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Resident Artists

For over two decades, MASS MoCA has nurtured the development of new performance work — especially concepts that require lighting and sound, generous spaces, and extended rehearsal time with a live audience — by offering professional infrastructure and top-notch support and facilities.

Over 500 artists have participated in extensive artist-in-residence and technical workshops including Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, William Kentridge, Helga Davis, Laurie Anderson, David Byrne/Fatboy Slim/Annie B. Parson, and many others. Artists are selected as an extension of the museum’s curatorial ethos and do not have a scheduled application process. 

2022
Robin Frohardt

Robin Frohardt

2024 and 2026

Artists-in-Residence

2022
What to wear

What to wear

December 2025

Artists-in-Residence

2022
Samora Pinderhughes

Samora Pinderhughes

November 2025

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Touki Delphine: FIREBIRD

Touki Delphine: FIREBIRD

January 2024

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Murray Hidary

Murray Hidary

January 2023

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Taylor Mac

Taylor Mac

April 2016 and November 2022

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Shamel Pitts

Shamel Pitts

October 2022 & March 2026

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Paola Prestini: The Old Man and the Sea

Paola Prestini: The Old Man and the Sea

March 2023

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Urban Bush Women

Urban Bush Women

April 2023

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Peter Glazer: The Celestials

Peter Glazer: The Celestials

June 2023

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Kasambwe Brothers

Kasambwe Brothers

November 2024

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Trisha Brown Dance Company

Trisha Brown Dance Company

May 2025

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Raja Feather Kelly

Raja Feather Kelly

December 2024

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Deborah Hay’s Short-Sighted

Deborah Hay’s Short-Sighted

December 2025

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Roomful of Teeth

Roomful of Teeth

Annual

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Bang on a Can

Bang on a Can

Annual

Artists-in-Residence

2023
Jlin

Jlin

February 2023

Artists-in-Residence

2025
Eiko Otake and Wen Hui

Eiko Otake and Wen Hui

February 2025

Artists-in-Residence

2025
David Rousseve

David Rousseve

May 2025

Artists-in-Residence

2022
Sundance Institute

Sundance Institute

May 2022

Artists-in-Residence

2022
Maxine Lyle

Maxine Lyle

June 2022

Artists-in-Residence

2021
Iphigenia:<br> A New Opera <span class="title-light">Created by Wayne Shorter & esperanza spalding</span>

Iphigenia:
A New Opera Created by Wayne Shorter & esperanza spalding

November 2021

Artists-in-Residence

2022
Jack Ferver

Jack Ferver

September 2022

Artists-in-Residence

2022
Yemandja

Yemandja

February 2022

Artists-in-Residence

2021
32 Sounds </br><span class="title-light">Film by Sam Green </br>  Live music by JD Samson</span>

32 Sounds
Film by Sam Green
Live music by JD Samson

December 2021

Artists-in-Residence

2021
Fragility Etudes <span class="title-light">Music by Susie Ibarra <br>Film by Yuka C. Honda</span>

Fragility Etudes Music by Susie Ibarra
Film by Yuka C. Honda

Artists-in-Residence

2021
Passion Fruit Dance Company

Passion Fruit Dance Company

June 2021

Artists-in-Residence

2021
Alec Soth & Dave King <span class="title-light">The Palms</span>

Alec Soth & Dave King The Palms

June 2021

Artists-in-Residence

2021
Opiate d’Amour

Opiate d’Amour

April 2021

Artists-in-Residence

2021
Zodiac: Poems for Cello

Zodiac: Poems for Cello

February 2021

Artists-in-Residence

2021
Raga Maqam

Raga Maqam

April 2021

Artists-in-Residence

2021
A Nation Grooves: A People’s History of Hip-Hop

A Nation Grooves: A People’s History of Hip-Hop

Artists-in-Residence

2021
English with an Accent

English with an Accent

January 2021

Artist in Residence

2020
Treya Lam

Treya Lam

November 2020

Artists in Residence

2020
Bearthoven

Bearthoven

October 2020

Artists in Residence

2020
Broken Theater

Broken Theater

October 2020

Artists in Residence

2020
Helga Davis and Shara Nova

Helga Davis and Shara Nova

November 2020

Artists in Residence

MASS MoCA’s Artist-in-Residence program is supported by the Mellon Foundation.

Major organizational support for MASS MoCA this year has been provided by grants from the Barr Foundation, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, The Leonard & Ruth Horwich Family Foundation, Mellon Foundation, and Robert Motherwell and Renate Ponsold (in memoriam).

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