The . Hours . Festivals

Artist Residencies: June 29 - September 4

At the Hours Festivals, we try our very best to never repeat the same project twice.
For years now, we've talked about how perfect Beulahland would be for an artist-in-residence program.
We are excited to finally give it a shot, with your help!

We will notify folks on: Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Please note: We would like to give priority to folks 1) who have never been to Beulahland before, 2) who are traveling longer distances, or 3) who want to present their work in a pop-up exhibit. This is our first year, so we have no idea how many artists will think this is the most wonderful idea ever. We will do our very best to fit everyone in. We apologize in advance if we somehow can't accommodate you this year. But, the idea is that there will be a real program in the future and plenty more opportunities!

Also: No money changes hands!
There is no fee to attend and neither is there a stipend to help pay your way to attend. Plain and simple.

How it will work

Stay at Beulahland

You will have 2 choices of where you can sleep:

In the Addition (guest wing), which is attached to the main house but has its own entrance, 2 floors, 3 beds, & balcony (and electricity).
Recluse Ridge, which is a tiny house (and we do mean tiny!) that was built during 62 Hours by Pressly & Ian (the official Hours Festivals Engineers) at the top of gravel hill, overlooking the majestic Beulahpond
(and no electricity).

You can choose to stay a minimum of 2 nights, up to a maximum of 6 nights. We are equipped to host up to 3 adult humans. Because this is our first attempt at such a program, we are inviting only adult humans at this time*.

As always, strictly no pets* (and see disclaimer).

Water Conservation

Every year, we talk about how the well at Beulahland is only 14' deep and how we can't afford to have a ton of people bathing, flushing, or washing a ton of laundry. There is an actual risk of running this well dry, and nobody wants that.

Fortunately, we built the:

Outhaus mit lasers, during 61 Hours,
Outshower mit hot water, during 65;

which everybody uses, even ourselves, during the summer months. Trust us, both facilities are fabulous and unique experiences that you won't want to miss!

The only additional thing we are asking this year is that you bring your own sheets & towels, so that we don't have to do a ton of extra laundry.

Meals

There is an auxiliary fridge in the garage that will be open for you, and we also have a garden and a grill. However, we cannot afford to feed everybody, so please bring what you'd need to be comfortable. Of course, you may also share the main kitchen for cooking & share meals with Jenver the G and Noel/NORM!. Amelia will swing by on a regular basis, too.

Rest + Experimentation = YES

Year after year, we've noticed a particular phenomenon occur with folks coming to the Hours Festivals from bigger cities: they arrive, breathe deeply, get settled, go to take maybe just a quick nap, and promptly fall into a deep & restorative sleep for many hours. This is totally OK & almost expected by this point.

So, we fully understand if this residency is simply to rest & restore burned out creative souls, who need to pause, take a breath, get centered, and go back out into the world.

Of course, we also welcome and encourage bursts in productivity, (safe) explosions of experimentation, and series of breakthroughs.

We humbly request quiet hours from 11pm - 7am.

Work Spaces & Resources

There are a variety of potential work spaces, depending on your needs. Chances are good that we can accommodate you. Noel/NORM!'s workshop is equipped with all sort of power tools and welding supplies. The upstairs studio has a wall of interesting scraps & standard art supplies. We have a potter's wheel (made from repurposed farm equipment), drop spindles for spinning yarn, some basic silk screen supplies, a sewing machine, and the list goes on.

Of course, bring whatever supplies and equipment you need or want!

Pop-Up Exhibit

The other goal this year is to have a pop-up exhibit of work inspired by Beulahland. Work can be made during the residency or outside of that context. Ideally this would take place on Market Street in Corning, NY at the end of September, but no promises! We'll see what we can figure out!

More details to come as they are available.

*Just to cover all the bases: We are not an official organization, so we can bend our own rules as needed. We promise to be as fair as possible. Again, the point of this is to provide a space and means for others' creativity to glow. This is purely a labor of love for Jenver, NORM!, and Amelia.