 – The selection of 35 artists to participate in residencies at the Joan Mitchell Center this 2025 includes a dynamic group of 21 artists from across…){kind=link}
NEW ORLEANS, LA (PNAN) – The selection of 35 artists to participate in residencies at the Joan Mitchell Center this 2025 includes a dynamic group of 21 artists from across the United States participating alongside 14 artists local to New Orleans, and divided into Spring, Summer and Fall sessions.
“The 2025 Artists-in-Residence reflect the essence of creativity and innovation to which Joan Mitchell was so passionately committed,” said Christa Blatchford, Executive Director of the Joan Mitchell Foundation. “Their varied artistic practices and viewpoints extend the Foundation’s commitment to nurturing visual artists during their creative journey, and we are pleased to be able to provide them the opportunity and resources to concentrate on art-making—in particular, as we celebrate Joan Mitchell’s centennial.”
The 2025 Artists-in-Residence are: Samira Abbassy, Jersey City, NJ, Anila Quayyum Agha, Indianapolis, IN, Jerri Allyn, Los Angeles, CA, Rina Banerjee, Brooklyn, NY, David Antonio Cruz, New York, NY, Margaret Curtis, Tryon, NC, Christian Việt Đinh, New Orleans, LA, Addoley Dzegede, Pittsburgh, PA, Christopher Givens, New Orleans, LA, Ansley Givhan, New Orleans, LA, Bethany Grabert, New Orleans, LA, Seonna Hong, Los Angeles, CA, Ivelisse Jiménez, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Christopher Robert Jones & Liza Sylvestre, Urbana, IL, J. Renee, Lexington, SC, King Cobra, Philadelphia, PA, Rodrigo Lara Zendejas, Elmwood Park, IL, Mankh, New Orleans, LA, E Marshall, New Orleans, LA, Gabriel Martinez, Houston, TX, Jarrad Mckay, New Orleans, LA, Michi Meko, Atlanta, GA, Young Min Moon, Amherst, MA, Maya Pen, New Orleans, LA, Utē Petit, New Orleans, LA, Antoine Prince, New Orleans, LA, Jacob Reptile, New Orleans, LA, Chemi Rosado-Seijo, San Juan, PR, Kelsey Scult, New Orleans, LA, Shikeith, Brooklyn, NY, Denice Smith, Slidell, LA, Awilda Sterling, San Juan, PR, Tyrone Stevenson, Slidell, LA and Yuriko Yamaguchi, Vienna, VA.
The 2025 participating artists were chosen by five jurors: carole frances lung, Executive Director of Antenna in New Orleans, and an organizer, artist, and soft-power activist; MaPò Kinnord, a ceramicist and a professor of art and department chair at Xavier University in New Orleans; María Elena Ortiz, curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, and previously a curator at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), where she spearheaded the Caribbean Cultural Institute (CCI); Pat Phillips, a painter and Joan Mitchell Foundation alumnus (Painters & Sculptors Grant, 2017; JMC AIR, 2023) who lives and works in Philadelphia; and Kristina Kay Robinson, a poet, writer, and visual artist born and raised in New Orleans.
For more information, call 504-940-2500 or email: info@joanmitchellcenter.org or see: www.joanmitchellfoundation.org.