About our Residencies
National Sawdust Artists-in-Residence are either in early stages of their careers or at transition points, such as performance to composition, or from ensemble to solo work. They embody artistic excellence and are diverse in background and style; past residencies include musicians, writers, and stage directors.
National Sawdust Residency Program provides both individual artists and groups with space and technical/marketing staff support through recordings, rehearsals, shows as well as commissions. Over 80 hours of staff support for each residency with a total financial commitment of $450k (in kind and reward payments combined) ensure that these dedicated artists can present their new works in various stages of development in concert, often in collaboration with other artists they meet during their year-long residency.
Beth Morrison Projects
L’Rain
Innov Gnawa
Gavin Rayna Russom
J Hoard
Julian Wachner
PUBLIQuartet
Thea Little
About our Projects-In-Residence
The National Sawdust Projects-In-Residence helps artists and groups actualize a concept or further explore a burgeoning piece currently in development. Unlike National Sawdust’s Artist-in-Residence program, which focuses on developing an artist’s career, Projects-in-Residence focuses on one concept for a full year, presenting multiple showcases of their work through out the year.
Artists pursuing Projects-in-Residence will be given the same resources as National Sawdust Artists-in-Residence.
Film Stills
Julia Adolphe’s A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears
Angelica Negron’s Chimera
Huang Ruo’s Resonant Theatre: The Sonic Great Wall
Amanda Gookin’s Forward Music Project 2.0
We Were Fridays
About our Curators
National Sawdust is more than a music venue, it is music, hand-picked by curators, just for you. We don’t use an algorithm to find music for you, we rely on a curation model where master artists in their own genres function as artistic guides by bringing their unique points of view to programming. This program gives curators a platform to advance the field through promoting emerging artists as well as established voices from around the world.
