Remembering Joan Mitchell
All events listed below are free to the public; however, space is limited. Registraton will be honored on a first come, first served basis.
See bottom of page for registration information.
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
Friday, April 9, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART
Opening symposium reception and screening of Joan Mitchell: An Interview.
Saturday, April 10, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
(registration and breakfast from 9:30 am – 10:30 am)
TULANE UNIVERSITY, Freeman Auditorium
Symposium
Sunday, April 11, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER
Screening of Joan Mitchell: Portrait of An Abstract Painter film and panel discussion, Remembering Joan
SPEAKERS
Guy Bloch-Champfort is a writer and journalist in the field of art and culture in France. In addition to being a practicing lawyer, he was a close friend of Joan Mitchell.
Christopher Campbell is a painter and photographer who has taught at institutions such as the College of the Holy Cross, the University of Michigan and Penn State University. He studied painting with Joan Mitchell in Vétheuil, France for extended periods from 1990 until her death in 1992.
Ed Clark is an abstract painter who is recognized for his five decades of innovative work. Born in New Orleans, Clark studied at the Art Institute in Chicago before moving to Paris in the 50s and eventually to New York. A long-time friend of Joan Mitchell, Clark lived at her home in Vétheuil in the late 1960s with his then-wife.
David L. Craven, Ph.D. is the Distinguished Professor of Art History at the University of New Mexico. An expert in critical theory and 20th century-art from Latin America and the U.S., Craven has authored ten books, major museum catalogues, and numerous articles and reviews for leading journals.
Ann Gibson, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Delaware who specializes in contemporary art. She has recently published on Lee Krasner, Beauford Delaney, and Nanette Carter and is working on diasporic aspects of Hale Woodruff’s life and work.
Irving Sandler, Ph.D. is an art critic and historian who is Professor Emeritus of Art History at State University of New York. He is a contributing editor of Art in America, and author of numerous books and publications. In 2008, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Art Criticism from the International Association of Art Critics.
Robert Storr is an artist and art critic who is currently Professor of Painting/ Printmaking at Yale University. In addition to writing numerous catalogues, articles and books, he has received many honors, including serving as the first American commissioner of the 2007 Venice Biennale.
Mâkhi Xenakis is a widely collected artist and author of books such as Louise Bourgeois:the Blind Leading the Blind, Actes-Sud/Lelong. A former friend of Joan Mitchell, she currently lives in Paris.
MODERATOR
Michael Plante, Ph.D. is a Professor at the Newcomb Art Department of Tulane University. Focused on the art of the United States and Europe after World War II, his forthcoming book is titled Paris’s Verdict: American Art in France, 1946-58.
REGISTER BY EMAIL at symposiuminfo@joanmitchellfoundation.org
For additional information visit www.joanmitchellinneworleans.org or call Christa Blatchford at the Joan Mitchell Foundation, 212-524-0100.
FUNDING
Major funding provided by The Joan Mitchell Foundation. Additional support comes from Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, the Newcomb Institute, Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family Foundation, Robert C. Cudd III and Carol Downes Cudd, and Consulate General of France in New Orleans.
