MIT Student and Artist-in-Residence Programs

Past Residencies: Recipients by Year

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Recipient Art Award/Department Year
Abderrahmane Sissako
Paris-based, Mali-raised filmmaker
Film Abramowitz Award 2009
Bill Viola
American Video Artist
Film McDermott Award 2009
Zanele Muholi
South African Photographer and Video Artist
Film, Visual Arts Rubin Award 2009
Mulatu Astake
Ethiopian Jazz Musician, Founder of Ethiojazz
Music Abramowitz Award 2008-2009
Ana Maria Tavares
Visual Artist
Visual Arts Rubin Award 2008
Coco Fusco
Interdisciplinary Artist, Writer
Visual Arts Abramowitz Award 2007
Joe Lovano, Judi Silvano, and Kenny Werner
Jazz Composers, Musicians
Music Music and Theater Arts 2007
Suzan-Lori Parks
American Playwright
Theater McDermott Award 2007
Thierry Nlandu
Playwright and Founder of Le Groupe Amos
Literature Abramowitz Award 2007-2008
Ntone Edjabe
Writer, DJ, Musiscian, Founder of Chimurenga
Literature, Music Abramowitz Award 2007-2008
Nappy Grooves
Drag King Troupe
Dance Katzenstein Award 2007-2008
Pia Lindman
Visual and Performance Artist
Visual Arts CSAIL 2006-2007
Katia Lund
American-Brazillian Filmmaker
Film Office of the Arts 2006
Chris Abani
Nigerian Writer, Poet, Musician
Literature Katzenstein Award 2006
Cory Doctorow
Canadian Writer
Literature Comparative Media Studies 2006
Noboru Tsubaki
Visual Artist
Visual Arts Rubin Award 2006
Ann Lislegaard
Contemporary Artist
Visual Arts Rubin Award 2006
Santiago Calatrava
Architect, Artist, and Engineer
Architecture, Visual Arts McDermott Award 2005
Dianne Walker
Tap Dancer
Dance Music and Theater Arts 2005
Michel Gondry
Filmmaker
Film Rubin Award 2005
Olivier Gondry
Music Video Maker
Film   2005
Ruth Ozeki
Japanese American Writer
Literature Katzenstein Award 2005
Endellion String Quartet
Quartet
Music Music and Theater Arts 2005
Jewlia Eisenberg
American Composer, Musician
Music, Visual Arts Katzenstein Award 2005
Cypress Quartet
Quartet
Music Music and Theater Arts 2005
Max Hafler
Irish Playwright
Theater Music and Theater Arts 2005
Tats Cru
Graffiti Artist
Visual Arts Abramowitz Award 2005
Elizabeth Streb
Contemporary Dancer, Choreographer
Dance Abramowitz Award 2004
Angus Gibson
South African Filmmaker
Film Comparative Media Studies 2004
Margaret Atwood
Canadian Writer, Poet
Literature Abramowitz Award 2004
Joy Harjo
Muscogee Poet, Composer, Musician
Literature Women's Studies 2004
Sarah Vowell
American Writer, Journalist
Literature Katzenstein Award 2004
Kenny Werner
Jazz Musician
Music Music and Theater Arts 2004
Joy Harjo
Muscogee Poet, Composer, Musician
Music Women's Studies 2004
John Zorn
American Composer, Musician, Producer
Music The Media Lab 2004
Lamine Touré
Senegalese Drummer
Music Music and Theater Arts 2003-2004, 2002-2003
Robert J. Lang
Origami Artist
Visual Arts Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences 2004
Valeska Soares
Installation Artist
Visual Arts Rubin Award 2004
Peter Houk
Glass Artist
Visual Arts Materials Sciences and Engineering 2003-2004
Libby Larsen
Classical Composer, Musician
Music McDermott Award 2004
Alexandra Beller
Modern Dancer, Choreographer
Dance Music and Theater Arts 2003
Aparna Sen
Indian Filmmaker
Film Comparative Media Studies, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Women's Studies 2003
Art Spiegelman
Cartoonist
Literature, Visual Arts Abramowitz Award 2003
Scott McCloud
Cartoonist
Literature, Visual Arts Comparative Media Studies 2003
Peggy Seeger
Composer, Musician
Music Music and Literature 2003
Lamine Toure
Senegalese Drumer
Music Music and Theater Arts 2002-2003
Vinie Burrows
Broadway Actress
Theater McDermott Award 2003
George W. Hart
Sculptor
Visual Arts Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 2003
Barnaby Evans
Installation Artist
Visual Arts Urban Studies and Planning 2003
Cai Guo-Qiang
Installation Artist
Visual Arts Rubin Award 2003
Gus Solomons (MIT Class of 1961)
Choreographer
Dance Music and Theater Arts, Architecture 2001-2002
Kasi Lemmons
Filmmaker, Actress
Film Katzenstein Award 2002
Rajesh Mehta
Trumpeter, Composer, Instrument Builder
Music School of Architecture and Planning 2002
Donna Marcantonio
Sculptor
Visual Arts Physics 2002
Mary Sherman
Painter, Installation Artist
Visual Arts Mechanical Engineering 2002
Paul Pfeiffer
Digital Video, Mixed Media Installation Artist
Visual Arts Rubin Award 2001-2002
Diane Willow
Visual Artist
Multi-Modal Artist Media Lab 1999-2002
Arnold Dreyblatt
Minimalist Composer, Musician
Music Music and Theater Arts 2001
Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
African-American Musicians
Music Women's Studies 2001
The Bang on a Can All-Stars and I Wayan Wija
Musicians, Balinese Puppeteer
Theater, Music Music and Theater Arts 2001
Moisés Kaufman
Director, Playwright
Theater Abramowitz Award 2001
Isaac Julien
Installation Artist, Filmmaker
Visual Arts McDermott Award 2001
Conway & Pratt Projects, Inc.
Installation Artist
Visual Arts Visual Arts 2001
Ellen Zweig
Video, Installation Artist
Visual Arts Rubin Award 2000-2001
Arthur Ganson
Kinetic Sculptor
Visual Arts Rubin Award 1994-2001
Bill Shannon, "The Crutchmaster"
Dancer
Dance Katzenstein Award 2000
Donald Byrd
Dancer/Choreographer
Dance Music and Theater Arts 2000
CORE Ensemble
Chamber Music Theater
Music McDermott Award 2000
Ghaffar Pourazar
Beijing Opera
Theater, Music Music and Theater Arts 2000
Susan Gamble and Michael Wenyon
Holographers
Visual Arts Visual Arts 1996-2000
Diller + Scofidio
Interdisciplinary Artists, Architects
Architecture McDermott Award 1999
Junot Díaz
Author
Literature McDermott Award 1999
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Contemporary Musicians
Music Music and Theater Arts 1999
Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Roberto Sifuentes
Performance Provocateurs
Theater Abramowitz Award 1999
Eve Laramee
Visual Artist
Visual Arts Visual Arts 1999
Urban Bush Women
Dance
Dance Abramowitz Award 1998
Bernard Makoare/Harold Anderson
Korero, Maori, Jazz Musicians
Music Music and Theater Arts 1998
Wu Wei Theater Company
German and Chinese Theater Company
Theater Foreign Languages and Literatures, Music and Theater Arts 1998
Holger Teschke
German Author
Theater Foreign Languages and Literatures, Music and Theater Arts 1998
Michael Moschen
Juggler
Theater Katzenstein Award 1998
Felice Frankel
Science Photographer
Visual Arts MIT Museum/Edgerton Center 1994-1998
Barbara Ward
Soft Sculpture Artist
Visual Arts Visual Arts 1996, 1997
Chitresh Das
Kathak Dancer
Dance Music and Theater Arts 1997
Toni Dove
Video Artist
Film McDermott Award 1997
Bamboo Ridge Collective
Writers (Colored Girls with Pens Series)
Literature Foreign Languages and Literatures, Women's Studies 1997
Larry Gonick
Cartoonist
Literature Comparative Media Studies 1997
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Malaysian Writer (Colored Girls with Pens Series)
Literature Foreign Languages and Literatures, Women's Studies 1997
Carmen Abrego
Poet (Colored Girls with Pens Series)
Literature Foreign Languages and Literatures, Women's Studies 1997
Nuar Alsadir
Arab-American Poet
Literature Foreign Languages and Literatures, Women's Studies 1997
Sharan Strange
Poet (Colored Girls with Pens series)
Literature Foreign Languages and Literatures, Women's Studies 1997
Thulani Davis
Writer, Interdisciplinary Artist
Literature Foreign Languages and Literatures, Women's Studies 1997
Patricia Powell
American Writer (Colored Girls with Pens series)
Literature Foreign Languages and Literatures, Women's Studies 1997
Holly Uyemoto
Japanese-American Writer (Colored Girls with Pens series)
Literature Foreign Languages and Literatures, Women's Studies 1997
Basso Bongo
Electronic Musicians
Music Music and Theater Arts 1997
Diana Dabby
Musician, Electrical Engineer
Music Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 1996-1997
Endellion String Quartet
Quartet
Music Music and Theater Arts 1995, 1997
Kenny Leon
Theater Director
Theater McDermott Award 1997
Shakespeare & Company
Shakespeare Theater
Theater Music and Theater Arts 1996-1997
Lawrence Weiner
Conceptual Artist
Visual Arts Visual Arts 1997
Larry Gonick
Cartoonist
Visual Arts Comparative Media Studies 1997
Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba
Afro-Cuban Musicians
Music Music and Theater Arts 1996
I Nyoman Catra and Desak Made Suarti Laksmi
Balinese Music and Dance
Music Music and Theater Arts 1994-1996
George Takel
Actor, Arts Activist
Theater Foreign Languages and Literatures, Music and Theater Arts 1996
Rosa Luisa Marquez
Puerto Rican Actress, Director
Theater Music and Theater Arts 1991-1996
Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane Dance Company
Contemporary Dance
Dance Music and Theater Arts 1993, 1995
Louis Massiah (MIT Class of 1982)
Filmmaker
Film Comparative Media Studies 1995
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Quartet
Music Music and Theater Arts 1995
Ballets de San Juan
Music, Dance
Music Music and Theater Arts 1995
Kenembu Mestizo
Brazilian Musician
Music Music and Theater Arts 1995
Steve Reich
Minimailst Composer, Musician
Music Abramowitz Award 1995
ROVA Saxophone Quartet
Quartet
Music Music and Theater Arts 1992, 1995
Terry Galloway
Writer, Peformer
Theater Music and Theater Arts 1995
Jeff Wall
Photographer
Visual Arts McDermott Award 1995
Jill Smith and Phil Dench
Graphics & Software Designers
Visual Arts Mechanical Engineering 1995
Rosalind Newman
Contemporary Dancer, Choreographer
Dance Music and Theater Arts 1994
Tan Dun
Chinese Composer, Musician
Music McDermott Award 1994
Ondekoza
Japanese Drummers
Music Music and Theater Arts 1994
Los Pleneros de la 23 Abajo
Puerto Rican Music and Dance
Music Music and Theater Arts 1994
Phil Woods Quintet
Quintet
Music Music and Theater Arts 1994
Ephat Mujuru
Zimbabwean Musician
Music Music and Theater Arts 1994
Los Munequitos de Matanzas
Cuban Music and Dance
Music Music and Theater Arts 1992, 1994
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
Balinese Music and Dance
Music Music and Theater Arts 1994
Augusto Boal
Brazillian Theater, Director
Theater Music and Theater Arts 1994
David Henry Hwang
Asian American Dramatist
Theater Abramowitz Award 1994
Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani
Peruvian Theater Group
Theater Music and Theater Arts 1993, 1994
Thomas Hanrahan & Victoria Meyers
Architects
Architecture McDermott Award 1993
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Pakistani Vocals & Music
Music Music and Theater Arts 1993
Isabel Allende
Chilean-American Novelist
Literature Abramowitz Award 1993
Hermeto Pascoal
Brazillian Composer, Dance
Music Music and Theater Arts 1993
Max Roach
Jazz Musician
Music Music and Theater Arts 1993
Antonio Martorell
Puerto Rican Painter, Graphic Artist, Writer
Theater Music and Theater Arts 1991-1993
Antonio Martorell
Puerto Rican Painter, Graphic Artist, Writer
Visual Arts Music and Theater Arts 1991-93
Toni Cade Bambara
American Writer
Literature Women's Studies 1992
Richard Preston
New Yorker Writer
Literature McDermott Award 1992
Toni Morrison
American Writer
Literature Abramowitz Award 1992
Israel "Cachao" Lopez
Cuban Bass Player, Composer
Music Music and Theater Arts 1992
Carnegie Mellon Piano Trio
Piano Trio
Music Music and Theater Arts 1992
Simon Shaheen and the Near Eastern Music Ensemble
Arabic Music
Music Music and Theater Arts 1992
Jon Lipsky
Actor
Theater Music and Theater Arts 1992
Jerome Butler
Actor, Videographer
Theater Music and Theater Arts 1991-1992
Peter Campus
Photographer, Videographer, Filmmaker
Visual Arts Visual Arts 1992
Valerie Maynard
Visual Artist
Visual Arts Visual Arts 1992
Gregory Hines
Tap Dancer
Dance Abramowitz Award 1991
I Wayan Sadra
Balinese Composer
Music Abramowitz Award 1991
Mel Wong
Dancer, Choreographer, Visual Artist
Theater Music and Theater Arts 1991
Rebecca Purdum
Painter
Visual Arts McDermott Award 1991
May Sun
Visual Artist
Visual Arts Visual Arts 1991
Mel Wong
Dancer, Choreographer, Visual Artist
Visual Arts Music and Theater Arts 1991
Avery Brooks
American Actor, Jazz Musician, Opera Singer
Theater Abramowitz Award 1990
Agnes Denes
Environmental Artist
Visual Arts McDermott Award 1990
Zoe Caldwell
Actress
Theater Abramowitz Award 1989
Ida Ely Rubin
Art Critic
Visual Arts McDermott Award 1989
The Willem Breuker Kollektief
Dutch Jazz Musicians
Music Abramowitz Award 1988
Richard Leacock
Filmmaker
Film McDermott Award 1986
The MIT Chamber Players in the premiere of John Harbison's Three City Blocks
Wind Ensemble
Music Abramowitz Award 1986
Harold E. Edgerton
Photographer, Inventor
Visual Arts McDermott Award 1985
Ieoh Ming Pei
Architect
Architecture McDermott Award 1984
The Erick Hawkins Dance Company
Dance
Dance Abramowitz Award 1984
Philip Glass Ensemble
Minimalist Music
Music Abramowitz Award 1983
Albert R. Gurney Jr.
Playwright
Theater McDermott Award 1983
Boston Jazz II with Herb Pomeroy
Jazz Musicians
Music Abramowitz Award 1982
Boston Jazz I with Philip Wilson
Jazz Musicians
Music Abramowitz Award 1981
Boston Musica Viva featuring John Harbison's Full Moon in March
Contemporary Musicians
Music Abramowitz Award 1980
The Borodin Quartet with John Buttrick
Quartet, Pianist
Music Abramowitz Award 1979
The Alban Berg Quartet
Quartet
Music Abramowitz Award 1978
The Borodin Quartet
Quartet
Music Abramowitz Award 1977
The Amadeus String Quartet
Quartet
Music Abramowitz Award 1976
The Guarneri String Quartet
Quartet
Music Abramowitz Award 1975
The Inbal Dance Theater of Israel
Israeli Dance
Dance Abramowitz Award 1974
Four New England Traveling Theater Companies
Travelling Theater
Theater Abramowitz Award 1973
The Topeng Dance Theater of Bali
Balinese Dance
Dance Abramowitz Award 1972
The Fine Arts Quartet
Quartet
Music Abramowitz Award 1971
Scenes from American Life, A Play by A.R. Gurney Jr.
Play
Theater Abramowitz Award 1970
The American Ballet
Ballet
Dance Abramowitz Award 1969
The Pennsylvania Ballet
Ballet
Dance Abramowitz Award 1968
Edward Villella and Patricia McBride
Ballet
Dance Abramowitz Award 1967
The Lenox String Quartet
Quartet
Music Abramowitz Award 1966
The Metropolitan Opera
Opera
Music Abramowitz Award 1965
Maria Tallchief and the New York City Ballet
Ballet
Dance Abramowitz Award 1964
Ralph McGill
American Journalist, Publisher
Literature Abramowitz Award 1963
Herbert Butterfield
British Historian, Writer
Literature Abramowitz Award 1962
Henri Peyre
French Historian, Novelist
Literature Abramowitz Award 1961

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