The Joan Mitchell Foundation announced the 2018 recipients of its Painters & Sculptors grants, which will provide 25 artists with $25,000 each in unrestricted funds. This year, the foundation said, 70 percent of the grantees identify as female and approximately 80 percent as non-white.
The full list of recipients follows below:
Felipe Baeza, Brooklyn
Cindy Cheng, Baltimore
Yanira Collado, North Miami, Florida
Elisabeth Condon, New York
David Antonio Cruz, Brooklyn
Elliot Doughtie, Baltimore
Addoley Dzegede, Portland, Oregon
Krista Franklin, Chicago
Doreen Garner, Brooklyn
EJ Hill, Los Angeles
Lisa Jarrett, Portland, Oregon
Elizabeth Malaska, Portland, Oregon
Joiri Minaya, Bronx, New York
Maia Cruz Palileo, Brooklyn
Wendy Red Star, Portland, Oregon
Naomi Reis, Brooklyn
Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Silver Spring, Maryland
Kenny Rivero, New York
Lauren Roche, Minneapolis
Evelyn Rydz, Boston
Blair Saxon-Hill, Portland, Oregon
Nyugen E. Smith, Jersey City, New Jersey
Juana Valdes, Miami and Amherst, Massachusetts
Jose Villalobos, San Antonio, Texas
Brittney Leeanne Williams, Chicago
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