The Joan Mitchell Foundation, established after the artist’s death to support individual artists, has announced the 25 recipients of the 2011 painters and sculptors grant program. Each grantee, selected by a jury of artists, curators, and arts educators, will receive $25,000. The award strives to assist under-recognized artists and sculptors, including, this year, Nicole Awai, William Cardova, and Liz Miller. See a full list of recipients below. Congratulations to all!Diana Al-Hadid, Brooklyn, NY
Nicole Awai, Brooklyn, NY
Keith Benjamin, Cleves, OH
William Cordova, Miami, FL
Cicely Cottingham, West Orange, NJ
Florine Demosthene, Brooklyn, NY
Daniel Douke, Fallbrook, CA
Julie Green, Corvallis, OR
Tommy Hartung, Ridgewood, NY
Janelle Iglesias, Provincetown, MA
Gary Kachadourian, Baltimore, MD
Simone Leigh, Brooklyn, NY
Andrew Lenaghan, Brooklyn, NY
Anne Lindberg, Kansas City, MO
Virgil Marti, Philadelphia, PA
Liz Miller, Good Thunder, MN
Jiha Moon, Atlanta, GA
Catherine Murphy, Poughkeepsie, NY
Sarah Oppenheimer, New York, NY
Kanishka Raja, New York, NY
Duke Riley, Brooklyn, NY
Chemi Rosado-Seijo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Annabeth Rosen, Davis, CA
Jackie Tileston, Philadelphia, PA
Sarah Walker, Brooklyn, NY
January 3, 2012, 8:22 pm
How do I approach the Joan Mitchell Foundation for a grant? I have scores of sculptures designed and ready to fabricate. All my work is original. See blogspot address for samples.
Who was Joan Mitchell? I had a brother, John, age 29,who drowned on a lake in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota, afflicted by an epileptic seisure while on a canoe trip. If I had resources, I would creat a John Ray foundation for poets, nature photographers and sculptors. But in lieu of that, I would honor the death of Joan Mitchell as I do my brother’s .
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