In 2006, CCS Bard began a long-term curatorial residency program that allows visiting curators to spend from one semester to two years at the Center working with students in the graduate program and organizing exhibitions in the CCS Bard Galleries and the Hessel Museum of Art. Trevor Smith, curator-in-residence from 2006 to 2008, worked with executive director Tom Eccles to organize Wrestle (2006-7), the inaugural exhibition of the Hessel Museum of Art, and curated the exhibition Martin Creed: Feelings in 2007. Subsequent curators-in-residence include Sofia Hernandez, Anna Paula Cohen, Anke Bangma, and artist Josiah McElheny. Curators-residence for 2011-2012 include Jan Debbaut and artist Liam Gillick.












