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Artists on Mitchell: Cicely Cottingham

Cicely Cottingham, an artist based in West Orange, New Jersey, is a 2011 recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Painters & Sculptors Grants, and an Artist-in-Residence at the Joan Mitchell Center in Fall 2024. This video was filmed during her residency at the Joan Mitchell Center.

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