performing artist-in-residence program

RESIDENCY DESCRIPTION

The Museum of Chinese in America’s Performing-Artist-in-Residence Program will invite a cohort of 5 performing artists to individually generate ONE theme-based new project, by utilizing the resources and collections at MOCA. Throughout the residency, artists will be invited to participate in artist-led workshops and will be required to give 2 work-in-progress presentations to the public, one in December 2024, and the other in February 2025.

PERFORMING-ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

• Provide space and support for performing artists to generate a new work
• Create space for organic artistic sharing and collaboration
• Incubate discourse and community engagement around new ideas and artistic expression
• Encourage artists to take creative risks, while nurturing a safe space for constructive feedback
• Celebrate diversity in artistic expression

THEME

Heteroglossia 眾聲喧嘩

Since the 1980s, publications like A. Magazine, Giant Robot, Yolk and Hyphen have attempted to (re)define Asian American identity and to capture diverse lifestyles shared by Asian American communities. What is the narrative that you’ll build if given the editorial power of a publication (think beyond print and more performing arts)? What lifestyle or culture would you try to capture? In the age of digital, tribalized society, what is it about you that you’d want to represent/create?

RESIDENCY DATES

October 1st, 2024 – February 28th, 2025

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

• Selected artists are required to create a new project at MOCA during the agreed upon residency timeframe. The new project does not have to be fully developed at the end of the residency.
• Selected artists are required to participate in the workshops and to lead a workshop session on the subject of their choice. Workshop dates are Friday, November 15th, 2024 & Friday, January 17th, 2025.
• Selected artists are required to meet at least once per month for a check-in session with the director of performance, storytelling & community during residency.
• Selected artists are required to present their work-in-progress project to public twice during residency, one in December 2024 (week of December 9th) and the other in February 2025 (week of February 17th). A talkback session will be scheduled following the presentation.