Artistic Research Fellows

Ansel shares how her questions as an artist fellow about Fuseli’s take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth inspired her to create two abstract, large-scale oil paintings but this time from a woman’s perspective that celebrates the play’s sisterhood.

A look at the many roles that musicians played aboard Early Modern ships.

A closer look at 17th century engraved rings in the Folger’s collection

Herbarius: A New Herbal for the Anthropocene, by 2024-25 artist research fellow Suzette Marie Martin, is a “deconstructed manuscript” series of paintings that traces the intercontinental dispersal of non-native plant species through formerly valued medicinal herbs, now despised as weeds.

Artistic fellow Casey Carsel shares their process designing textile works in response to questions about the Early Modern Jewish experience

Artistic Fellow Camille Thomas shares how research at the Folger helps inform her play, Sweet Blood.

Artistic Fellow Leah Hampton showcases the Folger’s collection of Early Modern bar tokens

Artistic Fellow Ania Upstill deals with the tricky line between pirate and privateer in the Early Modern world

Artistic Fellow Krysten Fikes explores the long ‘s’ in the context of her project on Black American Ebonics and Elizabethan English.

Artistic Research Fellow Amy Reid explores the queer history and meaning of plants using the Folger collection in an audiovisual project.

Folger artistic fellow Jay Eddy presents a closet play combining early modern drama with current events.