2010/2011 Working Artists Project Winners

Katherine Mitchell is an Atlanta-based artist. She received a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art and a MFA from the Georgia State University. A retired professor from the Visual Arts Department at Emory University, she has been extensively exhibited in Atlanta, across the United States and abroad. Most recently, Mitchell was features in the Georgia Council for the Arts publication: Georgia Masterpieces: Selected Works from Georgia Museums. WAP Studio Assistant: Lauren Whitton.

                         “Labyrinth VI for Stein with Grey”, 2004

     Still from film“A Convolution of Imagined Histories”

     Installation view of “Presynaptic Potential” at MOCA GA, 2010

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The MOCA GA Working Artists Project Award provides an unparalleled level of support during the year for three visual artists, and includes:

• Exhibitions Beginning: April 2011
• A stipend for each artist in the amount of $12,000,
• A paid studio assistant for up to 300 hours during the year of the project,
• The opportunity to interface with collectors, other artists, and the general public through programming and studio visits,
• Documentation of the artists’ history and work in MOCA GA’s Oral History Project, as well as the Museum’s Education/Resource Center,
• Presentation of their work in a solo exhibition at MOCA GA at the end of the project’s term,
• Inclusion of one work of each artist in the Museum’s permanent collection, and
• An accompanying full-color catalogue documenting the exhibition of all three artists.