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  • DEADLINE: MONDAY, MARCH 01, 2010
  • APPLICATION (PDF) or (DOC)
  • Download an application as a PDF or as a Word Doc. Or we can e-mail, fax, or mail you one if you request.
  • The application fee is $35 USD, which is non–refundable. If you used PayPal, please indicate on the order form.
  • Each four week session is limited to 10 individuals. The cost per session is $300 USD. Candidates may apply for additional weeks in the event a space becomes available. (Learn more...)

The artist's studios at Byrdcliffe, behind the Villetta Inn

The artist's studios at Byrdcliffe, behind the Villetta Inn

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Residents are chosen by a selection committee of professionals in the arts. The major criterion for acceptance is proof of serious commitment to one’s field of endeavor. Professional recognition is helpful for admission, but is not essential.

Panelists in the past have included: Gregory Amenoff, Jake Berthot, Joan Snyder, Portia Munson, Melissa Meyer and Donald Elder and literary panelists included Gail Godwin, Matthew Spireng, Martha Frankel (fiction), Olga Broumas (poetry), Gus Schulenburg, Evangeline Morphos (playwrights) and Rob Handel (Handel Award) and Nancy Golladay (BMI Faculty).

Mail–in Application

To apply via mail, please download the application form (PDF) or (DOC). You are required to have a PDF reader. If you need an application emailed, faxed, or mailed to you, please contact us or call +1 (845) 679-2079. Once completed you will need to mail us TWO copies of the application.

Please complete the application form. Please submit by mail, UPS, FedEx, or if you are in the area, you can drop it off at our administrative office. Please only send us support materials, application, resume (visual artists should submit a one–page CV), work plans, SASE (for CD/DVD/Slides, etc), $35 USD non–refundable fee, and essay (for Byrdcliffe Master applicants only).

Please do not send extra materials such as: postcards, extra images, business cards, and other ephemera.

We shall keep all materials from applicants that are accepted. If you would like your materials returned, please include a S.A.S.E.

Application Fee and online payment

You may pay using a check (checks made out to Woodstock Guild), US Money Order, PayPal, VISA, Master Card, Discover, and American Express.

Deadline

Applications should be postmarked by Monday, March 01, 2010. Applications received after this date will be considered on a space available basis. You will be notified by email and a letter approximately four–five weeks after the March 01, submission.

Session Dates and Session Fees

Residencies are available for one–month sessions as follows. If space becomes available, artists may stay for more than one session. All sessions are $300. Each session concludes with an Open Studio.

  • Session I: June 1–June 27, 2010
  • Session II: June 29–July 25, 2010
  • Session III: July 27–August 22, 2010
  • Session IV: August 24–September 19, 2010

Accommodations

All residents are assigned a private room and studio. Accommodations vary in size and availability. There is a computer with internet access.

Please list requirements or equipment which you would expect to find available and which you consider necessary for your specific creative project. Composers must provide their own keyboard with headphones.

Pets are not permitted except for assist/guide animals.

Support Materials

(All materials should be of recent work)

  1. Copy of your professional resume.
  2. Describe your work plans for your stay on a separate piece of paper.
  3. Please supply two references.

Artists

  • 8 to 10 slides (in a 9” x 11” plastic slide sheet, each labeled with name, top, medium, dimensions and date of work). Photographers should include 8 to 10 actual photographs.
  • Slide list numbered to correspond with slides. For each slide, give title, date executed, dimensions, medium, price. CD/DVD’s (JPEG 300 dpi) are acceptable. Include JPEG index.

Writers

  • Two copies of a manuscript. (No more than 12 pages of poetry, one chapter or story–length prose or non–fiction piece or up to 40 pages of a BOUND play script). Non–fiction writers please include a brief précis of your project.

Composers and Musicians

  • Score for at least ten minutes of music, plus tape/CD (if available).

References and past Residencies

Please provided us with a list of two references and list the names and dates of other residency programs that you have attended. Letters of recommendation are not required, but if you feel it is useful for your application then you may do so.

Fellowships and Writer Assistance

There are fellowships and stipends available for artists and for playwrights. There is tuition assistance for writers under the age of 35. Please indicate if you are interested in the fellowships on the application form.