https://meg-mitchell.com Meg Mitchell Thu, 12 May 2022 19:08:09 +0000 https://meg-mitchell.com en https://meg-mitchell.com/homepage Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:12:17 +0000 Meg Mitchell https://meg-mitchell.com/homepage MEG FARRELL <img width="9000" height="7167" width_o="9000" height_o="7167" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d5dc1f1d7e72144686bcf39a8700b64810e3816d7d0c0f2654d905cfae84f3c9/Let-Me-Finish-You-Little-Bitch-Part-1.jpg" data-mid="142436413" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d5dc1f1d7e72144686bcf39a8700b64810e3816d7d0c0f2654d905cfae84f3c9/Let-Me-Finish-You-Little-Bitch-Part-1.jpg" /> https://meg-mitchell.com/Bio-CV Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:12:18 +0000 Meg Mitchell https://meg-mitchell.com/Bio-CV Bio: Meg Farrell (b. 1984)&nbsp; lives in Portland, Maine. She received her BFA in photography from Parsons School of Design in 2007. Farrell uses photography to recreate moments and experiences steeped in her identity to explore the meaning and significance of universal human interactions and experiences such as motherhood, sexual assault and mental health. Performance plays a huge role in her artwork. With each photo series the act of collecting, making, performing and staging allows Farrell to immerse herself in each project.&nbsp;&nbsp;CV: Education: BFA Parsons School of Design, 2007 Solo Exhibitions: 2022 One Night in February, Able Baker Contemporay, Portland, Maine 2018 Birthday, Buoy Gallery, Kittery, Maine 2018 Birthday, Black Birch, Kittery, Maine Group Exhibitions: 2020&nbsp;Portland Museum of Art, Untitled 2020, Art from Maine in a ___ Time.&nbsp; 2020&nbsp;CMCA, [ON] NOW Exhibition, Shelter (Earth, House, Body, Spirit) 2009 Humble Arts Foundation, Group Show #31 2007 Calumet Gallery, Parsons School of Design Photography Senior Thesis Show Awards: 2010 Flash Forward Book and Festival Competition, Magenta Foundation 2007 Best in Show, Parsons School of Design Photography Senior Thesis Show 2006 Award for Portfolio, Datacolor ScholarshipResidencies: Ellis Beauregard, Rockland, ME Fall 2021 Permanent Collections: Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine Publications: Iowa Review, Volume 50, Issue 1. Spring 2020 For inquiries contact megmitchellart@gmail.com https://meg-mitchell.com/One-Night-in-February Thu, 12 May 2022 19:08:09 +0000 Meg Mitchell https://meg-mitchell.com/One-Night-in-February <img width="4800" height="6068" width_o="4800" height_o="6068" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb11ce2ee5bf8c2229a5f10f033cbbeebee1d29433bd7673e2bfd9aaadd26d3c/Cocaine.jpg" data-mid="142434455" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb11ce2ee5bf8c2229a5f10f033cbbeebee1d29433bd7673e2bfd9aaadd26d3c/Cocaine.jpg" /> <img width="4800" height="6098" width_o="4800" height_o="6098" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec8f209d2d17aabd883fdad0058a76e97a91cf33d98308bc7aed559a7cad6d79/Marijuana.jpg" data-mid="142434458" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec8f209d2d17aabd883fdad0058a76e97a91cf33d98308bc7aed559a7cad6d79/Marijuana.jpg" /> <img width="6988" height="4575" width_o="6988" height_o="4575" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/abb74d92feeb8dab684c26b3edafe2ec32f0fda3d79ac0d8a6cd626acabcc835/Rape-Painting.jpg" data-mid="142434470" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/abb74d92feeb8dab684c26b3edafe2ec32f0fda3d79ac0d8a6cd626acabcc835/Rape-Painting.jpg" /> <img width="9000" height="7232" width_o="9000" height_o="7232" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9baed7684dcb74f568f4a600599b59fc00f07e4232013746250db1d8a7ddf46/Let-Me-Finish-You-Little-Bitch-Part-2.jpg" data-mid="142434457" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9baed7684dcb74f568f4a600599b59fc00f07e4232013746250db1d8a7ddf46/Let-Me-Finish-You-Little-Bitch-Part-2.jpg" /> <img width="9000" height="7167" width_o="9000" height_o="7167" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea57601709c9fae4edecfd05796cc70eb483ed1435efd0fb7e4e40a8b381257e/Let-Me-Finish-You-Little-Bitch-Part-1.jpg" data-mid="142434456" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea57601709c9fae4edecfd05796cc70eb483ed1435efd0fb7e4e40a8b381257e/Let-Me-Finish-You-Little-Bitch-Part-1.jpg" /> <img width="4800" height="6218" width_o="4800" height_o="6218" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7fb00c2e1b21874b341d6dda4f4db7a92325ceb5d1c8e4d14bf99c01e90ada4/Todd-Chalice-Mitchell.jpg" data-mid="142434474" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7fb00c2e1b21874b341d6dda4f4db7a92325ceb5d1c8e4d14bf99c01e90ada4/Todd-Chalice-Mitchell.jpg" /> <img width="1152" height="1512" width_o="1152" height_o="1512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2787c34f6db276415a18dcc7be63abe3063434eda6db5a983e88e959983d2d75/Todd-Christine-Mitchell.jpg" data-mid="142434475" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2787c34f6db276415a18dcc7be63abe3063434eda6db5a983e88e959983d2d75/Todd-Christine-Mitchell.jpg" /> &nbsp; 17 years ago I was raped by a man when I was 21 years old. Immediately told myself I would not be defined by this and that I will not be affected by this. But you can’t hide from trauma, it’s always with you. One Night in February, is a multi-medium body of work about the sexual assault I endured. Each piece I made is a sounding board for my voice and for the countless other victims who have suffered from sexual assault. There is a tremendous amount of shame that comes from being a sexual assault victim but the more you talk about and share your trauma, the more distance you can have from it. The statistics for rape are astounding. For 100 women that suffered sexual violence in their lifetimes, 14% had experienced attempted rape and 2.3% had experienced rape. &nbsp;A national survey from the CDC indicates 1 in every 5 women (and 1 in 71 men) will be raped during their lifetime at some point. This body of work is essentially a very public healing for me that I hope brings the much needed societal awareness of sexual assault. My hope is that this body of work educates our community about the trauma and long term mental and emotional effects sexual violence has on people and that the shame is redirected from the survivor to the prepertrator which hopefully prevents future acts of sexual violence against someone. We as a society need to talk more about sexual violence instead of silencing it and hiding it. Sharing this body of work is one way of confronting the sexual violence pandemic we have been living in for centuries. Part of this body of work has been on collaboration with other artists. Chalice and Christine both did facial sketches of the rapists from my memory.&nbsp; Todd 1, Chalice Mitchell 2021 Charcoal on Paper 16x20 Todd 2, Christine Mitchell 2021 Graphite on Paper 16x20 https://meg-mitchell.com/Hidden-Mother Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:47:19 +0000 Meg Mitchell https://meg-mitchell.com/Hidden-Mother <img width="3300" height="2605" width_o="3300" height_o="2605" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69bf41fcde7bd828299a03a977f0d4077f1eb7e046f5b10116e69148a87e6bbd/Mother1-PMA.jpg" data-mid="99993843" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69bf41fcde7bd828299a03a977f0d4077f1eb7e046f5b10116e69148a87e6bbd/Mother1-PMA.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="3541" width_o="3300" height_o="3541" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/014076fd847f79df417d094e8428a7fc8cdfaccd853ebcd313bddc88754d0b66/Mother-2-PMA.jpg" data-mid="99993847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/014076fd847f79df417d094e8428a7fc8cdfaccd853ebcd313bddc88754d0b66/Mother-2-PMA.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="2823" width_o="3600" height_o="2823" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6170d849225745a21d64b77e41c7056bdb093fdadd53abf22d206b14f486a21d/savannah-2.jpg" data-mid="117021981" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6170d849225745a21d64b77e41c7056bdb093fdadd53abf22d206b14f486a21d/savannah-2.jpg" /> <img width="1296" height="1021" width_o="1296" height_o="1021" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97610aa7c6ba512dfebe7b1bb010d2656b1f84e500761b27f806eac74f4956a2/Museum-small.jpg" data-mid="117023142" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97610aa7c6ba512dfebe7b1bb010d2656b1f84e500761b27f806eac74f4956a2/Museum-small.jpg" /> &nbsp;I, like many people, am many things. I am an artist; a woman, a daughter, a sister; and more recently a mother. My two young children have pushed me to see myself as a mother first, but it has come at a cost. I feel invisible in my own life. Invisible to my family, but most of all invisible to myself. I am a mother, slowly slipping away from who I really am. All of this has only been exacerbated by the Covid pandemic, as I am now spending more time than ever devoting myself to my children. To express this feeling of invisibility, I took photos exploring Hidden Mother Photography, a style of photographs common in the Victorian era, in which young children were photographed with their mothers present, but hidden within the photograph. Hidden under a sheet or blanket, I become a structure, present only for stability and support, entirely devoted to the needs of my others.&nbsp; This is a work in progress series.&nbsp; https://meg-mitchell.com/Hiding-in-Plain-Site Sat, 21 Nov 2020 18:21:23 +0000 Meg Mitchell https://meg-mitchell.com/Hiding-in-Plain-Site <img width="1519" height="1200" width_o="1519" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1779e3f6a9dda7e31f3095c750f2d64c98f549c70e7659ad084e9120e3c0f8f3/sciuate.jpg" data-mid="89621657" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1779e3f6a9dda7e31f3095c750f2d64c98f549c70e7659ad084e9120e3c0f8f3/sciuate.jpg" /> <img width="1505" height="1196" width_o="1505" height_o="1196" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/818cf2b0058956dbbac60c666466dc3fe2b164d863c956fbbb5a4f2a05aa9b5a/Ferns.jpg" data-mid="89621660" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/818cf2b0058956dbbac60c666466dc3fe2b164d863c956fbbb5a4f2a05aa9b5a/Ferns.jpg" /> <img width="1484" height="1172" width_o="1484" height_o="1172" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b08a975ef25a47758fcb38ba703a7e4f3ed17946ff8be0c3a6cf6fff156a32c/Seaweed.jpg" data-mid="89621658" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b08a975ef25a47758fcb38ba703a7e4f3ed17946ff8be0c3a6cf6fff156a32c/Seaweed.jpg" /> <img width="1519" height="1200" width_o="1519" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7de16ebb5bc7d8d28af2eff428bc28b9f010e1d1896c75007e6f23b60af1a084/ground.jpg" data-mid="89621661" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7de16ebb5bc7d8d28af2eff428bc28b9f010e1d1896c75007e6f23b60af1a084/ground.jpg" /> <img width="1518" height="1200" width_o="1518" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c07826e1fe42b9b95611421a83f6de422ea9c0e67a024b5901f19106c99006a/leaf.jpg" data-mid="89621656" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c07826e1fe42b9b95611421a83f6de422ea9c0e67a024b5901f19106c99006a/leaf.jpg" /> This series is a work in progress about my struggles with my mental health and depression and how our society shuns people who struggle with mental health into hiding. https://meg-mitchell.com/Birthday Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:12:19 +0000 Meg Mitchell https://meg-mitchell.com/Birthday Birthday <img width="2500" height="3125" width_o="2500" height_o="3125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/463736e4091b80afba1b99435bf99aaff1a41270b7dd0054516c32df5c2717c7/Germanyweb.jpg" data-mid="15982626" border="0" data-scale="100" alt="Frankfurter Kranz, Germany April 24, 1999" data-caption="Frankfurter Kranz, Germany April 24, 1999" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/463736e4091b80afba1b99435bf99aaff1a41270b7dd0054516c32df5c2717c7/Germanyweb.jpg" /> <img width="4800" height="6000" width_o="4800" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f78e0e2ae0bfced9eaef091c3ef13cbc58dd0d6c4fb73fc3e1dc4ceabb4df408/Megfarrell-EcuadorFINAL.jpg" data-mid="15976500" border="0" alt="Espumillas, Ecuador April 24, 2011" data-caption="Espumillas, Ecuador April 24, 2011" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f78e0e2ae0bfced9eaef091c3ef13cbc58dd0d6c4fb73fc3e1dc4ceabb4df408/Megfarrell-EcuadorFINAL.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="3125" width_o="2500" height_o="3125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55e7df231530b1908b076d2931a978daa688ac9950012ac3d5836a86b24b08fd/maltaweb.jpg" data-mid="15982632" border="0" alt="Prinjolata, Malta April 24, 2007" data-caption="Prinjolata, Malta April 24, 2007" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55e7df231530b1908b076d2931a978daa688ac9950012ac3d5836a86b24b08fd/maltaweb.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="3125" width_o="2500" height_o="3125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ec95765acd5ada0079ea55d55971a9d61704e9c2c9519c9054999649480b33e/austrailiaweb.jpg" data-mid="15982619" border="0" alt="Fairy Bread, Australia April 24, 2012" data-caption="Fairy Bread, Australia April 24, 2012" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ec95765acd5ada0079ea55d55971a9d61704e9c2c9519c9054999649480b33e/austrailiaweb.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="3125" width_o="2500" height_o="3125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df003d39f70cf705d0050b7546241e592d5c9f6011a7162adfa6e5ad55486982/Newzealandweb.jpg" data-mid="15982636" border="0" alt="Pavlova, New Zealand April 24, 2004" data-caption="Pavlova, New Zealand April 24, 2004" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df003d39f70cf705d0050b7546241e592d5c9f6011a7162adfa6e5ad55486982/Newzealandweb.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="3125" width_o="2500" height_o="3125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/638787f904925edba320700f5133b98ca7897c030ae33f47a8040a294fa4bc2d/denmarkweb.jpg" data-mid="15982624" border="0" alt="Kransekage, Denmark April 24, 2000" data-caption="Kransekage, Denmark April 24, 2000" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/638787f904925edba320700f5133b98ca7897c030ae33f47a8040a294fa4bc2d/denmarkweb.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="3125" width_o="2500" height_o="3125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/081767eeabf1a47b9b8a60d93a5f2577fa26d6f653a12c2af8945141f6588835/Netherlandsweb.jpg" data-mid="15982634" border="0" alt="Slagroomtaart, Netherlands April 24, 1998" data-caption="Slagroomtaart, Netherlands April 24, 1998" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/081767eeabf1a47b9b8a60d93a5f2577fa26d6f653a12c2af8945141f6588835/Netherlandsweb.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="3125" width_o="2500" height_o="3125" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/71310db443dff9ecec60dbcd138f36223a1817c29d770e06e0f6f1380466a3a3/Vinerta--Iceland-April-24--.jpg" data-mid="15985713" border="0" alt="Vinarterta, Iceland April 24, 2014" data-caption="Vinarterta, Iceland April 24, 2014" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/71310db443dff9ecec60dbcd138f36223a1817c29d770e06e0f6f1380466a3a3/Vinerta--Iceland-April-24--.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="3125" width_o="2500" height_o="3125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4cfb4ddc1b1776c663bc058366a914c1ebf4a870a386df109af87947dcfe167/Indonesiaweb.jpg" data-mid="15982629" border="0" alt="Nasi Tumpeng, Indonesia April 24, 2015" data-caption="Nasi Tumpeng, Indonesia April 24, 2015" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4cfb4ddc1b1776c663bc058366a914c1ebf4a870a386df109af87947dcfe167/Indonesiaweb.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="3125" width_o="2500" height_o="3125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f4bbd396c345bf9fbaa0928fe37aea5197ab2bc4030e59d1e33b30d88093fe4/Morrocoweb.jpg" data-mid="15982633" border="0" alt="Sellou, Morroco April 24, 2009" data-caption="Sellou, Morroco April 24, 2009" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f4bbd396c345bf9fbaa0928fe37aea5197ab2bc4030e59d1e33b30d88093fe4/Morrocoweb.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="3125" width_o="2500" height_o="3125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/705c8620e5d0504d43dedd69d6e1b3c982e15c2dbe16e71aa4a04f91de12fd38/brazilweb.jpg" data-mid="15982620" border="0" alt="Brigadeiro, Brazil April 24, 2008" data-caption="Brigadeiro, Brazil April 24, 2008" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/705c8620e5d0504d43dedd69d6e1b3c982e15c2dbe16e71aa4a04f91de12fd38/brazilweb.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="3125" width_o="2500" height_o="3125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1933b2557f24ec51b59d3a1a96212d113e59566c3f01f6c879fbc72d2d64a43b/Ghanaweb.jpg" data-mid="15982627" border="0" alt="Oto, Ghana April 24, 1996" data-caption="Oto, Ghana April 24, 1996" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1933b2557f24ec51b59d3a1a96212d113e59566c3f01f6c879fbc72d2d64a43b/Ghanaweb.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="3125" width_o="2500" height_o="3125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22e021530249db17d3b347909c75eb9c9fa8b8d6a01e4fca1802ae95e70dad25/Crotiaweb.jpg" data-mid="15982623" border="0" alt="Madjarica, Croatia April 24, 1997" data-caption="Madjarica, Croatia April 24, 1997" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/22e021530249db17d3b347909c75eb9c9fa8b8d6a01e4fca1802ae95e70dad25/Crotiaweb.jpg" /> <img width="3308" height="4500" width_o="3308" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7403eeb12185fce25e180628cb738a58af99738fc7f0df6cde7c8b61e0b8a48f/Sheychelles.jpg" data-mid="10687207" border="0" alt="Ladob, Seychelles April 24, 2003" data-caption="Ladob, Seychelles April 24, 2003" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7403eeb12185fce25e180628cb738a58af99738fc7f0df6cde7c8b61e0b8a48f/Sheychelles.jpg" /> <img width="3520" height="4500" width_o="3520" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38fd37c20db361c0f4ca772071a7d4f5be8e6fdde9e9261eb4ecdc5e044dd345/France.jpg" data-mid="10687202" border="0" alt="Tart Tatin, France April 24, 2006" data-caption="Tart Tatin, France April 24, 2006" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38fd37c20db361c0f4ca772071a7d4f5be8e6fdde9e9261eb4ecdc5e044dd345/France.jpg" /> <img width="3576" height="4500" width_o="3576" height_o="4500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a1207cfcd6f9454aadb56ab26849fe53355ca589e01594b3240b6a64edaa466/Greece.jpg" data-mid="10687656" border="0" alt="Walnut Cake, Greece April 24, 2002" data-caption="Walnut Cake, Greece April 24, 2002" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7a1207cfcd6f9454aadb56ab26849fe53355ca589e01594b3240b6a64edaa466/Greece.jpg" /> Birthday is an exploration of an interpretation of a birthday tradition. Growing up in an American culture without a strong, common tradition surrounding the anniversary of our births, has always left me feeling slightly disappointed on my birthday. In an attempt to explore and better understand what it feels like to have a strong birthday tradition, I fabricated a tradition for myself by imaging that I traveled to a different country each year on my birthday to eat their traditional birthday or celebratory dish. I then created a catalogue of the food items I pretended to have eaten. To create boundaries and structure in my work, I used my grapheme-color synesthesia (my perception of numerals and letters is associated with the experience of colors) to determine the background and foreground colors. Color key: 0. White 1. Black 2. Pink 3. Lime green 4. Cobalt Blue 5. Red 6. Dark brown 7. Yellow 8. Dark blue 9. Medium brown https://meg-mitchell.com/shots Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:58:49 +0000 Meg Mitchell https://meg-mitchell.com/shots &nbsp;Shots&nbsp; &nbsp;2007-2016 <img width="2277" height="2277" width_o="2277" height_o="2277" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ca4787abf175278504d706dbf441447961204c0c988f9d67f57b4933b7c106b/overlook-edit.jpg" data-mid="10271080" border="0" alt="Lookout, Thailand 2016" data-caption="Lookout, Thailand 2016" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ca4787abf175278504d706dbf441447961204c0c988f9d67f57b4933b7c106b/overlook-edit.jpg" /> <img width="2299" height="2299" width_o="2299" height_o="2299" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8ab5009203628cfc424b123e12de8724635a36a96b014df2b13cd3197c9357d/khao-sok-dock-edit.jpg" data-mid="10271101" border="0" alt="Suntan, Khao Sok Lake, Thailand 2016" data-caption="Suntan, Khao Sok Lake, Thailand 2016" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a8ab5009203628cfc424b123e12de8724635a36a96b014df2b13cd3197c9357d/khao-sok-dock-edit.jpg" /> <img width="2551" height="2491" width_o="2551" height_o="2491" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2cc3b797a51a6f783028ab690a9373840178887ef8ae546d8ab74273c1c2f0b1/straw-hut.jpeg" data-mid="10244732" border="0" alt="Beach Hut, Tulum, Mexico 2010" data-caption="Beach Hut, Tulum, Mexico 2010" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2cc3b797a51a6f783028ab690a9373840178887ef8ae546d8ab74273c1c2f0b1/straw-hut.jpeg" /> <img width="2238" height="2209" width_o="2238" height_o="2209" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b28ccc3ac27e67ca1b0460d4897e5826f6150d6541a68bf62d99e63d86128afd/tree3-2.jpg" data-mid="10244832" border="0" alt="Tree, Owls Head, Maine 2008" data-caption="Tree, Owls Head, Maine 2008" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b28ccc3ac27e67ca1b0460d4897e5826f6150d6541a68bf62d99e63d86128afd/tree3-2.jpg" /> <img width="2280" height="2232" width_o="2280" height_o="2232" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e47fa8bda4c463f40a0a5681b73271e40146a4d40952d4250611f2c8ed1ce4ed/statue.jpeg" data-mid="10244729" border="0" alt="Untitled, Palace of Versailles, France 2011" data-caption="Untitled, Palace of Versailles, France 2011" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e47fa8bda4c463f40a0a5681b73271e40146a4d40952d4250611f2c8ed1ce4ed/statue.jpeg" /> <img width="2238" height="2201" width_o="2238" height_o="2201" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/47e39522654e73a3a870b63130a922f00d897e49906e9cf5e805f0c12784495e/seaweed2.jpg" data-mid="10244714" border="0" alt="Sea Grass, Owls Head, Maine 2008" data-caption="Sea Grass, Owls Head, Maine 2008" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/47e39522654e73a3a870b63130a922f00d897e49906e9cf5e805f0c12784495e/seaweed2.jpg" /> <img width="2232" height="2211" width_o="2232" height_o="2211" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/37fdeaf8c96a3ca268dc418cfb7c48d240aa1dbb72a13bf6ce2c21fc0a789a0b/moss2.jpg" data-mid="10244647" border="0" alt="Moss, Cape Rosier, Maine 2009" data-caption="Moss, Cape Rosier, Maine 2009" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/37fdeaf8c96a3ca268dc418cfb7c48d240aa1dbb72a13bf6ce2c21fc0a789a0b/moss2.jpg" /> <img width="2250" height="2215" width_o="2250" height_o="2215" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7c569e242b6b8b37d9c3635e39867a935b7f1fe222c24497da8d14329649901/ocean-3.jpg" data-mid="10244649" border="0" alt="Low tide, Maine 2012" data-caption="Low tide, Maine 2012" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7c569e242b6b8b37d9c3635e39867a935b7f1fe222c24497da8d14329649901/ocean-3.jpg" /> <img width="2268" height="2241" width_o="2268" height_o="2241" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd449c092ef697e9aaa212f7c11653aa31b02e1354a85a1d6abc6f5a4181c985/rock-water.jpeg" data-mid="10244703" border="0" alt="Rocks, Acadia, Maine 2011" data-caption="Rocks, Acadia, Maine 2011" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd449c092ef697e9aaa212f7c11653aa31b02e1354a85a1d6abc6f5a4181c985/rock-water.jpeg" /> <img width="2250" height="2251" width_o="2250" height_o="2251" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eada03efe1a2db49cb8079a78e2254a351d54fe904b9d14c8e18247d324508ed/grass3.jpg" data-mid="9629000" border="0" alt="Grass, Maine 2011" data-caption="Grass, Maine 2011" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eada03efe1a2db49cb8079a78e2254a351d54fe904b9d14c8e18247d324508ed/grass3.jpg" /> <img width="2256" height="2209" width_o="2256" height_o="2209" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bff4bc5e8f9ff0d43e1a7e11197bed5bbdac877a60b3d80076fbba708a32c00c/opera-house2.jpg" data-mid="10244673" border="0" alt="Oprea House, Stonington, Maine 2010" data-caption="Oprea House, Stonington, Maine 2010" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bff4bc5e8f9ff0d43e1a7e11197bed5bbdac877a60b3d80076fbba708a32c00c/opera-house2.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="2241" width_o="2244" height_o="2241" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b57d63ffbe5555c0fad30ca8b58116392852f5201728e534a99e3f89fe10ac82/movie-screen2.jpg" data-mid="10244648" border="0" alt="Drive In, 2008" data-caption="Drive In, 2008" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b57d63ffbe5555c0fad30ca8b58116392852f5201728e534a99e3f89fe10ac82/movie-screen2.jpg" /> <img width="2250" height="2244" width_o="2250" height_o="2244" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/57ac5dbcb7e7a9be5ac4b44d968861922c6426986dec69ede441dfd8161c6066/light2.jpg" data-mid="10244587" border="0" alt="Light, Cape Rosier, Maine 2009" data-caption="Light, Cape Rosier, Maine 2009" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/57ac5dbcb7e7a9be5ac4b44d968861922c6426986dec69ede441dfd8161c6066/light2.jpg" /> <img width="2268" height="2251" width_o="2268" height_o="2251" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/545a01273e6d9e10b864df42de03418ed59e583da9652934f1e09a9a79474af4/bed2.jpg" data-mid="9628912" border="0" alt="Bed, Bantam, Connecticut, 2007" data-caption="Bed, Bantam, Connecticut, 2007" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/545a01273e6d9e10b864df42de03418ed59e583da9652934f1e09a9a79474af4/bed2.jpg" /> <img width="2268" height="2251" width_o="2268" height_o="2251" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/625c8575b4402a8176300119e7a7f4aa93cd97dd79e87bf1dad1fbfc838a8018/barnacles2.jpg" data-mid="9628856" border="0" alt="Barnacles, Maine 2008" data-caption="Barnacles, Maine 2008" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/625c8575b4402a8176300119e7a7f4aa93cd97dd79e87bf1dad1fbfc838a8018/barnacles2.jpg" /> <img width="3360" height="3340" width_o="3360" height_o="3340" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8276198b3e607a5dce9b9ed137dc6d1ee4ed7a57ff229e954a8a6908a0b9d358/paris-2.jpeg" data-mid="10244699" border="0" alt="Paris, 2011" data-caption="Paris, 2011" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8276198b3e607a5dce9b9ed137dc6d1ee4ed7a57ff229e954a8a6908a0b9d358/paris-2.jpeg" /> <img width="2640" height="2700" width_o="2640" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1048d9a8668f93935c79ad29508855856fca9084823dd09ca0951f34e1fd0fcb/apple-tree.jpeg" data-mid="9628824" border="0" alt="Apple Tree, 2007" data-caption="Apple Tree, 2007" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1048d9a8668f93935c79ad29508855856fca9084823dd09ca0951f34e1fd0fcb/apple-tree.jpeg" /> <img width="4050" height="8330" width_o="4050" height_o="8330" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3718ee5add693f5cf9eb3aad26428c0f018bbcd18e42d5a1c12aae9d99d2bc45/fireworks.jpeg" data-mid="10244565" border="0" alt="Fireworks, 2007" data-caption="Fireworks, 2007" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3718ee5add693f5cf9eb3aad26428c0f018bbcd18e42d5a1c12aae9d99d2bc45/fireworks.jpeg" /> <img width="2268" height="2268" width_o="2268" height_o="2268" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35412a667c205f8866bf3c651b5f63ae9b3361b80dcb6213a1e5e93b89ec944c/road-summer2.jpg" data-mid="10244702" border="0" alt="Summer Road, Thomaston, Maine 2008" data-caption="Summer Road, Thomaston, Maine 2008" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35412a667c205f8866bf3c651b5f63ae9b3361b80dcb6213a1e5e93b89ec944c/road-summer2.jpg" /> <img width="2244" height="2220" width_o="2244" height_o="2220" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3913b631930f895b45946eac3d2291feb4b21c12adf6ad2e33c45d99398593b/ships2.jpg" data-mid="10244718" border="0" alt="Harbor, Camden, Maine 2008" data-caption="Harbor, Camden, Maine 2008" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3913b631930f895b45946eac3d2291feb4b21c12adf6ad2e33c45d99398593b/ships2.jpg" /> <img width="2250" height="2203" width_o="2250" height_o="2203" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e948d93e5453fac14c38b87928c741628d90fc5c3774ace7c7ef754158574fa/waterfall2.jpg" data-mid="10244836" border="0" alt="Waterfall, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 2008" data-caption="Waterfall, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 2008" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e948d93e5453fac14c38b87928c741628d90fc5c3774ace7c7ef754158574fa/waterfall2.jpg" /> <img width="2268" height="2251" width_o="2268" height_o="2251" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/281cafdaa8ddd70299ef35f64d71bf5c34d6ca997b0bc1353de8854479b1abbb/road-fall2.jpg" data-mid="10244701" border="0" alt="Going Home, Cape Rosier, Maine, 2009" data-caption="Going Home, Cape Rosier, Maine, 2009" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/281cafdaa8ddd70299ef35f64d71bf5c34d6ca997b0bc1353de8854479b1abbb/road-fall2.jpg" /> <img width="2256" height="2218" width_o="2256" height_o="2218" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ebe7b629a6ac82fecb00443be0ec131f0bfc89cb491dbf17fc804369365bb39/seaweed-rock2.jpg" data-mid="10244709" border="0" alt="Sea Rock, Owls Head, Maine 2008" data-caption="Sea Rock, Owls Head, Maine 2008" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ebe7b629a6ac82fecb00443be0ec131f0bfc89cb491dbf17fc804369365bb39/seaweed-rock2.jpg" /> https://meg-mitchell.com/Sheryl-Hannaford Fri, 19 Jan 2018 19:12:20 +0000 Meg Mitchell https://meg-mitchell.com/Sheryl-Hannaford Sheryl Hannaford &nbsp; <img width="1200" height="960" width_o="1200" height_o="960" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2685f19d04853cb3b27a24d9852c7b3626a314e37296d386fe9f45b4a64be046/diner.jpg" data-mid="10246377" border="0" alt="Saturday Morning, 2006" data-caption="Saturday Morning, 2006" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2685f19d04853cb3b27a24d9852c7b3626a314e37296d386fe9f45b4a64be046/diner.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="957" width_o="1200" height_o="957" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7024bd004e62afbed18f841e88abe7da8c724c8a8835ccca4651500760f68776/exercise.jpg" data-mid="10246378" border="0" alt="Exercise, 2006" data-caption="Exercise, 2006" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7024bd004e62afbed18f841e88abe7da8c724c8a8835ccca4651500760f68776/exercise.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="946" width_o="1200" height_o="946" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d274563896d1584896a7ac5d93ce12ec8d35a9858d591ea6981c96f65b038e1f/grocery.jpg" data-mid="10246379" border="0" alt="Errands, 2006" data-caption="Errands, 2006" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d274563896d1584896a7ac5d93ce12ec8d35a9858d591ea6981c96f65b038e1f/grocery.jpg" /> <img width="1100" height="880" width_o="1100" height_o="880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5c07a92c35bd117c4995baea5ff9cd41aa0cfc656b5ee588ed9b1232770b2cf/kitchens.jpg" data-mid="10246380" border="0" alt="Kitchen Sink, 2006" data-caption="Kitchen Sink, 2006" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b5c07a92c35bd117c4995baea5ff9cd41aa0cfc656b5ee588ed9b1232770b2cf/kitchens.jpg" /> As a child I never questioned anything about my surroundings; it was the only environment I knew. Only until I moved away, did I realized that my small town life was unique and strange&nbsp; yet lonely and depressing.&nbsp; Now as an adult, something so familiar has become so unfamiliar. Through the act of performance I was able to experience the life of a small town American. I created fictional characters who have been contrived from the many individuals I have encountered throughout my childhood and young adulthood in New England. Through the process of researching, production, acting, set designing and directing I have been able to live the life of Sheryl Hannaford.&nbsp; https://meg-mitchell.com/Mom-and-Me Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:08:39 +0000 Meg Mitchell https://meg-mitchell.com/Mom-and-Me Mom and Me <img width="750" height="1106" width_o="750" height_o="1106" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8830748edde5dddc7b1bd325c40a47d5fe12d5ed8fabddb0b15e0abb48b9f15/mom-bathing-suit.jpg" data-mid="10271821" border="0" alt="Beach, Mom 1978" data-caption="Beach, Mom 1978" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/c8830748edde5dddc7b1bd325c40a47d5fe12d5ed8fabddb0b15e0abb48b9f15/mom-bathing-suit.jpg" /> <img width="750" height="1107" width_o="750" height_o="1107" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61e6eff3a709c020c5a97193bbf3360f64f3d21409e292d37cfbe97dc6a83d35/me-bathing-suit.jpg" data-mid="10271811" border="0" alt="Beach, Me 2006" data-caption="Beach, Me 2006" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/61e6eff3a709c020c5a97193bbf3360f64f3d21409e292d37cfbe97dc6a83d35/me-bathing-suit.jpg" /> <img width="750" height="1101" width_o="750" height_o="1101" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3423c52ab6a9ce287b1fecfc6fd115186728830f809399756a2fcda3502ed59/mom-cottage.jpg" data-mid="10271823" border="0" alt="Cottage, Mom 1980" data-caption="Cottage, Mom 1980" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/750/i/a3423c52ab6a9ce287b1fecfc6fd115186728830f809399756a2fcda3502ed59/mom-cottage.jpg" /> <img width="717" height="1101" width_o="717" height_o="1101" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f75e764fd6092452810ca643ce0da1592adbc5cef34083b20d6eb1f2f25ea2f/me-cottage.jpg" data-mid="10271817" border="0" alt="Cottage, Me 2006" data-caption="Cottage, Me 2006" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/717/i/7f75e764fd6092452810ca643ce0da1592adbc5cef34083b20d6eb1f2f25ea2f/me-cottage.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="1369" width_o="900" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41ee66f19da9996e9171bda220312fc62c71450e53d02d55efa3bd99b5ae26e8/mom-camping.jpg" data-mid="10271822" border="0" alt="Camping, Mom 1977" data-caption="Camping, Mom 1977" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/41ee66f19da9996e9171bda220312fc62c71450e53d02d55efa3bd99b5ae26e8/mom-camping.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="1369" width_o="900" height_o="1369" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a8610bcda7b77ece0a6edd037093d0e03a43fecfdad2c054990ea7da9c1463d/me-camping.jpg" data-mid="10271815" border="0" alt="Camping, Me 2006" data-caption="Camping, Me 2006" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/8a8610bcda7b77ece0a6edd037093d0e03a43fecfdad2c054990ea7da9c1463d/me-camping.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="771" width_o="900" height_o="771" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/055949ea55b56e883a563d20b0dd11147f180ed59a5856cb45545a6765de9642/mom-in-bed.jpg" data-mid="10271824" border="0" alt="Nursing, Mom 1979" data-caption="Nursing, Mom 1979" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/055949ea55b56e883a563d20b0dd11147f180ed59a5856cb45545a6765de9642/mom-in-bed.jpg" /> <img width="900" height="741" width_o="900" height_o="741" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59c7eccd0e05ea70dc27f1ac51e354541cd8a13a2c830f067332e4278deb972c/me-in-bed.jpg" data-mid="10271820" border="0" alt="Nursing, Me 2006" data-caption="Nursing, Me 2006" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/59c7eccd0e05ea70dc27f1ac51e354541cd8a13a2c830f067332e4278deb972c/me-in-bed.jpg" />