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Joan Mitchell Foundation CEO Christa Blatchford delivers remarks on Aug. 22 at the Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans. Photo Patrick Melon.

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A tour of the new studio building at the Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans. Photo Patrick Melon.

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From left: Joan Mitchell Foundation CEO Christa Blatchford and Joan Mitchell Center director Gia Hamilton. Photo Patrick Melon.

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The crowd at the Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans. Photo Patrick Melon.

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Art and onlookers on the Joan Mitchell Center campus, New Orleans. Photo Patrick Melon.

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Joan Mitchell Center artist-in-residence Miro Hoffmann’s 2014 painting Lot #1. Courtesy the artist.

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Joan Mitchell Center artist-in-residence Heather Hart’s We Will Tear the Roof Off the Mother, 2013. Courtesy the artist.

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Joan Mitchell Center artist-in-residence Xenobia Bailey’s Satic Station, 2013. Courtesy the artist.