The Residency Program
Every year, the Museum offers an eleven-month residency for three local, national, or international artists working in any media. Individuals selected for the residency receive institutional guidance and professional development, research support, studio space, and a stipend paid out over the course of the residency.
Current residents
2023–2024 Studio Museum artists in residence announced.
2022–2023 Artists in Residence
Built with artists and for artists
Proposed as a founding initiative in 1968, the Artist-in-Residence program has earned the Studio Museum in Harlem recognition for its catalytic role in advancing the work of visual artists of African and Afro-Latinx descent. Envisioned by William T. Williams, the program gives emerging artists an unparalleled opportunity to develop their practice in an eleven-month residency, and offers audiences the chance to view this work in annual exhibitions.
Alumni
Past residents of the program include some of today’s most significant and innovative artists
![Njideka Akunyili Crosby](https://studiomuseum.imgix.net/images/Nwantinti.jpg?auto=format,compress&fit=max&w=4040)
![David Hammons](https://studiomuseum.imgix.net/images/Too-Obvious.jpg?auto=format,compress&fit=max&w=4040)
![Wangechi Mutu](https://studiomuseum.imgix.net/images/Chocolate-Nguva.jpg?auto=format,compress&fit=max&w=4040)
Exhibitions
Every residency ends in a culminating exhibition
The Studio Museum in Harlem Artist-in-Residence program is funded by the Glenstone Foundation. Additional support for the Artist-in Residence program is provided by the American Express Kenneth and Kathryn Chenault Sponsorship Fund; National Endowment for the Arts; Joy of Giving Something; Robert Lehman Foundation; Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Jerome Foundation; Anonymous; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; and by endowments established by the Andrea Frank Foundation; Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Trust; and Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Additional funding is generously provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts.