Joe’s Pub announced on Thursday that the musician, writer and performance artist Laurie Anderson will be the recipient of its 2020 Vanguard Award and Residency.

Ms. Anderson will perform and curate a series of shows throughout the year at this small but busy performance space, situated within The Public Theater in Lower Manhattan. The events in which she does not perform will largely feature emerging artists she has mentored or worked with.

The award also comes with a $50,000 cash prize.

“I’m somebody who just really likes scenes: seeing people in a regular kind of way and making something out of it,” Ms. Anderson said in an interview. “In New York, places are beginning to do a lot of things more for tourists than for New Yorkers. I just really like having a local scene — and that’s what Joe’s Pub is.”

The Public is a nonprofit theater that presents plays and musical performances almost every night of the year, and aims to support New York artists by encouraging exchange across generations and mediums. It gave its first Vanguard Award to the vocalist Nona Hendryx , in 2018. This year’s honoree is the singer Judy Collins .