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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 open, through May 30, 2025! Full details are on the Residency page, linked below.

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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.

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New Orleans, Louisiana

Open Studios, April 2025

April 30, 2025
Joan Mitchell Center

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New Orleans, Louisiana

Community Coffee, February 2025

February 19, 2025
Joan Mitchell Center

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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

Sadie Sheldon opens a briefcase filled with arranged silver-encased objects. She is a white person with light skin tone with short blond hair.

In the Studio: Sadie Sheldon

“I’m drawn to the puzzle of it all. Not knowing what I’m going to find, or how ...

Brittney Williams smiles in front of two abstracted eye paintings. She is a Black woman with long braided hair, wearing glasses and a grey dress.

In the Studio: Brittney Leeanne Williams

“I have a spiritual practice, so I definitely think I’m communing, and I’m havin...

Virginia Candler, a white woman with medium-light skin tone and long salt-and-pepper hair, kneels on the floor working on a large abstract watercolor.

In the Studio: Virginia Candler

“I like to do blind contour self-portraits…it really encourages seeing and obser...

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