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# In art professor they trust
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/in-art-professor-they-trust/
- Published: 2006-09-26T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:26:03.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Santa Monica College adjunct art professor Robin Mitchell is a recipient of the prestigious California Community Foundation 2006 Fellowships for Visual Artists Award, which is endowed by the J. Paul Getty Trust.

She is one of eight mid-career artists to receive the award, which comes with $20,000 that she can use as she pleases to advance her art making.

Mitchell, a Santa Monica resident, has taught at SMC for more than eight years and has had her work exhibited throughout the world. Her work also has been included in numerous articles and books. In addition, she has won several honors, including a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship for Painting, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Visual Artists Grant, and “Anonymous Was a Woman” Visual Artists Grant.

Mitchell received her bachelor’s and master’s of fine arts degrees from the California Institute of the Arts. Saint John’s to fete Beatty, Bening

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 26, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/092606.pdf?ref=smdp.com)