MOCA GA / Working Artist Project

Working Artist Project The MOCA GA Working Artist Project (WAP) is an awards program to support established visual artists of merit who reside in the metropolitan Atlanta area. This initiative provides an unparalleled level of support for individual artists, expands the Museum’s mission, and promotes Atlanta as a city where artists can live, work, and thrive. Each year, a curator from a major national museum will select three visual artists to receive the Award. Representing our city’s best and brightest, these artists will be supported with an exhibition, promotion, a studio assistant, and a major stipend to create work over the course of the year. This program is supported by grants from The Charles Loridans Foundation, The Antinori Foundation and The Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation. Promotional video by RE:IMAGINE, funded by the Massey Charitable Trust During this grant period, MOCA GA provides each Working Artist Project award recipient with a stipend of $15,000. They receive a paid studio apprentice for up to 200 hours at $15 per hour; an opportunity to interface with collectors, artists, and the public through programming and studio visits; documentation of the artist and work via MOCA GA’s Education/Research Center; Presentation of a solo exhibition at MOCA GA of new works created during the WAP grant period; inclusion of one (1) new work from the solo exhibition in the MOCA GA permanent collection; and production of a full-color exhibition solo catalog. The Working Artist Project has supported 48 Fellows to date. Information from each artist can be found on the pages below. Click below for information on each WAP Fellow Wilay Mendez Paez Working Artist Project Fellow 2025/2026 Guest Curator: David Brenneman Steven L. Anderson Working Artist Project Fellow 2025/2026 Guest Curator: David Brenneman Yanique Norman Working Artist Project Fellow 2025/2026 Guest Curator: David Brenneman Sergio Suarez Working Artist Project Fellow 2024/2025 Guest Curator: Apsara DiQuinzio Ayana Ross Working Artist Project Fellow 2024/2025 Guest Curator: Apsara DiQuinzio Corrine Colarusso Working Artist Project Fellow 2024/2025 Guest Curator: Apsara DiQuinzio Namwon Choi Working Artist Project Fellow 2023/2024 Guest Curator: Vivian Li Jane Foley Working Artist Project Fellow 2023/2024 Guest Curator: Vivian Li Jose Ibarra Rizo Working Artist Project Fellow 2023/2024 Guest Curator: Vivian Li Caleb Jamel Brown Working Artist Project Fellow 2022/2023 Guest Curator: Drew Sawyer Jessica Caldas Working Artist Project Fellow 2022/2023 Guest Curator: Drew Sawyer Ato Ribeiro Working Artist Project Fellow 2022/2023 Guest Curator: Drew Sawyer Jeremy Bolen Working Artist Project Fellow 2021/2022 Guest Curator: Jordan Carter Kevin Cole Working Artist Project Fellow 2021/2022 Guest Curator: Jordan Carter Zipporah Camille Thompson Working Artist Project Fellow 2021/2022 Guest Curator: Jordan Carter Davion Alston Working Artist Project Fellow 2020/2021 Guest Curator: Marcela Guerrero Erin Jane Nelson Working Artist Project Fellow 2020/2021 Guest Curator: Marcela Guerrero Kelly Taylor Mitchell Working Artist Project Fellow 2020/2021 Guest Curator: Marcela Guerrero Ariel Dannielle Working Artist Project Fellow 2019/2020 Guest Curator: Wassan Al-Khudhairi William Downs Working Artist Project Fellow 2019/2020 Guest Curator: Wassan Al-Khudhairi Courtney McClellan Working Artist Project Fellow 2019/2020 Guest Curator: Wassan Al-Khudhairi Krista Clark Working Artist Project Fellow 2018/2019 Guest Curator: Allison Glenn Myra Greene Working Artist Project Fellow 2018/2019 Guest Curator: Allison Glenn Cosmo Whyte Working Artist Project Fellow 2018/2019 Guest Curator: Allison Glenn Kirstin Mitchell Working Artist Project Fellow 2017/2018 Guest Curator: Joey Orr Bojana Ginn Working Artist Project Fellow 2017/2018 Guest Curator: Joey Orr Michi Meko Working Artist Project Fellow 2017/2018 Guest Curator: Joey Orr Craig Drennen Working Artist Project Fellow 2016/2017 Guest Curator: Rene Morales Paul Stephen Benjamin Working Artist Project Fellow 2016/2017 Guest Curator: Rene Morales Lauri Stallings Working Artist Project Fellow 2016/2017 Guest Curator: Rene Morales Masud Olufani Working Artist Project Fellow 2015/2016 Guest Curator: Saisha Grayson Elizabeth Lide Working Artist Project Fellow 2015/2016 Guest Curator: Saisha Grayson Jill Frank Working Artist Project Fellow 2015/2016 Guest Curator: Saisha Grayson Sarah Emerson Working Artist Project Fellow 2014/2015 Guest Curator: Siri Engberg Jonathan Bouknight Working Artist Project Fellow 2014/2015 Guest Curator: Siri Engberg Sheila Pree Bright Working Artist Project Fellow 2014/2015 Guest Curator: Siri Engberg Fahamu Pecou Working Artist Project Fellow 2013/2014 Guest Curator: Franklin Sirmins E.K. Huckaby Working Artist Project Fellow 2013/2014 Guest Curator: Franklin Sirmins Scott Ingram Working Artist Project Fellow 2013/2014 Guest Curator: Franklin Sirmins Jiha Moon Working Artist Project Fellow 2012/2013 Guest Curator: Julie Rodrigues Widholm Katherine Taylor Working Artist Project Fellow 2012/2013 Guest Curator: Julie Rodrigues Widholm Shara Hughes Working Artist Project Fellow 2012/2013 Guest Curator: Julie Rodrigues Widholm Gregor Turk Working Artist Project Fellow 2011/2012 Guest Curator: Michael Rooks Martha Whittington Working Artist Project Fellow 2011/2012 Guest Curator: Michael Rooks Brian Dettmer Working Artist Project Fellow 2011/2012 Guest Curator: Michael Rooks Caomin Xie Working Artist Project Fellow 2010/2011 Guest Curator: Allison Unruh Micah Stansell Working Artist Project Fellow 2010/2011 Guest Curator: Allison Unruh Katherine Mitchell Working Artist Project Fellow 2010/2011 Guest Curator: Allison Unruh Matt Haffner Working Artist Project Fellow 2008/2009 Guest Curator: Carter Foster Marcia R. Cohen Working Artist Project Fellow 2008/2009 Guest Curator: Carter Foster Maria Artemis Working Artist Project Fellow 2008/2009 Guest Curator: Car