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 The Digital Artist in Residence Project (DARP) is an ongoing series of web-based artworks dedicated to the exploration of contemporary immigrant experiences.
Through DARP, the Tenement Museum awards residencies to emerging and established web artists. Residencies last for six months and are virtual: the Museum provides a number of benefits to artists, but does offer display or work space in either its historic tenement building or administrative offices. During the course of their residencies, artists create original works that embody the Museum’s mission of promoting tolerance and perspective on issue related to immigration.  The Museum launched DARP in 2001 with Claudia Chow’s Banana, an interactive look at a present-day Chinese-American family. Subsequent DARP projects include the highly acclaimed Folk Songs for the Five Points, a sonic exploration of immigrant identity, and Hard Place, a web art project that documented the experiences of people being held in Immigration and Naturalization Service’s detention centers across the United States.
DARP artists receive a variety of benefits, including a stipend and funding for project-materials and space on the Museum’s web server for testing and hosting their work. The Museum also provides promotional assistance to DARP through press releases and feature articles in its monthly e-newsletter. DARP projects are featured on the Museum’s home page for six months and permanently archived on the Museum’s web site.
 The Digital Artist in Residence Program was made possible through the generous support of the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the J.M. Kaplan Fund and the Verizon Foundation.
Thanks to the members of the DARP Advisory Board, Sarah Blannett, Claudia Chow and Tracy White for their help in shaping the project.  If you have any questions or need additional information about the DARP program, please write to darp@tenement.org.
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