LAUREN McHALE MILLS

lmchalembiz@gmail.com 

EDUCATION

Cranbrook Academy of Art

2027 MFA

University of Michigan

2023 BFA

NOTABLE COMMISSIONS

2024. Ann Arbor District Library

2022   American Cancer Society

2022   Detroit Community Care Network

2021   Booksweet Community Bookshop

2019- 2020   Washtenaw County Health Department

2016- 2022   Jill Scott

2015 The VIsion of Children Foundation

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025     “Nothing Is Going To Turn Us Around”, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI

2024     “Bicentennial Mural Project”, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor, MI

2023     “We Don’t Need Another Hero”, Irwin House Gallery, Detroit, MI

2023    “Why We Can’t Wait”, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI

2021    “A Spectacular Black Girl Art Show”, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL

2020 “A Spectacular Black Girl Art Show”, Westside Cultural Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

2019- 2020 “What Matters… A Collection of Portraits and Stories from UM and TSU Art Departments”, Trotter Multicultural Center, Ann Arbor, MI and Hiram Van Gorden Gallery, Nashville, TN

2017    “Black History Month Exhibition:, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI

2016    “Black History Month Exhibition:, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI

2015    “Black History Month Exhibition:, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI

2014    “Teen Arts Festival”, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI

2013 “Teen Arts Festival”, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti, MI

LECTURES/ TALKS

2023 “How I Learned My ABC’s”, Stamps Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI 

2022 “Jazz, Justice, and The New Negro”, History of Art Department,  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

BOOKS

2023 “The ABCs of Black Authors: Coloring Book & Reading Guide”