Meet LUNCH BREAK Guest Melissa Mitchell. Register TODAY!
Bold. Bright. Unapologetic. These are just some of the words used to describe artist Melissa Mitchell and her eye-catching creations. Join us and Melissa, Wednesday, March 10 at 12:30PM EST for our LUNCH BREAK virtual series where Melissa will discuss how to “Mind Your Business & Your Art” and how she’s turned her passion into profit.
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Also, shop Melissa’s latest creations as part of the collaborative project, #ArtBlk, a limited capsule in partnership with the South Florida-based headwear brand Dungeon Forward, featuring four Black artists whose work boldly captures black creativity and heritage in four collectible crowns for the culture. This collection marks the launch of a new "low top" variant of the brand's most coveted crown, "The Sunika Kuraun." Melissa Mitchell's crown is titled Ikenna, which is Igbo for "my father's power" - an ode to Melissa's father, who was and still is, one of her greatest influences since his passing.
About Melissa Mitchell
Melissa Mitchell is an Atlanta-based, self-taught artist, who has a love for vibrant colors, unique shapes, and bold dark lines. She attributes her Bahamian heritage, melodic sounds and the colorful world around her as her greatest inspirations. Since February 2014, she has created over 500 original art pieces, painted over 40 larger than life murals, has been featured in various articles including The Huffington Post and sold custom pieces housed around the world.
Shop Melissa’s latest creations as part of the collaborative project, #ArtBlk, a limited capsule in partnership with the South Florida-based headwear brand Dungeon Forward
During an especially heavy Atlanta snowstorm in 2014, Melissa decided to post herself on social media trying something new. First, she began to sketch on pieces of scrap wood and paper. Next, she added paint and permanent black markers over those sketches. As she looked back, she yelled out “YO—I might just be on to something!” When she showed the finished products to her friends on her Instagram and Facebook pages, she was surprised by their support.
“I started getting DMs from friends saying, ‘Can I buy one of those?’ ‘Melissa are you an artist now?’ ‘Can you make one of those pieces for my mom?’ ‘How soon can you ship for my new house?’ I was in utter shock.” With so many drawn to her signature bright colors, Melissa was a bit unprepared for her sudden success. Source: HBCU Buzz
More recently, she has brought her art pieces to life by turning her favorite paintings into unique head wraps, pocket squares, socks, bow ties, home décor and specialty textiles. Launched in 2016, her Abeille Creations’ head wraps have been seen on the likes of Lupita Nyong'o featured in Vogue Magazine and she had an exclusive partnership with Smitten by Yandy Smith of reality television fame, to name a few. Last year, her work was also showcased in ESSENCE Magazine’s ‘My City, My Way’ tour stop in Atlanta, GA.
She specializes in creating one-of- a-kind pieces for homes, offices, and other personal spaces for her clients. She aims to curate pieces that evoke emotion, serve as a “light source”, speaks to the soul, but above all — inspire people to follow their passions and cultivate their dreams. Melissa is known as the “Kaleidoscope of Hope”, because she brings joy through her use of colors. Anyone that experiences something she has created will find comfort in knowing that there is nothing else like it in the world.
Melissa says, “Art has single-handedly changed my life and the way I live it. It is like love, you make it what you want. It makes you feel things you can’t always describe; so you’re left to just relish in the beauty of it.” She is currently working on expanding her portfolio globally and developing significant artistic collaborations with other artists, corporations, major fashion houses and brands.
Visit https://www.melissaamitchell.com/art to learn more about Melissa and to shop her art.
