Joan Mitchell Residency

 


Artists-in-Residence: Spring 2016

Firelei Báez
Aron Belka, Emerging Artist-in-Residence
Blake Boyd
Nyame Brown
william cordova
Blane De St. Croix
Adriana Farmiga
Asuka Goto
Gabriel Martinez
Vitus Shell
Chloe St. Etienne, Emerging Artist-in-Residence
Whiting Tennis
Amanda Valdez
Samantha Wall

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