What happens when one has access to a home? What is a home worth?
For my neighbors in Chicago, like many across America, one of their top concerns is affordable housing. Reflecting on the value of a home beyond a place of shelter, I spent sixteen weeks researching 218 GroveStreet in Bluffton, Ohio. This house was my mother’s childhood home and the place where my grandparents lived. My aim was to better understand where the value I place on the concept of home comes from and to use this lens to explore how culture, material knowledge and identity is passed down from generation to generation.
about anya mitchell
I make because I feel called to do so. I make to give, to share, to process. I strive to make beautiful items, exploring how the arrangement of lines and patterns can endow an object with meaning and convey a narrative.
Influenced by
Baha'i Faith
Amish quilts
2 Dope Queens
So many podcasts
Inspiring work
Amanda Williams
Howardena Pindell
Pamela Wiley
Melissa Blount
Most recent experience
Forest + Fin
MCA (Chicago)
Lovelane Designs
Baha'i World Center
Upcoming/Recent Shows
On::View (May 2018)
Fold/Unfold (Nov 2017)
Fold/Unfold (Aug 2017)
Favs of Chicago
Art Institute
57th Street Books
Baha'i Temple
Jarvis Fruit Market
Favs of Savannah
Oatland Island
Auspicious Bakery
Daffin Park
Perc Coffee Cafe