The Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artist-in-Residence (WPR AiR) program offers artist collectives the time and space to research, experiment, and develop new ideas and projects. Artists are provided with creative mentorships, administrative support, a commissioning fee, living space, and a purpose-built studio.
For more information, reach out to Theater Director and Curator of Performing Arts, Anthony Madonna at amadonna@guildhall.org.
2026 Artists and Collectives:
Anna Deavere Smith
January 26 – February 2
Robbie Fairchild
February 6 – 18
Holand Andrews and yuniya edi kwon
April 13 – May 2
Jaime Lozano, Florencia Cuenca, & Adrian Alexander Alea
May 26 – June 8
CLICK HERE to learn more about our past Artist-in-Residence programs.
PROGRAM SPONSORS
Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artists-in-Residence Principal Sponsor:
Kathy Rayner in memory of her husband, Billy Rayner
Learning + New Works programs are supported in part by funding from Bobbie Braun -The Neuwirth Foundation, the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Endowment Fund, The Melville Straus Family Endowment, and additional support by Collegiate Gateway.
Additional support provided by Friends of Learning + New Works: Toni and Seth Bernstein, Julie Raynor Gross, Stephanie Joyce and Jim Vos, S. Kutler Foundation, N. Glickberg, D. Glickberg, and J. Abrahams, and Barbara Toll.
All Musical Programming is supported in part by The Ellen and James S. Marcus Endowment for Musical Programming.
