The Signal

The Poet-in-Residence initiative, now in its fifth year with support from Van Cleef & Arpels, positions poetry as a social architecture within the museum space—a strategic departure from the Guggenheim's usual emphasis on visual art. For collectors and curators, the program signals an institutional investment in multidisciplinary, participatory experiences that blur the line between audience and creator, potentially expanding the museum's relevance to literary and performance communities. Rosal, a distinguished professor at Rutgers University–Camden and recipient of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, brings academic gravitas and a proven track record in eco-poetics, reinforcing the series' thematic focus on water and ritual.