Since 1998, the Rosenbach has commissioned artists to bring its collections to life in unexpected ways and through a variety of projects. The museum has worked with artists of all stripes, including dancers, photographers, performance artists, installation artists, poets, storytellers, comic artists, musicians, and more.

Click below to learn more about these projects.

Nathalie Anderson Poet-in-Residence Words in Bloom Senior Outreach Poetry Workshop 2005 - present
Dave Burrell Musician-in-Residence Bill of Sale for a Slave Girl Jazz composition February, 2007
Martha Colburn DON'T KILL THE WEATHERMAN! Film installation May 22 - November 19, 2007
Candy Depew & Martha McDonald Petals From the Same Flower Installation with Fabric Sculptures and Operatic House Tour April 1 - July 29, 2001
Linda Goss Storyteller-in-Residence Words & Wisdom Langston Hughes Storytelling February, 2006
Headlong Dance Theater
Teresa Jaynes Red Maids Installation April 1 - July 29, 2001
Ben Katchor & Mark Mulcahy The Rosenbach Company: A Tragicomedy Opera September 10 & 12, 2004
Aaron Levy Cities Without Citizens: Statlessness and Settlements in Early America Drawings & Exhibition July, 2003
Tristin Lowe
Gabriel Martinez April - July, 2001
Sebastienne Mundheim Potable Joyce: A Watered Down Version of 'Ulysses' Performance
Eileen Neff
Rob Redei
Ellen Rosenholtz Strawberry's Rosenbacchanal 'Zine 2003
Clarissa Sligh 100 Americans: A Presence of the Past in Philadelphia Photography Installation February - March, 2007
Spiral Q Puppet Theater Dracula Parade October, 2002 - Present