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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.

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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 closed.

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Artwork by 2025 Joan Mitchell Center Artists-in-Residence

Current Artists-in-Residence

Jerri Allyn
David Antonio Cruz
Ivelisse Jiménez
Rodrigo Lara Zendejas
Gabriel Martinez
Jarrad Mckay
Denice Smith
Angela Tucker

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.

In front of a studio wall with 3 elaborate feathered and beaded costumes, 3 people visit Denice who stands at center,at center, a Black woman with short black hair.

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Open Studios, June 2025

June 27, 2025
Joan Mitchell Center

The Joan Mitchell Center Studios at dusk, a modern building with 3 peaks with skylight windows illuminated, and a glass walled sitting area.

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"History or Premonition" Opening Reception, August 2025

August 1, 2025
Joan Mitchell Center Studios

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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

Michi Meko works on a large canvas tacked to the wall, of an abstracted watery landscape. He is a Black man with medium dark skin tone and long dreadlocks, and wears a baseball hat, black t shirt and apron.

In the Studio: Michi Meko

“I would say that I'm an abstractionist. I am searching for marks. But then this...

Addoley Dzegede works with swatches of cloth in a studio. She is a Black woman with medium light skin tone, dark shoulder length hair in tight curls, and wears a batik apron

In the Studio: Addoley Dzegede

“I try to draw people in with color, with beauty, with pattern in order to then ...

Ute Petit draws on a mixed media piece with a wooden frame, surrounded by art supplies and work in her studio. She is a Black woman with a medium skin tone. wearing an off the shoulder white shirt, a cross necklace and hoop earrings, with her dark hair pulled back in a bun.

In the Studio: Utē Petit

“In the United States, we don't live in a place where there's a lot of publicly ...

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