- Visual Arts
- 2023-2024
About
Even prior to creating a formalized program, residencies have been a cornerstone of our mission. Before adopting the name Pioneer Works, our founding team proposed the "Museum of the Working Artist". While the name didn’t stick—the ethos did. We are deeply committed to providing emerging artists, musicians, and technologists with a space to work, tools to create, and a platform to exchange ideas.
Each September, we select residents through an open call. Aided by a jury of experts and Alumni Residents, Pioneer Works welcomes residents who work outside existing models and “norms” of their field and will benefit from our unique facilities and culture. As such, Pioneer Works shifts and evolves to reflect the interests and work of each new cohort of residents, from public education offerings to Second Sundays, a monthly forum of artistic experimentation through activations, open studios, and performance.
All residents that complete the program join our ever-growing alumni network and are tapped for future opportunities like teaching, partnerships, and other public programs.
Residencies at Pioneer Works are supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Applications are now closed for the 2025 cycle.
Departments
Current Residents
- Visual Arts
- 2023-2024
Tega Brain & Sam Lavigne
- Visual Arts
- 2023-2024
Erin Johnson
- Technology
- Fall 2024
Sage Vousé
- Visual Arts
- Fall 2024
vanessa german
- Visual Arts
- Fall 2024
Vojtěch Fröhlich
- Visual Arts
- Fall 2024
Valentýna Janů
- Music
- December 2024
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Upcoming Residents
- Visual Arts
- 2025-2026
Azikiwe Mohammed
- Music
- 2025-2026
Amirtha Kidambi
- Visual Arts
- 2025-2026
Ari Melenciano
- Visual Arts
- 2025-2025
Ariana Faye Allensworth
- Visual Arts
- 2025-2026
Finnegan Shannon
Alumni Residents
- Visual Arts
- Fall 2024
Tuomas A. Laitinen
- Visual Arts
- Summer 2024
Alejandro García Contreras
- Music
- November 2023
Brent Arnold
- Music
- October 2023
Imogen Teasley-Vlautin
- Visual Arts
- 2023-2024
Kameelah Janan Rasheed
- Music
- 2023-2024
Irreversible Entanglements
- Music
- September 2023
Ciarra Black
- Visual Arts
- Fall 2023
Kenseth Armstead
- Visual Arts
- Fall 2023
Guanyu Xu
- Technology
- Fall 2023
Ryan Decker
- Visual Arts
- Fall 2023
Vandana Jain
- Visual Arts
- Fall 2023
Utsa Hazarika
Projects
- project
Test
- project
Rosalie Yu: Ritual of Habits
- project
Kristin Lucas: Dance with flARmingos
- project