The Adobe Creative Residency at The Museum of Modern Art is a new initiative that seeks to support equity, learning, and creativity by providing vital resources for an artist to work with Museum experts and an artist mentor on a community-based project. The program supports a diverse group of creatives, expanding the legacy of the Adobe Creative Residency, established in 2015.
DonChristian Jones is the first Adobe Creative Resident at MoMA. DonChristian Jones is a New York–based artist, musician, and producer whose diverse artistic practice spans painting, music, film and video, time-based performance, and public murals, while blending genres of painting and performance installation. Jones’s work has been deeply influenced by engaging with various communities and a commitment to socially engaged art. In the spring of 2020, Jones founded Public Assistants, a community design studio and mutual-aid hub located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Public Assistants is an enclave of interdisciplinary creators and a space for queer and trans people of color to skill-share, create, and cultivate joy.
During Jones’s tenure as the inaugural Adobe Creative Resident at The Museum of Modern Art, Jones is proposing a multifaceted project that combines storytelling, collaborative artmaking, and community engagement with partners across New York City.
This collaboration is part of Adobe x Museums, a new global initiative by the Adobe Foundation to elevate diverse voices and support the next generation of creators through partnerships with world-renowned art institutions, including The Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Learn more about the 2025 Adobe Creative Residency program at MoMA.