Artist Residencies

For a third year, BAM welcomes a broad spectrum of artists from various disciplines and backgrounds to its artist residency program. These dynamic, New York-based artists and artistic teams receive space, archival resources, and/or unrestricted honorariums to develop their work. Residents can shape their experience to best serve their artistic development and professional growth. With no obligation to present at BAM, they are encouraged to create freely.

BAM’s programming team selects resident artists through a cross-collaborative and transparent process, ensuring a diverse range of perspectives and genres are represented. BAM’s 2023 Resident Artists are Black Diaspora, a three-year residency program for Black and Afro-Latinx-identified dance and performance artists; The Bessies, NYC’s premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work; visual artist Christopher Myers; Pioneers Go East Collective, a collective of radical queer performance and visual artists; playwright, music producer/composer, emcee, and actor Postell Pringle; vocalist, songwriter, musical theater artist, and actor Michelle J. Rodriguez; and choreographer Christopher Rudd.

This program represents BAM’s largest artist residency initiative to date, and underscores its interest in supporting artists as they develop their practices. Previous residents include Annie-B Parson, Marjani Forté-Saunders & Everett Saunders, Timothy DuWhite, Rena Anakwe, The Brooklyn Nomads, Fana Fraser, Smriti Keshari, Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez, Sophia Brous, Jonathan González, Jerome & James, and Ashley Tata.