"I am inspired to create artwork that comments on the history of education and questions the common assumptions that devalue fluencies and skills outside prevailing norms." - Mark Wittig
Mark Wittig's Postcards
This exhibit is FREE to the public and will be displayed during business hours at the Innovation Hub until May 30th.
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 9am to 5pm,
Tuesday/Thursday 9am to 8pm,
The Third Saturday of the Month, 10am to 2pm.
Artist Statement
The lived experience of formal education is the primary subject matter for my creative research. In first grade, I was diagnosed with dyslexia. For the next three school years I attended the Child Study Center in Little Rock, Arkansas a school in a teaching hospital where I became intrigued with educational research. I am inspired to create artwork that comments on the history of education and questions the common assumptions that devalue fluencies and skills outside prevailing norms. I strive to develop work that emphasize the empowering potential of a more open discussion of education and the lived experience of learning. To this end, I create artworks using photography, illustrations, and sculptures.
About Mark Wittig
With Mark Wittig’s creative practice, he is engaged in a social practice that examines the lived experience of formal education. Wittig uses his abilities as an architect, artist, and educator to encourage a free and open conversation about education. In 2025, Wittig’s Rosenwald School Architecture Models were part of a two person exhibition at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum in Dallas, Texas. In 2024, Wittig was part of the Civil Rights Conference that explore the legacy of the 70th Anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. In 2023, Wittig’s creative practice was awarded a Catalyze grant. A program of Mid-America Art Alliance and was generously funded by the Windgate Foundation. In 2022, Wittig project Structures that Transformed Education – 1724 to 1974 was awarded an Artistic Innovations Grant, a program of Mid-America Arts Alliance. This project is generously funded by Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Arkansas Arts Council.
