The Aspen Institute Arts Program announced that Teddy Abrams will serve as its 2025/26 Harman/Eisner Artist in Residence. Abrams will offer his artistic vision to various policy programs, events, leadership activities, and more in Aspen, New York, Washington D.C., and elsewhere.

Each year, an artist or cultural leader is selected as a Harman/Eisner Artist in Residence for a year-long exploration of their artistry and to lend their perspective in addressing major social and civic issues. Drawing upon the Institute’s long-established convening power and association with ideas, values and leadership, Artists in Residence engage in discussions rooted in the arts as thought leaders.

Abrams said, ““I am thrilled and honored to serve as the Aspen Institute’s Artist in Residence this year. Connecting music with diverse disciplines and collaborating with leaders in different fields has long been a passion of mine, and Aspen provides the ideal platform for interdisciplinary thinking and bold creative ideas to flourish.”

“Teddy Abrams uses his music to make people connect, reflect, and wonder,” said Michael D. Eisner, Institute Trustee and chair of its Committee on the Arts. “I am excited to share his talents, vision, and creativity with the entire Aspen Institute community.”

Prior to Teddy Abrams’s appointment, other recent Harman/Eisner Artists in Residence include Hank Willis Thomas, Simon Godwin, Marin Alsop, Oskar Eustis, Rita Moreno, and Edmund de Waal. Previous participants include Lil Buck, Ava DuVernay, Renée Fleming, Theaster Gates, Frank Gehry, Yo-Yo Ma, Jessye Norman, Anna Deavere Smith, Robert Spano, Julie Taymor, and Alfre Woodard.

Information about events featuring Abrams, including participation at the annual Aspen Ideas Festival, will be announced throughout the year.