Congratulations to Cobi Moules (MFA '10), who has been named one of just 15 recipients of the prestigious Joan Mitchell Foundation 2010 MFA Grants. This annual program was created in 1997 to help MFA painters and sculptors in furthering their artistic careers and to aid in the transition from academic to professional studio work upon graduation. The Museum School currently has the largest number of Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant recipients—11—of any art program in the U.S.
Read the official
Joan Mitchell Foundation press release below:
The Joan Mitchell Foundation Inc. is pleased to announce the fifteen recipients of the 2010 MFA Grant Program:
Molly Anderson—Tulane University
Janet Bruhn—Virginia Commonwealth University
Micah Daw—The Ohio State University
Michel Droge—Maine College of Art
Patricia Fernandez—California Institute of the Arts
Rema Ghuloum—California College of the Arts
Erik Gonzalez—Yale University
Kristin Haas—University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Eric Kniss—University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Jon Lee—Syracuse University
Caitlin Lonegan—University of California, Los Angeles
Cobi Moules—School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Brian Porray—University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Ashley Shellhause—Miami University
Michael Sirianni—University of Illinois, Chicago
The annual MFA Grant Program was created in 1997 to help MFA painters and sculptors in furthering their artistic careers and to aid in the transition from academic to professional studio work upon graduation.
Each recipient will receive an MFA Grant in the amount of $15,000. To date the Joan Mitchell Foundation has awarded 162 MFA Grants. These grants are given in recognition of artistic quality to artists chosen from a body of candidates put forth by nominators from the academic art community across the United States.
The nominated candidates' images were viewed for grant consideration through an anonymous process by a jury panel. The jury convened in April at the facilities of the Joan Mitchell Foundation.
Additional programs undertaken by the Foundation include free art classes for New York City youth, an annual grant to painters and sculptors, and grants to artists and arts communities in need of emergency support after a disaster.
The Joan Mitchell Foundation was established in April 1993 as a not-for-profit corporation following the death of Joan Mitchell in October 1992. The Foundation strives to fulfill the ambitions of Joan Mitchell to aid and assist the needs of contemporary artists and to demonstrate that painting and sculpture are significant cultural necessities.
Image: Cobi Moules,
Untitled, 2009. Oil on canvas.
