This month two MFA alumni, illustrator Niky Motekallem ’16 and comic artist Alex Mitchell ’16, participated in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts’ Third Thursday. Their project was a collaborative and participatory piece entitled “The Storytree.”
From Alex: “The Storytree is a large sequential narrative project that takes shape in collaboration with the public. It allows visitors to work cooperatively with each other and the artists in an exploration of a novel storytelling format, a branching collaborative comic. Over the course of the event, the story grows and branches, into a unique adventure with multiple uncharted paths.”
The public enthusiastically contributed their ideas to the final piece, and a marvelous time was had by all.
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Alex Mitchell
Niky Motekallem
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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