Curatorial Program

EMPAC is dedicated to the commissioning, production, and presentation of ambitious performances and artworks across music, time-based visual art, theater and dance. Our polyvocal curatorial approach resonates through each project, generating time-based artworks that are diverse in content, method, technology, and audience experience. For over a decade, the program has hosted hundreds of artists to create and present new works that foster deep artistic inquiry and meaningful audience engagement.

We are committed to the in-depth support of artists over extended periods of time to develop and realize complex projects. These projects utilize not only EMPAC’s technological infrastructure, but also the interdisciplinary expertise of its curatorial, production, and administrative staff. 

The program provides visitors with a breadth of experiences from theater productions, concerts, and installations to a rigorous interdisciplinary program of screenings, talks, and workshops. EMPAC’s resident artists open their studio doors to share artistic research with audiences at various stages of development.

Many artworks produced at the center are made in collaboration with peer institutions, presenters, and museums, expanding the audience for artists and their work beyond the Capital Region, while placing Rensselaer at the forefront of international discourse around time-based arts and technology.