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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 curriculum. 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.

On Saturday, November 7, please join /m and our Manager of Artistic Inquiry, Jenny Cawood, as we embark on an all-day ed...
10/14/2026

On Saturday, November 7, please join /m and our Manager of Artistic Inquiry, Jenny Cawood, as we embark on an all-day educational field trip through Glenstone Museum!

The theme of this trip is “Voices of Nature” 🍁

We will be discussing such questions as: “Does the natural world help us identify those values that are most important about humanity? Does it help us be better people? To find our voices and speak (through art or otherwise)? How loud do we need to be to be heard?”

Our hope is that, after dealing with these questions and engaging with the grounds & artwork at Glenstone, our experience of /m’s current exhibition, Miguel Braceli: Unburial, will be deepened.

Tickets are free and lunch will be provided at the Museum café.

However, space is limited to 20 people – to sign up, send an email to [email protected]. Please note that this trip is offered to SJC polity members only.

A short itinerary: we will all drive up together on the day of the trip. We will meet in the FSK Lobby at 8am that day, depart by bus at 8:30 a.m., arrive to Glenstone at 10 a.m., have lunch around noon, and stay at the museum until 4 p.m. We will then get back to Annapolis by 5:30 p.m.

About the Destination: Glenstone is a world-renowned private museum and outdoor sculpture park in Potomac Maryland, about 45 miles from Annapolis.

We look forward to sharing this incredible experience with you!

All polity members are invited to RSVP.

📸: /m Manager of Artistic Inquiry & /m Student Hosts

Join us in the Videodrome — our dedicated video art space inside the Mitchell Art Museum — to learn more in depth about ...
10/14/2026

Join us in the Videodrome — our dedicated video art space inside the Mitchell Art Museum — to learn more in depth about one of our current exhibitions: “Surveilled or Seen: Sinew of Trust in the Video of Marina Abramović and Lynda Benglis”

During the course of this event, Jenny Cawood, the curator of this exhibition, will go over possible readings of the videos on view, as well as speak about the practices of the artists behind them. We encourage questions and visitor engagement, so do come ready to discuss and think deeply about art.

If we can expect you to attend this event, please do send us a short message to [email protected].

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you there!

📸: Alison Harbaugh

Opening this Saturday: “Surveilled or Seen: Sinew of Trust in the Video of Marina Abramović and Lynda Benglis”In the VID...
09/09/2026

Opening this Saturday: “Surveilled or Seen: Sinew of Trust in the Video of Marina Abramović and Lynda Benglis”

In the VIDEODROME, /m’s recently launched media space, /m is presenting historic videos by two pioneering artists. Each work explores what it costs us to trust each other — and how important it is that we do.

What is the difference between being looked at versus being witnessed? Between being invasively surveilled versus deeply seen? These questions emerge as we watch the two exhibited videos—Abramović’s Rest Energy (1980) and Lynda Benglis’ Monitor (1999)—unfold.

We are invited to sit with how much social cynicism deteriorates us, if we allow it to take over and transform our will to trust into one to control. As an antidote to this, each artist seems to posit that we must instead relinquish control if we hope to be loved. Love, then, becomes indistinguishable from the act of choosing not to monitor someone fearfully, but to witness them vulnerably.

It is a terrifying and brave, humbling and life-giving choice. We hope watching these works of art help it become easier to make.

Funding for this project was provided by Laura Ricciardelli and David Watt, and the Arts Council for Anne Arundel County.

We extend our thanks to Abramović LLC and EAI for their collaboration on this project.

This exhibition was curated by Jenny Cawood, /m Manager of Artistic Inquiry.

We at /m are pleased to invite you to the grand opening of our two newest exhibitions: “Miguel Braceli: Unburial” and “S...
09/09/2026

We at /m are pleased to invite you to the grand opening of our two newest exhibitions: “Miguel Braceli: Unburial” and “Surveilled or Seen: Sinew of Trust in the Video of Marina Abramović and Lynda Benglis” ❤️‍🔥

For more information on these shows, please visit the link in our bio!

This opening event will take place this Saturday, 9/12, from 6:30pm - 7:30pm in the Museum.

Delicious catering will be provided, courtesy of Bread and Butter Kitchen ❤️

If we can expect you in attendance, please do send a short message to [email protected].

Thank you so much for your support and we hope you’ll join us for conversation about these amazing works of art!

Warmly,

The /m Team

Pictured: The staff of the Mitchell Art Museum — Peter Nesbett, Director, and Jenny Cawood, Manager of Artistic Inquiry.

Photography by Laish Suzair (A26) 📸

The Mitchell Art Museum will open two exhibitions to the public this Saturday, 9/12 — “Miguel Braceli: Unburial” will oc...
09/08/2026

The Mitchell Art Museum will open two exhibitions to the public this Saturday, 9/12 — “Miguel Braceli: Unburial” will occupy the main gallery of the museum, as well as some outdoors space.

Stay tuned for our next posts, which will detail opening reception information (❗️) and reveal the exhibition which will be in our “Videodrome”, the museum’s dedicated video art gallery.

About the exhibition:

Join us as we ponder the meaning of the Annapolis Liberty Tree, which was felled in 1999 after lording over St. John’s College’s front lawn for more than three centuries. A witness tree, it was the site of meetings of the Sons of Liberty prior to the revolution. More recently, it was the backdrop for scores of graduations.

Today, amid the 250th anniversary of the United States, what should we make of the tree’s absence? Is this a time to reconsider our notions of liberty? These questions are central to Braceli’s project, though the question he has chosen to pose is more poetic and enigmatic: “Can you whisper to me, the last breath of a tree?”

This project takes the form of a temporary outdoor sculpture on the college’s front lawn, and a related installation in the main gallery. This fall, stay tuned for a series of community-driven “whisper conversations” inside the installation.

We can’t wait to speak with you about these pieces and welcome you back to the museum.

Presented in collaboration with Annapolis Pride, Historic Annapolis, and the Maryland Commission on Indian Affairs.

Thank you to the Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area and the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority for their generous support of this project.

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

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Annapolis, MD
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Thursday 12:30pm - 6:30pm
Friday 12:30pm - 6:30pm
Saturday 10:30am - 6:30pm
Sunday 10:30am - 6:30pm

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