The October 2010 issue of College &Research Libraries News magazine features “Main Street” by Granville Mitchell as its cover illustration.

Mitchell’s painting forms part of the Kentucky African American Art collection in the Raymond Cravens Library of Western Kentucky University. Mitchell, who studied commercial art at WKU, works on paper with pen and ink, acrylic, oil and some airbrush. In his works, he seeks to capture movement, the dynamic of life.

Mitchell’s art was showcased in Kentucky Live! Southern Culture At Its Best, an annual series of public talks sponsored by the WKU Libraries, now in its eighth season. He also depicted the Historic Freedom Riders in a collaborative mural honoring the life of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Kentucky Library and Museum. For more information on WKU Special Collections, visit www.wku.edu/library/dlsc .

Mitchell’s artwork is the third time WKU Libraries has been featured on the front cover and the second cover to feature a work by a Kentucky African American artist. The College and Research Libraries News magazine is the leading college and university library news magazine and has an estimated readership of about 100,000 worldwide.