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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Announcing the 2023 Joan Mitchell Fellows

August 22, 2023

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A composite grid of headshots of the 2023 Joan Mitchell Fellows, 15 people of various ages, dress, and skin tone.
Anne Buckwalter, a white woman with brown hair in a bun in a black tank top, faces away and paints at a drafting desk in a studio in front of a window.

Setting Goals for Career Documentation

Why do you want to inventory and organize your work? Whatever your motivation, w...

Metal utility shelves hold rolled canvases in styrofoam cradles, in front of vertical wooden shelves with wrapped canvases on stretchers.

Budgeting for your Artwork Inventory

No matter what career stage you’re in, as you identify goals for your artwork in...

Mildred Howard holds sheets of photographs in her hands, resting on an open flat file drawer in an art studio. She has medium-dark skin, blue-gray hair in braids, and wears hoop earrings and a navy sweater.

What to Keep and Where to Keep It: Mapping Your Archival Legacy

Learn how to take stock of your records and map out and preserve your archival l...

Our Vision

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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