(NEW YORK, NY—April 7, 2026) The Guggenheim New York welcomes Patrick Rosal (Rutgers University-Camden Professor of Creative Writing and Poetry, and Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice Camden Director) as its 2026 Poet-in-Residence.
Now in its fifth year, the residency builds upon the institution’s legacy of engaging forms of abstraction in the visual arts and beyond, as well as its longstanding history of poetry programming. The initiative reflects the Guggenheim’s ongoing commitment to amplifying a multiplicity of voices and perspectives.
Rosal is the author of several poetry collections, most recently The Last Thing: New and Selected Poems. He has received numerous honors, including the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, the William Carlos Williams Award, and the Association for Asian American Studies Book Award, as well as fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fulbright Research Program, and the Civitella Ranieri Foundation. A distinguished professor of English at Rutgers University–Camden, he designed and coordinated the international eco-poetics initiative Quilting Water and is currently working on a book-length collection of free verse prayers, as well as a prose book on the sacred.
Rosal’s practice explores how poetry can reawaken our relationship to the earth and one another, particularly in times that challenge attention, mutual presence, and ecological awareness. Programming throughout Rosal’s residency will fall under the project title The Water Listeners, which considers water as a living presence, sensory element, and sacred resource––a conduit for gathering, reflection, and exchange.
In addition to facilitated programming cocreated with the Guggenheim New York’s department of Learning and Engagement, Rosal will participate in readings and discursive programs at the museum.
Rosal was selected as Poet-in-Residence by a panel of writers and literary arts practitioners, including Ricardo Maldonado, Dante Micheaux, and Nikay Paredes, alongside members of the museum’s department of Learning and Engagement.
About the Guggenheim New York
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation was established in 1937 and is dedicated to promoting the understanding and appreciation of modern and contemporary art through exhibitions, education programs, research initiatives, and publications. The international constellation of museums includes the Guggenheim New York; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; Guggenheim Bilbao; and the future Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. An architectural icon and “temple of spirit” where radical art and architecture meet, the Guggenheim New York is now among a group of eight Frank Lloyd Wright structures in the United States recently designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. To learn more about the museum and the Guggenheim’s activities around the world, visit guggenheim.org.
