Mitch's collaborative and administrative work includes the founding of the Tangent Gallery in  Detroit, Design 99, the expansive neighborhood arts non profit Power House  Productions responsible for projects such as Ride It Sculpture Park, Play House, Sound  House, Power House, among others. He was the first assistant Curator at the  beginnings of the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. In 2003-04 he worked as local  curator and participant in the international exhibition Shrinking Cities out of Berlin,  Germany. He received a Kresge arts award, Creative Capital award and a Juried Prize  at Art Prize. He traveled on a cultural envoy with the US State Department working with  Turkman artists to create a joint exhibition in Turkmenistan. Academically, Mitch earned  a BFA from College for Creative Studies and an MFA from Washington State University.