2nd & 3rd floors, Philadelphia, PA
BOOK PAPER SCISSORS
November 19
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November 19, 2011
Free Library of Philadelphia, 1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia PA
FREE and open to the public!
At this one day, annual fair I'll be showing artist's books, prints, works on paper, blank sketchbooks, cardcases and other paper objects.
Sponsored by Philadelphia Center for the Book, this event includes many artists and craftspeople showing paper-based work on the main floor of the Free Library. Free bookmaking workshops for all ages will be offered.
More information about Book Paper Scissors
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours
October 15
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October 16, 2011
1315 Buttonwood Street, Philadelphia PA
Lesley Mitchell's studio will be open to the public from noon to 6 pm each day this weekend. Other times by appointment. She is showing a collection of new small paintings, artists books, & works on paper, and will be available to discuss her processes and inspiration.
Philadelphia Artists Books Travel to Venice
October 5
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October 28, 2011
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Cannaregio 1798, Venice, Italy
32 members of the Delaware Valley chapter of the Guild of Book Workers will exhibit.
Lesley Mitchell's book A La Milonga/At The Milonga will be shown.
Libro Curio: Reconstructing the Book
September 27
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January 27, 2012
National Archives and Records Administration, Chestnut Street between 9th & 10th Sts, Philadelphia
Philadelphia Center for the Book members were asked to incorporate book debris from the National Archives into new works! We could choose detached spines, cloth covers, metal findings and yards of authentic government red (and pink) tape.
Lesley Mitchell's 3 new books & book objects will incorporate & reuse materials from the 1830's to the present..
Assemblage Group Show
September 6
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October 29, 2011
Stedman Gallery, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, North 3rd St, Camden NJ
The fifteen artists of Assemblage Artists Collective will show work in many different mediums. Lesley Mitchell will show paintings and artists books.
Artists in the Collective include:
Brigitte Rutenberg, Lauren Litwa Holden, Susan Hader-Golden, Eleanor Schimmel, Rosalind Bloom, Charlotte Schatz, Marion Spirn, Zola Bryen, Carol Wisker, Kathe Chapman Grinstead, Elaine Cohen Nettis, Sheila Letven, Wanda Chudzinski, Pam Taggart & Lesley Mitchell
Please join us at the reception
September 25, 2 - 4 pm
Gallery hours Monday - Saturday 10 am to 4 pm & Sunday October 23, 10 am to 4 pm
Philadelphia Artists Books at the Athenaeum
June 3
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June 30, 2011
219 South 6th Street, Philadelphia PA
Opening reception, June 3, 5 - 7 pm. 32 members of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers will exhibit work.
Lesley Mitchell's book A La Milonga/At The Milonga will be shown.
Artists Book Interpreted in New Dance Choreography
April 16
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April 16, 2011
Philadelphia
Balada Para Un Loco II interpreted in a dance choreography by Jumatatu Poe of Idiosyncrazy Productions, as part of Philadelphia Center for the Book's Bodies of Text project. Performance is part of Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. Lesley will take part in the panel discussion following the performance at the Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia.
Assemblage Group Show
April 1
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April 29, 2011
Da Vinci Art Alliance, 704 Catherine Street, Philadelphia
Please join us for the closing reception,
April 29, 4 - 8 pm
Gallery hours through April 29:
Wednesdays 6 - 8, Saturdays & Sundays 12 - 6 pm, Closed Sunday, April 24.
Studio Show of New Artists Book and Monotypes
March 11
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March 11, 2011
1315 Buttonwood Street, Philadelphia PA
Join me to view my new artists book, A La Milonga/At The Milonga, and well as new monotypes, all printed at my residency at Proyecto 'ACE Buenos Aires in November 2010.
The book is available in a variable edition of 30, each example being distinguished by a monotype. The books are photo lithographs in two colors, with a mylar wrapper.
I've used Tango imagery in all these new works.
The Sketchbook Project
February 1
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May 31, 2011
cities all over the country
Nearly 30,000 artists sketchbooks will be touring the US, available for viewing.
Artist Residency
November 8
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November 19, 2010
Buenos Aires
Residency at Proyecto 'ACE in Buenos Aires to print A La Milonga/At The Milonga, an artists book
Publication
July 15
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July 15, 2010
published Balada Para Un Loco II, an 18-page artists book
