Artist as Instigator
Since 2019, the National Public Housing Museum’s Artist as Instigator residency program has leveraged arts and culture to make creative public policy interventions around housing and related issues.
Meet our 2026 Artist as Instigator:
Open Mike Eagle
As the National Public Housing Museum’s seventh Artist as Instigator, Open Mike Eagle will leverage his residency to capture and preserve the stories of artists and musicians raised in housing communities that have been erased.
Artist as Instigator Residency Program
Our Artist as Instigator Residency leverages arts and culture to make creative public policy interventions around housing and related issues. The annual residency supports artists, activists, and cultural workers to incubate ideas and produce new work.
In collaboration, and with support from the National Public Housing Museum, the Artist as Instigator develops and launches a new project to address inequity in housing and related issues.
The selected artist receives a $10,000 unrestricted honorarium upon confirmation of participation and a $10,000 budget for project expenses.
In addition to financial support, the National Public Housing Museum provides programming and publicity support, helps the artist make and develop connections with researchers, historians, other artists and cultural workers, as well as community-based organizations, and public audiences passionate about housing justice. The National Public Housing Museum also provides exhibition space, and other in-kind resources, including accommodations for disability accessibility needs of artists, partners, and program participants.
The residency does not currently include live or work space. Beyond the 1-year residency, we seek to sustain generative and mutually beneficial relationships with Artists as Instigators and their collaborators.
Meet our Past Artists as Instigators
Our dynamic roster of Artists as Instigators continue to inspire and contribute to our work with communities and partner organizations working to make public policy interventions that contribute creativity and inspiration that helps to build more equitable communities for all.
Questions?
Please contact Associate Director Tiff Beatty at [email protected] with any questions.