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Artist Joan Mitchell leaning on a stool in front of 2 large paintings

Joan Mitchell in her Vétheuil studio, 1983. Photograph by Robert Freson, Joan Mitchell Foundation Archives. © Joan Mitchell Foundation.

We cultivate the study and appreciation of Joan Mitchell’s life and work while providing resources for visual artists.

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Residencies in 2024 at the Joan Mitchell Center: Who Can Apply and What Is New

May 22, 2023

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Standing in a white walled studio, a white woman with dark hair in a loose bun reaches for paintbrushes on a cart filled with painting supplies. On the walls are two large abstract paintings on unstretched canvas, filled with energetic gestural strokes creating tangles of movement.
A Ho Chunk Native American with medium-light skin and a beard faces the camera, wearing black framed glasses and a beaded earring. The backdrop is a white wall in his art studio, with drips and splashes of paint visible on the wall.

In the Studio: Henry Payer, Jr.

My work generally has to do with the culture that I come from, and my background...

In an art studio, a Latina woman with light skin tone and shoulder-length blond hair leans towards a canvas painting leaning on the wall, her hand moving across the surface with a paintbrush. In the foreground are cans and buckets filled with paint brushes, and a table with tubes of paint.

In the Studio: Rocío Rodríguez

My art practice has been a 40-plus-year journey. If I were to describe it, I wou...

A white man with short curly brown hair and a beard leans over a work table, moving a piece of a cut photograph. Behind him are a row of photo collages.

In the Studio: Shane Darwent

"I'm primarily a sculptor and a photographer. Photography has always been the fr...

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On left, a small landscape by Claude Monet painting hangs and on right, a large abstract painting by Joan Mitchell.
Installation view of Monet/Mitchell: Painting the French Landscape, image courtesy of Saint Louis Art Museum.

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Monet/Mitchell: Painting the French Landscape

Offering a fresh view of two of the most experimental painters of the 20th century, Monet/Mitchell: Painting the French Landscape is the first exhibition in the United States to examine the complex dialogue between the work of the French Impressionist Claude Monet and Joan Mitchell.

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The Foundation supports research, scholarship, and exhibitions to ensure Joan Mitchell is widely recognized as a significant artist.

The Foundation’s grants, residencies, and related initiatives recognize artistic excellence and elevate a wide range of visual artists and practices. We work to actively expand the visual arts to better reflect the diverse world in which we live.

The Foundation serves as an evolving example and resource for how an artist’s generosity can impact future generations of artists.

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