Rendering of the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s 8,000 sq. ft. studio building, designed by Lee Ledbetter & Associates. Image courtesy of Lee Ledbetter & Associates
This fall, the Joan Mitchell Foundation launches its first artists-in-residence program at their brand-new studio facilities in New Orleans’ historic Tremé neighborhood. The site’s making has taken plenty of nailing and hammering: the campus, which includes an historic home built in the 1790s, has been undergoing renovations, including LEED certification, since its purchase in 2010. (Paddy and I saw the campus in 2014 while visiting the Prospect triennial—held during a “pilot” session of the residency at the foundation—and we can tell you the home is incredible, like it’s straight out of True Blood or Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.)
But let’s get to the celebrating! Here’s the inaugural class of 20 residents. Let the digital clapping begin!
Artists in Residence
Blane De St. Croix, Brooklyn, NY
Glexis Novoa, Miami, FL
Helen O’Leary, Brooklyn, NY
James Biederman, Long Island City, NY
Julie Green, Corvallis, OR
Lauren Adams, Baltimore, MD
Lavar Munroe, Germantown, MD
Lehna Huie, Brooklyn, NY
Lisa Segal, Brooklyn, NY
Maia Cruz Palileo, Brooklyn, NY
Pam Cardwell, Brooklyn, NY
Robert Hodge, Houston, TX
Roy Staab, West Allis, WI
Shoshanna Weinberger, Newark, NJ
Vandana Jain, Brooklyn, NY
Xenobia Bailey, New York, NY
Community Engaged Artist-in-Residence
Heather Hart, Brooklyn, NY
Emerging Artists-in-Residence (New Orleans-based artists)
Cecelia Givens
Miro Hoffman
Paul Wright
There’s more clapping to be done in the near-future. Those artists are just the ones from the fall class. The Joan Mitchell Center will host another 56 artists during the spring and summer of 2016.
Editor’s note: Art F City is the recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation grant. We just happen to like what they do—support emerging artists.
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