Canaveral National Seashore and ACA Host Artists-in-Residence Again in 2026

Staci Janik and Lee Tesche are the 2026 artists-in-residence at this year’s ACA Soundscape Field Station -- a partnership between Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA) and Canaveral National Seashore.

For five weeks, starting on Feb. 8, the artist duo has been creating one ambient sound composition each day within Canaveral National Seashore, incorporating both landscape sounds and visual images in what is called an Aural Field Survey. Their work will be compiled into a multi-sensory public exhibition. That date will be announced later.

Janik is a designer and creative director whose practice spans visual identity, environmental systems and field-based publication design developed through long-term collaborations with cultural organizations, filmmakers and independent institutions. Tesche is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and experimental sound artist whose work moves between music, film and design, drawing on stringed instruments, sound design and field recording to explore emotional dimensions of place.

Together, the duo creates site-responsive projects that bring visual and sonic languages into dialogue – work shaped by research, atmosphere and careful attention to context.

The overall project explores ecological textures and sonic rhythms of Canaveral National Seashore and Volusia County. Daily ambient compositions are created in the field using site-specific sounds, environmental recordings and participant reflections.

Co-sponsored by Friends of Canaveral, this residency program invites musicians, composers and ecologists to find innovative approaches that help preserve a healthy and balanced soundscape for current and future generations using both the ACA campus and the Soundscape Field Station at Canaveral National Seashore.

CLICK HERE to learn more about their project.