Artists in Residence

Madhura Studios Artists in Residence receive meaningful resources to support their creative practices

Our year-long residency identifies creative practitioners who work with sound, music, and/ or human development to provide creative, programmatic, and financial investments in a current project, season of work, or a never before attempted idea.

We support invited practitioners’ existing practices, and delight in the co-creation of never-before-seen works within our spaces. We believe in experimentation, play, and in sharing best practices among peers. 

Simply put, we ride for these people. And we hope you will too.

PROUDLY PRESENTING

Current Artists in Residence

Actor, activist, and poet Kristofer Sykes, also known as Paine the Poet, is on a mission to inspire others through his words and bring light to our flawed justice system. Formerly incarcerated, Paine got his start performing poetry at open mics in the Washington D.C. area to heal from his past.

MOTHERMARY makes retro-futuristic Art Pop. Named after the mother of Christ, the ultimate symbol of religious hypocrisy and the impossible expectations placed on women.

Ari Simon is a facilitator, strategy and engagement specialist who creates and leads experiential spaces such as  Grief School Summer Camp and Memorializing Ecological Loss.