In 2026, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, welcomes Lizania Cruz as its Adobe Creative Resident. Cruz is a Dominican participatory artist and designer whose work explores “how migration shapes ways of being, belonging and remembering.”

Lizania Cruz is a Dominican participatory artist and designer interested in how systemic issues, mythmaking, historiography, and language shape our understanding of otherness and belonging. Through research, oral history and audience engagement, Cruz creates projects that surface plural narratives around migration and identity. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and she is a recipient of the 2023 New York City Artadia Award.

For her residency at MoMA, Cruz will develop *Geography of Life*, a research-based, site-specific project that is both an installation and educational programming. The work examines interdependencies between humans and nature — particularly within the context of climate change and migration — through collaboration with New York City community members, including young people, educators, scientists, and community garden stewards. Rooted in Cruz’s long-standing commitment to collaboration, the project will incorporate participatory methods such as story circles, mapping sessions, and immersive installations, centering lived experience as a source of knowledge and creative material. By weaving together ecological, historical and social narratives, *Geography of Life* will invite audiences to reflect on how environmental change, public health and collective memory intersect in urban life.

The Adobe Creative Residency at MoMA awards a yearlong, sponsored residency to a New York City–based artist with a demonstrated commitment to engaging communities as part of their practice, and concludes with a presentation at the Museum. The Adobe Foundation (@adobe) is proud to support equity, learning, and creativity at MoMA.

For more information, see https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2026/02/25/adobe-creative-residency-expanding-opportunity-next-generation-creators For more on the artist, see https://lizania.com/