Bio

Anna Reidister (b. 1998) is an artist, musician, and writer living in Boston, MA. Her work explores the intersection of storytelling, character-building, and late-stage capitalism through music and performance, post-digital objects, folk art, and poetry. She aims to expose the absurdity of neoliberalism and envision new worlds. She has performed at Massachusetts College of Art, Club Passim, Boston Neighborhood Network’s Community Media Day, and the Winthrop Pride Festival hosted by Senator Lydia Edwards. She holds a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Interrelated Media and a minor in Creative Writing. She doesn’t believe in purebred pets, encores, or credit. She does believe in you.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Studio Recording, Engineering & Production Summer Program, Institute for the Musical Arts, Goshen, MA
Studio for Interrelated Media, BFA, Minor in Creative Writing (Summa Cum Laude), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

Selected Performances

2025
Allston Pudding Brighton Bazaar After Show, Brighton Elks Lodge, Brighton, MA (Nemarca)
Allston Pudding Left of the Charles, Speedway, Allston, MA (Nemarca)
Allston Pudding Concert Series, Zone 3, Brighton, MA (The Croaks)
Summer Series, Club Passim, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca)

2024
Summer Series, Club Passim, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca)
NICE, a fest. Somerville, MA (The Croaks feat. Vundabar, Gymshorts, Palehound, Pile)
campfire. Festival, Club Passim, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca)
Know Your Scene, Deep Cuts, Medford, MA (The Croaks)
Life Brut Manor, Boston, MA (Nemarca)
Highly Recommended, 91.5FM WMFO Tufts, Medford, MA (Nemarca)
May Day Celebration,The Lilypad, Cambridge, MA (The Croaks)
Orkest Concert, BuildLab @ Boston University, Boston, MA (Nemarca)
Friends Meeting at Cambridge, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca)
Songwriters in the Round, Club Passim, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca)
A Love Affair (Presented by IndieSauce), The Rockwell, Boston, MA (The Croaks)

2023
FREQ Salon II, Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge, MA (The Croaks)
Indie Hourz, presented by IndieSauce, Boston, MA (The Croaks)
Community Media Day, WBCA Boston Neighborhood Network, Boston, MA (The Croaks)
A Night For Justine, Crystal Ballroom, Somerville, MA (The Croaks feat. The Unclean, The Bags, Dave Minehan) [SOLD OUT]
O’Brien’s Pub, Allston, MA, (The Croaks) [SOLD OUT]
Winthrop Pride Festival hosted by Lydia Edwards, Winthrop, MA (Nemarca)
Croakus Pokus Album Release, O’Brien’s Pub, Allston, MA (The Croaks) [SOLD OUT]
Squitch Album Release, Yellow Mailbox, Somerville, MA (The Croaks feat. Squitch, Rong)
Birthday Party Bash, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca)
Orkest Inaugural Concert, BuildLab @ Boston University, Boston, MA (Nemarca)

2022
Studio for Interrelated Media Alumni & Founders Day, MassArt, Boston, MA (Nemarca)
A Trip to the Moon: Early Special Effects Screenings and Improvisation, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
WFSR Acoustic Sundays, Boston, MA (The Croaks)
Resistor/Disruptor/Visionary Group Show, Midway Gallery, Boston, MA (The Croaks)
Solstice Jubilee Flea, Allston, MA (The Croaks feat. Paper Lady)
Leesta Vall Sound Recordings, Brooklyn, NY (The Croaks)
Via: Behind VA Shadows, ICA Group Show, Boston, MA (Nemarca)
Somerville Porch Fest, Somerville, MA (Nemarca)

2021
The Plough and Stars, Cambridge, MA (The Croaks)
The Jungle, Somerville, MA (The Croaks feat. Thus Love)
The Barn, Rockport, MA (Nemarca)

2019
SIM All School Show, MassArt, Boston, MA (The Croaks)

2018
Green Arts Festival, Boston, MA (The Croaks)

Selected Event Production

2024
Friends Meeting at Cambridge, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca, The Barns

2023
Samhain Acoustic Evening, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca, Denzil Leach, Puppy Problems, Ribbon)

2022
Solstice Jubilee Flea, Allston, MA (The Croaks, Reggie Pearl, Paper Lady, Cursed Image)

2019
TedXYouth@Beacon St, Raise Your Voice. Walk the Talk. Accelerate youth-driven change. Boston, MA

Selected Exhibitions

2022
Discipline of Sleep, Behind VA Shadows, online exhibition
Via, Behind VA Shadows, ICA Group Show, Spaceus Gallery, Boston, MA
Pockets of Belief, Behind VA Shadows, ICA Group Show, online exhibition

Press

2026
“Nemarca Gets the Chills On New Single” Allston Pudding
“Nemarca Announces New EP ‘Falling All The Time’” V13

2025
“The Croaks Gather at the Sea Shore” Allston Pudding

2023
Local Faves of 2023, Allston Pudding, Boston, MA
The Croaks Release Flamboyant and Hypnotizing Album ‘Croakus Pokus’, Mesmerized
Top 25 EPS of 2023, Rosy Overdrive
Pressing Concerns, Rosy Overdrive

Curatorial

2022
Co-curator, Pockets of Belief: Behind VA Shadows, online exhibition

Residencies

2021
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Studio Residency, Deer Isle, ME

Awards & Scholarships

2020
Class of 1917 Award (Outstanding Junior in Liberal Arts

2017-2021
John and Abigail Adams Scholarship MassArt Grant
MassArt Merit Scholarship

Productions by the Artist

Sleeping Giant (single), Nemarca, 2024
Croakus Pokus (LP), The Croaks, 2023
Cat (single), Nemarca, 2021

Additional Study

2024
Clawhammer Banjo Workshop, Passim School of Music, Cambridge, MA
Adrianne Lenker Songwriting Workshop, School of Song, Los Angeles, CA

2023
Phil Weinrobe MixLab, School of Song, Los Angeles, CA

2022
Robin Pecknold Songwriting Workshop, School of Song, Los Angeles, CA

2021
Songwriting: Melody, Berklee Online
Luke Temple Songwriting Workshop, School of Song, Los Angeles, CA

2020
Acoustic Guitar Techniques, Berklee Online

︎annareidister@gmail.com