Joan Mitchell Foundation
Melissa Dean is currently the Design and Media Manager at the Joan Mitchell Foundation. Prior to this, Melissa worked as a Freelance Graphic Designer and as an Art Director at AR-EN Party Printers. Melissa also has experience teaching graphic design and digital imaging at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and St. Mary's College of Maryland. Melissa holds a Masters in Printmedia from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in Photography from St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Joan Mitchell Foundation
The Joan Mitchell Foundation expands awareness of the abstract artist Joan Mitchell’s life and pioneering work and fulfills her wish to support and provide opportunities for visual artists. Through its work, the Foundation affirms and amplifies artists’ essential contributions to society.