Hendl Helen Mirra was the Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center in 2003-2004.
Hendl Helen Mirra was born in Rochester, New York in 1970 and lives in West Marin, California. Major solo exhibitions include Rochechouart Museum (2022); Museo de Arte Zapopan, Jalisco (2020); Berkeley Art Museum (2019); The Aspen Art Museum (2015); Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich (2012); KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; and Bonner Kunstverein (both 2011); Dallas Museum of Art (2004); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2002); and Renaissance Society at the University of...
Tim Miller was the Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center in 2001.
Tim Miller is an internationally acclaimed performance artist. Miller’s creative work as a performer and writer explores the artistic, spiritual, and political topography of his identity as a gay man. Hailed for his humor and passion, Miller has tackled this challenge in such pieces as Postwar (1982), Cost of Living (1983), Democracy in America (1984), Buddy Systems (1985), Some Golden States (1987), Stretch Marks (1989), Sex/Love/Stories...
Actress, Singer, Musical Director of the Isongo ensemble, and Senior Lecturer Classical Voice at the University of Cape Town
Pauline Malefane was the Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center from 2008-2009.
Pauline Malefane is co-founder and co-Music Director of Isango Ensemble. She has worked with members of the company since 2000. She is also an advocate for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. She saw world-wide success playing the role of Carmen, both on stage and in the Golden Bear-winning feature film U-Carmen eKhayelithsa, for which she won a Golden Thumb from Roger Ebert. She was awarded the Best Actress Award at the South African Film & Television Awards...
Stan Lai was the Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center from 2012-2013.
One of the most celebrated voices in the contemporary Chinese theatre, Stan Lai has been called "The best Chinese language playwright and director in the world." (BBC) "The preeminent Chinese playwright and stage director of this generation." (China Daily) "Asia's top theatre director." (Asiaweek) "The most celebrated Chinese language playwright and director in the world and his body of work - which to date includes over 35 original plays - has redefined how we think about...
Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid were ARC's 2001-2002 Artist-in-Residence.
Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid are Moscow-born artists who emigrated to Israel in 1977 and then to New York in 1978. The two artists first collaborated on a joint exhibition entitled Retrospectivismin Moscow in 1967, and from 1972 started signing all their works with both names, regardless of whether they were made collaboratively. They continued to collaborate until the early 2000s, referring to their work as ‘not just an artist, but a movement’. Komar and Melamid are the founders of...
ARC Indigenous Performing Arts Residency AIR, Diné playwright, Screenwriter and Dramaturg
Blossom Johnson is the ARC Indigenous Performing Arts Residency's first-ever artist-in-residence (2024).
Blossom Johnson is a Diné storyteller, playwright, teaching artist and screenwriter. She is from the Yé’ii Dine’é Táchii’nii (Giant People) clan, and her maternal grandfather is from the Deeshchíí’nii (Start of the Red Streak People) clan.
She was raised by her grandmother on the very top of Dził Yijiin (Black Mesa), AZ and she’s always been surrounded by stories. When she opens the front door of her grandma’s yellow house, she can see a coal mine. Below the mesa...
ARC Artist-in-Residence, Cellist, Composer, Arranger, Improviser, and Former Member of the Kronos Quartet
Joan Jeanrenaud was an ARC artist-in-residence from 2008 to 2009.
Joan Jeanrenaud is a cellist, composer, arranger, and improviser. She was the cellist of the Kronos Quartet for 20 years. Her work with Kronos included more than 30 recordings and over 2000 performances that took her to virtually every major concert hall worldwide. During those years the group became, in the words of The New York Times critic John Rockwell, "the world's best known, most innovative contemporary-music quartet." Jeanrenaud's cello is a Deconet, ca. 1750. A copy of that cello was...
John Gromada was the 2008-2009 Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center.
John Gromada is a multi-award winning, pioneering sound designer and composer, with a career spannning more than three decades. He has composed scores for 40+ critically acclaimed Broadway productions and hundreds off- Broadway and at major regional theatres across the nation and abroad. Highly sought as a collaborator for sound designs that combine original music, abstract sound, and found music to support detailed narratives, Gromada was nominated for a Tony Award for his score and sound...
Shannon Flattery was an Artist in Residence at the Arts Research Center from 2006 to 2007.
Shannon Flattery is an Artist, Cultural Worker, and Activist based in Santa Fe. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Touchable Stories, an organization that uses art to take community oral history onto the main stage of civic dialogue. Flattery is also the Co-Director of The Bobby Mendes Peace Legacy, an anti-violence program of Touchable Stories, co-directed by peace activist Isaura Mendes. The program was initiated during the Upham's Corner community history/exhibit project 1999-2000....
Dillon Chitto was a Visiting Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center in Spring 2023.
Dillon Chitto, (he/him) is an Indigenous playwright of Mississippi Choctaw, and Isleta and Laguna Pueblo descent. Originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico he grew up learning the importance of art, culture, and traditions. In his playwriting, he explores these ideas through the lens of comedy. He is presently based in Chicago, Illinois and is a company member of BoHo Theatre where he serves as literary manager. His first play Bingo Hall, developed by Native Voices at The Autry and...
