{"id":33901,"date":"2017-11-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T09:50:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T13:50:40","slug":"art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Alum Wins Joan Mitchell Foundation Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Antoine Williams, an alumnus of the Department of Art &amp; Art History, has received a <a href=\"http:\/\/joanmitchellfoundation.org\/artist-programs\/artist-grants\/painter-sculptors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017 Painters &amp; Sculptors Grant<\/a> from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. The foundation awards grants annually to 25 \u201cpainters and sculptors creating work of exceptional quality.&#8221; The artists, chosen by jury selection from a pool of nominees, each receive $25,000. <\/p>\n<p>Williams received his BFA in Illustration from UNC Charlotte in 2003 and completed an MFA at UNC Chapel Hill in 2014. He is currently an assistant professor of art at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. His current work is in mixed-media and draws thematic comparisons between science fiction and the American Black experience.<\/p>\n<p>This winter Williams will collaborate with Charlotte artist Marcus Kiser on a large mural at Charlotte&#8217;s Urban Ministry Center as part of a project led by the McColl Center for Art + Innovation. Learn more about his work <a href=\"http:\/\/rawgoods.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at his website<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antoine Williams, an alumnus of the Department of Art &amp; Art History, has received a 2017 Painters &amp; Sculptors Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. The foundation awards grants annually to 25 \u201cpainters and sculptors creating work of exceptional quality.&#8221; The artists, chosen by jury selection from a pool of nominees, each receive $25,000. Williams [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_clt_a11y_last_scan":"1778690623","_clt_a11y_has_violations":"0","_clt_a11y_violations":"[]","_clt_a11y_suppressions":"","_clt_a11y_needs_validation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-33901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-art-art-history"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Art Alum Wins Joan Mitchell Foundation Award - College of Arts + Architecture<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Art Alum Wins Joan Mitchell Foundation Award - College of Arts + Architecture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Antoine Williams, an alumnus of the Department of Art &amp; Art History, has received a 2017 Painters &amp; Sculptors Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. The foundation awards grants annually to 25 \u201cpainters and sculptors creating work of exceptional quality.&#8221; The artists, chosen by jury selection from a pool of nominees, each receive $25,000. Williams [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"College of Arts + Architecture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-03T13:50:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"A-Luc A-Setzer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"A-Luc A-Setzer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"A-Luc A-Setzer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2524d439f4495febdf4512de0e26f801\"},\"headline\":\"Art Alum Wins Joan Mitchell Foundation Award\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-03T13:50:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":150,\"keywords\":[\"Art &amp; Art History\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\\\/\",\"name\":\"Art Alum Wins Joan Mitchell Foundation Award - College of Arts + Architecture\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-03T13:50:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2524d439f4495febdf4512de0e26f801\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/news\\\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Art Alum Wins Joan Mitchell Foundation Award\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/\",\"name\":\"College of Arts + Architecture\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2524d439f4495febdf4512de0e26f801\",\"name\":\"A-Luc A-Setzer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/06f3f6dd924257205e2ce6b0a28ccb6d9dcdafa5f025fc5a4387dae6fda2e579?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/06f3f6dd924257205e2ce6b0a28ccb6d9dcdafa5f025fc5a4387dae6fda2e579?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/06f3f6dd924257205e2ce6b0a28ccb6d9dcdafa5f025fc5a4387dae6fda2e579?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"A-Luc A-Setzer\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cws.charlotte.edu\\\/backup-coaa\\\/author\\\/tsetzer3_a\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Art Alum Wins Joan Mitchell Foundation Award - College of Arts + Architecture","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Art Alum Wins Joan Mitchell Foundation Award - College of Arts + Architecture","og_description":"Antoine Williams, an alumnus of the Department of Art &amp; Art History, has received a 2017 Painters &amp; Sculptors Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. The foundation awards grants annually to 25 \u201cpainters and sculptors creating work of exceptional quality.&#8221; The artists, chosen by jury selection from a pool of nominees, each receive $25,000. Williams [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\/","og_site_name":"College of Arts + Architecture","article_published_time":"2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-03T13:50:40+00:00","author":"A-Luc A-Setzer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"A-Luc A-Setzer","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\/"},"author":{"name":"A-Luc A-Setzer","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/#\/schema\/person\/2524d439f4495febdf4512de0e26f801"},"headline":"Art Alum Wins Joan Mitchell Foundation Award","datePublished":"2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-03T13:50:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\/"},"wordCount":150,"keywords":["Art &amp; Art History"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\/","url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\/","name":"Art Alum Wins Joan Mitchell Foundation Award - College of Arts + Architecture","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-11-20T05:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-03T13:50:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/#\/schema\/person\/2524d439f4495febdf4512de0e26f801"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/art-alum-wins-joan-mitchell-foundation-award\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Art Alum Wins Joan Mitchell Foundation Award"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/","name":"College of Arts + Architecture","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/#\/schema\/person\/2524d439f4495febdf4512de0e26f801","name":"A-Luc A-Setzer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/06f3f6dd924257205e2ce6b0a28ccb6d9dcdafa5f025fc5a4387dae6fda2e579?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/06f3f6dd924257205e2ce6b0a28ccb6d9dcdafa5f025fc5a4387dae6fda2e579?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/06f3f6dd924257205e2ce6b0a28ccb6d9dcdafa5f025fc5a4387dae6fda2e579?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"A-Luc A-Setzer"},"url":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/author\/tsetzer3_a\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33903,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33901\/revisions\/33903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}