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SUMMER 2022

In our second season, Looking Glass Arts expanded its programming to include fully-funded writing retreats, fully-funded and sliding-scale recording residencies, a multi-disciplinary retreat and our first concert in the barn. Building on our inaugural commission, a filmed performance of Julius Eastman's "The Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc," Looking Glass Arts also committed to a project documenting the work of a black, queer musician or composer, in this case a recording of Joshua Banbury's "The Deification Suite". 

 

 

The Summer 2022 programming was brought to life with the financial support of individual donors and a grant from the CREATE Council on the Arts.  

WEEK ONE

Multidisciplinary Retreat

(Alicia Hines, Patrice Quinn, Pyeng Threadgill)

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Photo by Marika Hughes

WEEK TWO
Goldfinch Writers' Retreat

(Elaine Kim, Dawn Crandell, Lourdes Dolores Follins)

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Photo by Marika Hughes

WEEK THREE

 (Eliza Salem, Samantha Feliciano, Kanoa Mendenhall)

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Photo by Willa Folmar

WEEK FOUR
Hopper Writers' Retreat

(Patricia Hicks, Jungwon Kim, Imani Wilson)

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Photo by Alicia Hines

WEEK FIVE
(Jochem Van Dijk and Maribel Suárez Alonso)

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Photo by Alicia Hines

WEEK SIX
(Catherine Siroka and Eric Mingus)

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Photo by Marika Hughes

WEEK SEVEN
The Eastman Project 2022

(Kevin Sherwin, Dara Hankins, Shaleah Feinstein, Cameren Williams)

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Photo by Marika Hughes

WEEK EIGHT
(Todd Watts, Jordyn Davis, Keyanna)

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Photo by Willa Folmar

SUMMER 2022

"Sunday NighT Hang in the Barn" Concert

We are excited to announce that our inaugural Sunday Night Hang in the Barn will be held on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th, 2022 at 5pm, featuring live music by Charlie Burnham and Rashaan Carter. This first event is a concert, and in the future we hope to expand "The Sunday Night Hang" to include other programming.

 

While walk-ups are welcomed, we encourage you to RSVP in advance!

This event is made possible through the support of CREATE Council on the Arts.

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SUMMER 2021

In our inaugural season, Looking Glass Arts designed programming in direct response to the circumstances of the ongoing pandemic. We knew, though venues were shuttered, gigs postponed, and tours were cancelled, that musicians continued to collaborate and create in isolation, often doing so without financial compensation for their time and effort.

It became clear to us that we could respond to our new reality by creating residencies that would invite artists to record their music, at no cost to them, in an environment we know firsthand to be a literal breath of fresh air.  

Thanks to the generous support of individual donors, Looking Glass Arts was able to host five of these retreats.  

WEEK ONE

Code Switch (JD Allen, Nasheet Waits, Eric Revis)

https://www.weupreup.com

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Photo by Marika Hughes

WEEK TWO

UCLA'S The Center for the Art of Performance and Looking Glass Arts Present Julius Eastman's

"The Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc" 

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Photo by Paul Wilson

WEEK THREE

Chris Bruce and Morley 

https://www.morleymusic.org

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Photo by Marika Hughes

WEEK FOUR

The Rhythm Method with Anaïs Maviel

http://www.therhythmmethod.nyc

https://www.anaismaviel.com

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Photo by Marika Hughes

WEEK FIVE

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Photo by Marika Hughes

WEEK SIX

Mr. Saturday (Charlie Burnham, Jean Rohe, Skye Steele, Rashaan Carter)

https://www.jeanrohe.com

https://www.skyesteele.com

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Photo by Marika Hughes

"The Holy Presence of Joan D’arc"
By Julius Eastman
A work for vocalist and 10 cellos 
Produced by Looking Glass Arts; Filmed at Looking Glass Arts On July 27 & 28, 2021

In our inaugural season, LGA has partnered with the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA to film Julius Eastman’s “The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc” (1980) for 10 cellos (under the Musical Direction of Seth Parker Woods) and the Prelude for Solo Baritone (performed by Davóne Tines) in the hundred-year-old dairy barn adapted for use as a rustic recording space. The physicality of the composition and its driving call to “speak boldly” is palpable in the film—resonating through the floorboards and out onto the rolling green fields just beyond the barn doors.

Protominimalist, pianist, singer and organizer Julius Eastman made a name for himself in the 1970s representing a new kind of artistic intellectual- one determined to redefine the role of modern creatives, committed to intersectionality and self-liberation. In a 1976 interview he professed, “What I am trying to achieve… is to be what I am to the fullest. Black to the fullest, a musician to the fullest, a homosexual to the fullest.” The unapologetic nonconformity and authenticity of Eastman’s compositions have undoubtedly contributed to the posthumous reemergence, recognition, and subsequent renaissance that his body of work has received in recent years.

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The Tune In Festival: Day Four

Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 5PM
Prerecorded Worldwide

 

The return of The Tune In Festival features more than 30 artists and ensembles over four days, coming together to pay respect to the time-honored tradition of music and poetry as sources of resilience, protest and inspiration. Curated by performance poet J. Ivy and pianist Lisa Kaplan in close collaboration with CAP UCLA Creative Advisor Kristy Edmunds. Day Four of the festival features the work of jessica Care moore, Thalea String Quartet performing piece by Jessie Montgomery and Anthony R. Green (who is also performing), Errollyn Wallen, J. Ivy, Ayanna Woods and Julius Eastman. 

Commissioned by UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance 

for the 2021 Tune In Festival

A Looking Glass Arts Production 

Produced by

Marika Hughes 

 

Associate Producer

Willa Ellafair Folmar 

 

Director

Marika Hughes

 

Audio Engineer

Rashaan Carter

 

Video Direction

Laura Sofía Pérez

 

Cinematography

Nicolás Santa and Ricardo Mueses

 

Additional Photography

Willa Ellafair Folmar

 

Editor

Christina Kelly

 

Color Correction

Marika Litz 

 

Looking Glass Arts Production Team

Willa Ellafair Folmar, Marika Hughes & Michelle Yard

 

Catering

Stefanie L. Kelly, Ritual Catering & Craft Services

 

Additional Media

Marbeth, Courtesy of Tania León

Jim Tuttle, Courtesy of the Digital Collections, University of Buffalo Libraries

 

Special thanks to: 

Rebecca Brown, Kristy Edmunds, Fred Frumberg, Larry Gribben, Larry Hamm, Deb Hecht, Khari Joyner, Lisa Kaplan, Tania León, Boris McGiver, Cornelia McGiver,Lucas Moran, Missy Moran, Panther Creek Arts, Jessica Troy, Scrumpy Ewe Cider and Paul Wilson

 

Thank you to the Town of West Fulton, NY

Behind The Scenes

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