LOOKING GLASS ARTS

2025 Cheswatyr Recording Residency Application 

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CHESWATYR RESIDENCY DATES

Monday, August 18 - Sunday, August 24, 2025

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 Looking Glass Arts Mission Statement

Looking Glass Arts is an artist-led non-profit residency organization in Upstate New York democratizing access to the space, time, and natural beauty critical to artistic growth and practice. Our programming prioritizes people of the Global Majority; artists who make up the bedrock of our cultural lives.

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About the Cheswatyr Residency

This residency is offered to an establlished duo or trio prepared to record an EP or an album at no cost ot the artsists and includes a concert (paid) at the end of the session week.

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 Requirements for applicants to the 2025 Cheswatry Recording Residency

• Members of the group must be 21+

• The group may be 2-3 people

• Ensemble must have an album or EP’s worth of material ready to record

• The full group must be available for the entirety of the residency week, Aug 18-24

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Things to Keep in Mind Before Applying

• The barn does not have sonic isolation. The birds and the whims of the natural world around us may be heard on your recording

• Recording in the barn is best suited for a group that wants to record live. Overdubs are possible but adding to already existing tracks is not the best use of the space

• There is no piano in the barn

• This year the Cheswatyr Residency is being offered to an established group, musicians who have experience recording

• The concert fee for the group is $1500 (this residency does not include an additional honorarium)

• The group will communicate with Rashaan Carter, barn audio engineer, in advance of their residency, to work out the details of their session

• The group will need to bring their own hard drive for the session

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 Hospitality

• A private bedroom in the Farm House (with a shared bathroom)

• Three meals a day prepared by the resident chef

• High speed fiber optic internet in the Farm House

• The barn has no wi-fi or cell reception

• Depending on each artist’s circumstances and individual need, we can discuss reimbursement for RT Amtrak tickets and/or cost of gas up to $100 per artist

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The application is open: Friday, March 7 - Friday, April 18

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APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 18 at 5pm

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ZOOM INTERVIEW FOR FINALISTS: Within the first two weeks of May (To be scheduled, not all applicants will be asked to attend a Zoom)

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NOTIFICATION: Third week of May (by email)