Looking Glass Arts Cheswatyr Residency Application 2025

LOOKING GLASS ARTS

2025 Cheswatyr Recording Residency Application

CHESWATYR RESIDENCY DATES

Monday, August 18- Sunday, August 24, 2025

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, April 18 at 5pm

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

NOTIFICATION: Third week of May (by email)

Name of Group:

Full legal name of group's applying representative (as appears on official ID):

First NameLast Name

E-mail

example@example.com

Phone Number

I am 21 years of age or older

YesNo

If submitting on behalf of a group, please list all members' names and e-mail addresses:

If you have an artist and/or band website, please share it here:

Submit a written biography for yourself and your group OR upload a video biography below:

100-200 words

Video option: Submit a video biography of yourself and your group here:

1-2 minutes (not required if you have answered the question above in writing)

Please submit a written description of the EP or album you plan to record during the Cheswatyr Residency OR upload a video description below.

100-200 words or upload 1-2min video below:

Video option: upload a video description of the EP or album you plan to record during the Cheswatyr Residency

1-2 minutes (not required if you have answered the question above in writing)

Please upload 2-3 musical samples below of previous work of this ensemble. This can be anything from a professional recording to a voice memo. Please limit each sample to one track. Must be an mp3 file.

If you prefer to share a YouTube, Bandcamp or Soundcloud link to your music, please do so here:

Please submit 2-3 audio examples of the EP or album you plan to record at the Cheswatyr Residency. This can be any form of recording; a voice memo, a rehearsal recording etc. (This is to give us a rough sense of the material you plan to record).

How would you describe the current career stage for yourself, members of your group/ensemble? Describe in the text box provided where you see yourself and why OR submit a video description in next window:

50-200 words.

Video option: Upload a video description of you and your group's career stage:

Please share anything else you would like us to know about your artistic practice:

If accepted as an artist-in-residence at Looking Glass Arts, we ask that you engage in respectful, clear and timely communication with LGA staff as needed.