Joan Mitchell Center

To complement its grant programs and deepen its relationships with artists, in 2015 the Foundation opened the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans to host artist residencies, providing working and living spaces on the Center’s two-acre campus.

Residencies at the Joan Mitchell Center provide the crucial elements of time and space for artistic experimentation—while offering artists opportunities to engage with arts professionals, partner arts organizations, and others in the community. Eligible artists must either be based in New Orleans (for the last five years) or native to New Orleans, or be a former grant recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation based anywhere in the United States.

The application for 2026 residencies is now open, through May 30, 2025! Full details are on the Residency page, linked below.

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A composite image of 12 artworks of various media and aesthetic — Artwork by the Spring 2025 Artists-in-Residence

Current Artists-in-Residence

Anila Quayyum Agha
Addoley Dzegede
Christopher Givens
Michi Meko
J.Renee
Utē Petit
Antoine Prince
Jacob Reptile
Kelsey Scult

Events & Public Engagement

While the Center is generally closed to the public so that the artists can focus on their work, community members are invited to visit during our events, including Community Coffee meet-and-greets and seasonal Evening Open Studios.

During an Open Studios evening event, several people stand and work in an art studio, surrounded by large abstract paintings, art supplies, and a ladder.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Open Studios, April 2025

April 30, 2025
Joan Mitchell Center

Soraya, with medium dark skin wearing a fuschia dress over a short sleeved patterned tshirt with a royal blue baseball hat, points to a detail of a multicolor abstract work with several guests looking on.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Community Coffee, February 2025

February 19, 2025
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Learn more about the Joan Mitchell Center and our artist residencies in this digital brochure.

Reach Out & Connect

While the Center is not open for tours or drop-in visits outside of our public events, our staff is available to answer questions about the residency program via phone or email.

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In the Journal

April 25, 2025

Artists on Mitchell: Elana Herzog

I deeply admire Mitchell’s independent personality and her ambition, but also th...

Sandy Williams IV leads over a sculpture of stacked books, hoisted by straps, amidst a backdrop of blue sky and green trees. Sandy is a Black person with medium-light skin tone and chin-length dreadlocks.

April 21, 2025

In the Studio: Sandy Williams IV

"My conceptual art practice studies the vernacular of time as it exists across c...

Yvonne Wells sits on a wooden bench, pulling thread up as she stitches a bright pink quilt with various shapes and colors. Yvonne is a Black woman with curly graying black hair and black-rimmed glasses. She wears a black dress shirt with a gold and pearl brooch and dangling earrings.