2025-2026 Artists in Residence
Ira Klein is a Brooklyn-based guitarist, composer, and educator. During his Spring 2026 Residency, he will explore the question “What Do Stars Sound Like?” by pairing Renaissance-era musical motifs through a modern lens, composing new works that reflect historical echoes in contemporary sound.
Missy Dunaway is an interdisciplinary artist based in Portland, ME. In Summer 2026, she will explore the folklore and mythologies surrounding birds in the early modern period to draw new connections between the Renaissance imagination and modern ecological concerns about the winged creatures who bear witness to our changing planet.
Lauren Levato Coyne is a queer, interdisciplinary artist, writer, and STEAM educator who explores the intersections of natural history, myth, and identity. At the Kinney Center, they will conduct new research for a project called “Longing for Strangeness: Gardens, Monsters, and Other Third Nature Fables,” a multidisciplinary exploration of Renaissance and post-human ecologies that speaks to how nature has been imagined, feared, and mythologized across time. Their exhibit will open in Fall 2026.
To learn more about our Artist in Residence program and how to apply, visit our Residencies page.