Organized by the New Museum’s Department of Education and Public Engagement, the Fall 2015 R&D (Research and Development) Season leads an investigative examination of the theme of PERSONA via a range of activities anchored by three major projects operating across various presentational and pedagogical platforms. The Season features work by Wynne Greenwood (R&D Season artist in residence), Jack Ferver and Marc Swanson (Chambre New York City premiere), and Jackie Sibblies Drury, MJ Kaufman, Aya Ogawa, Niegel Smith, and others (X-ID REP). Here, PERSONA is considered for the ways and means by which we craft ourselves as subjects and present ourselves to others, while exploring the roles that the media, celebrity culture, politics, theater, and art play across the spectrum of subjecthood from “self” to “character.”