COMES AMIDST MILESTONE YEAR FOR THE ACCLAIMED ARTIST NAMED ADOBE CREATIVE RESIDENT AT MOMA, A PIONEER WORKS VISUAL ART & MUSIC RESIDENT
WATCH HIS RECENT TED TALK/PERFORMANCE HERE
NEW MIXTAPE BLACK SPRING OUT NOW IN COLLABORATION WITH THE HEALING PROJECT
October 16, 2025 – Award winning pianist, composer, vocalist, and multidisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes’ landmark exhibit at MOMA, Call and Response, will open January 24 and run through February 15. Featuring a series of evening performances in the Kravis Studio and a public program developed with community partners, the exhibit will also see an installation of Pinderhughes’ new film REAL TALK remaining on view during Museum hours.
Call and Response caps Pinderhughes’ tenure as the 2025 Adobe Creative Resident at MoMA, which has seen him focus his work on individuals impacted by the prison industrial complex to imagine a world based around healing rather than punishment. The exhibit seeks answers to the questions, “How do we survive in America?” “How do we support each other?” and “What if we built a world around community care?”
This has been a milestone year for the artist: Pinderhughes’ new mixtape, Black Spring, made in collaboration with The Healing Project, released in July to acclaim from The New York Times, NPR Music, Brooklyn Vegan and more—listen/share here. Formed around new songs inspired by Pinderhughes’ sold-out performance in February at Harlem’s legendary The Apollo, the mixtape celebrates the 100th birthyear of seminal author and activist James Baldwin, and challenges racial capitalism, police violence, mass incarceration, and systems of domination both in the U.S. and globally, providing a clear message of resistance.
Pinderhughes recently performed four moving songs for a special Ted Talk—“Tongues,” “Gatsby,” “Masculinity” and “Process/Forgive Yourself”—accompanied by members of his tight knit New York community, including Elena Pinderhughes, Elliott Skinner and The Healing Project Choir—watch here.
In addition to his MOMA residency, Pinderhughes has been named a Pioneer Works Visual Art & Music Resident; he’s also currently getting his Ph.D. at Harvard University, where he teaches an undergraduate class titled “Music in Social Practice: Sounding the Chorus of Community.’
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CALL AND RESPONSE: MOMA 2026
January 24—February 15
Organized by Martha Joseph, Associate Curator, with Sibia Sarangan, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Media and Performance, and Hannah Fagin, Associate Educator, Artist Programs, Department of Learning and Engagement. Performances produced by Kate Scherer, Senior Manager and Producer, with Kayva Yang, Assistant Performance Coordinator, Performance and Live Arts.
