HH Residencies Information 9 23 2025

Music, Theater, Opera, Dance, Visual Arts, Classes, and Workshops for Learners of All Ages ABOUT HUBBARD HALL Hubbard Hall is a thriving arts center dedicated to cultivating, sustaining, and promoting the cultural life of our rural community in Washington County, NY and throughout the Capital Region. We gather people from all walks of life to create, learn, and grow together, while developing, producing, and presenting world-class art and artists. We are an arts incubator, a training ground, a magnet for artistic activity, a safe haven for risk-taking, an economic driver for our region, and the beating heart of our community. PRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: Theater, Music, Opera, Dance, and the Visual Arts Since 1878 Hubbard Hall has developed, produced, and presented theater, opera, music, dance, and visual arts and in recent years has become a world-class development center for new work. Since 1978, Hubbard Hall’s current 501c3 has engaged thousands of artists, students, and audience members in acclaimed productions. Through this diverse repertoire, we bring professionals together with student artists and elder community members to create productions and presentations that reflect, question, and strengthen our community. FACILITIES Hubbard Hall operates four buildings across our campus, including the original 1878 opera house and three repurposed freight yard buildings. The Beacon Feeds Studio contains a dance space with a sprung dance floor, a visual arts studio, and a meeting room. The Freight Depot is an intimate black box theater as well as a space for classes, rehearsals, and art exhibits. The Lovejoy building has been recently renovated into artist housing and can accommodate up to 10 artists. We also own and operate the Cambridge Community Garden, a collaborative garden managed entirely by volunteers that engage hundreds of students each year with opportunities to grow and harvest their own vegetables. Recognized as an arts institution in the state of New York, Hubbard Hall is a national model for community-based arts organizations. We invite artists, companies, and communities of all kinds to use our beautiful spaces to rehearse, meet, and even perform for free. We are proud to offer the ability for anyone to make great work right here in Cambridge, NY. ABOUT THE VILLAGE OF CAMBRIDGE, NY The Village of Cambridge is an eclectic community filled with families, business people, artists, retired people and many others who have fallen in love with our small town atmosphere, located centrally with access to big cities and towns, and some of the best scenery in New York. We are the home to a Main Street filled with a world-class arts center, a thriving independent bookstore, café, diner, barbershop, hair salon(s), and several restaurants, public library, local grocery, farmers’ market, artists’ co-op, and food co-op, to name just a few amenities. RESIDENCIES Focusing on the development of new and devised work, the artist residency program invites artists to develop new work in beautiful, quiet, and artistically rich surroundings far from the noise and pressure of the city and then share portions of that work with local audiences via a final showcase sharing a reading, workshop. performance, or demonstration depending on the project and artistic process. This program also allows audiences to explore and learn about the development process and is intended to support the development of local, regional, and national artists and seeks to further develop our local talent pool through exposure to existing artists. Typical residencies include honoraria for all participating artists and housing. Artists are responsible for their own travel. costs. Residencies can last anywhere from two to three days to two to three weeks. TYPES OF PROJECTS We are looking for exciting new work that has a sense of inquiry in form and process: works in progress, workshop productions, open rehearsals, etc. This work may come from companies, ensembles, or individual artists. HUBBARD HALL PROVIDES Housing and Honoraria (typically $300 per artist per week, depending on the project and available funding); An artist residency in our Lovejoy building, with capacity for up to 10 people. It includes 8 bedrooms, a kitchen, 4 ½ bathrooms, laundry, and common areas for collaboration or relaxing. Access to the Hubbard Hall main stage space, studio theater, and/or dance studio (and other spaces as needed). Limited technical support (basic lighting and sound as needed). Basic set elements, including chairs, table and/or playing cubes. Listing your project on our website and social media outlets. Box Office & Front of House support for showcase. Guidance and support in helping to shepherd this project towards greater exposure and funding after residency. RESIDENCY PARTICIPANTS PROVIDE All other expenses and elements not covered by Hubbard Hall including casting, all physical production expenses (including any necessary costumes and props). Transportation to and from Cambridge, NY. PROPOSAL PROCEDURES 1. Please provide us with two-three pages about your work and proposed project, which should include the following: Name of Project Brief Description of Project (500 words or less), including number of artists required for residency and if those artists are identified and/or involved in the project yet. Residency Budget (detailing project expenses covered by participant and what funds or level of honoraria maybe requested from Hubbard Hall based on number of artists participating, etc.). Please answer the following questions: What part or parts of your piece will you focus on during your residency? What do you specifically hope to gain from the residency? 25 East Main St. Cambridge, NY 12816 (518) 677-2495 www.hubbardhall.org What technical support will you need for the project? Note: any projects requiring video, camera work or specialized digital equipment will need to bring the said equipment to Hubbard Hall. See tech rider for av