artist in residence
Ethan Murrow
Summer 2018
Ethan Murrow speaks with a group of visitors during the installation of Hauling
Ethan Murrow was the first artist to stay at the museum’s Artist-in-Residence house, while he worked to install his monumental Hauling during the summer of 2018. Hauling was inspired by the history of the Manchester region and its people, emphasizing labor and collaboration.
Ethan Murrow speaks with a group of visitors during the installation of Hauling
Murrow and assistants install Hauling
Ethan Murrow, Hauling, installation view, 2018, Currier Museum of Art. ©
Ethan Murrow, 2022.
Photograph: Stewart Clements
Murrow and assistants install Hauling
Detail view of process, installation of Hauling
artist in residence
Our Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program invites artists to live and work at the museum. While in residence, artists consider the collection and community, and refresh our perspectives on the role of the museum. The program is central to the Currier Museum’s mission of connecting our audiences with art and creative thinking, whether of the past or the future. We hope to learn from our visiting artists – and be surprised by their perspectives.
Artists working in all media participate in the AIR program, which has three main components: 1) an open call to support emerging artists making socially engaged art; 2) an invitational through which artists are selected to develop special projects, commissions, or exhibitions; and 3) artist-led, community-centered public art projects in the city of Nashua, NH.
Open Call for Artist in Residence Applications
Our annual open call is currently live from October 1 – December 1, 2022. Artists who share the museum’s goal of positively impacting communities through the transformative power of art are encouraged to apply to this residency.
upcoming exhibitions
past exhibitions
Archived material on past exhibitions can be explored further here, and recent past exhibition catalogues are available through the museum shop.