Open Mito Mic & Art Show

A call to all visual artists, poets, comedians, singers, quilters…and creators!! We are asking you to take the months of September and October to think about your Mito Journey and create an expression you would like to share at MitoAction’s Fourth Annual Open Mito Mic and Art Show, which will be held November 15 at 6pm (EST). 

This year our topic is “Holding Beauty and Pain.”  There is an art to holding both beauty and pain together, to not allow oneself to be all consumed by one or the other. If we hold only what is beautiful in our lives, then we embrace ignorance. If we hold only pain, the darkness may consume us.  So the “game” we must play with ourselves is existing in tension between beauty and pain. It is truly an art to allow these emotions and experiences to co-exist. 

This year we challenge you to share a piece of art that explores the pain or beauty that exists in your life with Mito, or create a piece that exemplifies this tension. During our art show, together, we will hold the tension of pain and beauty through your submissions, and we will share this with our greater Mito Community. We can bring hope by showing that this is possible!

Explore the above topic in the art form that is most meaningful to you!  Then take a picture or video of your painting, drawing, knitting, poem, song, comedy bit ect. and send your art and your Artist Release Form to sharry@mitoaction.org.   All pieces are due no later than October 30, 2026 (but please feel free to send them sooner!).  

*Submissions will be transformed into a singular video, and our show  will occur virtually November 15 at 6pm (EST), followed by a short panel discussion with our artists!