LEVEL retreat

An oasis for multidisciplinary artists to temporarily live, create, and be inspired to produce enduring works.

03/07/2026

🔊We’re entering the final week of the application period for our 2026 Late Spring Local Artist Residency! Apply now via link in our bio, or levelretreat.com. Deadline is midnight, Saturday, March 14!

✍️Applicants for our Winter & Early Spring Residencies are welcome to re-apply!

🙏Thanks, as always/infinitely, to , whose grant funding makes this all possible, as well as our wonderful panelists who are helping us make hard choices among so many incredible submissions.

04/26/2025

✨ Thanks to everyone who came out to the Forest Theatre to see perform (and special thanks to and for making it happen)! 💖

☀️ Be sure to catch his installation, "Meditation with Sun Boxes", now in its final days at ! ☀️

• Tomorrow, Sunday, 4/26, 10AM-4PM @ Lake Raleigh
• Monday, 4/27, 10AM-4PM @ The Corner

More info in our bio link!

04/24/2025

✨ TONIGHT! ✨ The weather looks *perfect* for 's live appearance at the Forest Theatre at 7PM.

Join us for a pastoral evening of blissed-out drones as Craig performs his composition, "Mr. Blue and His Tongue", for bowed guitar and bass clarinet.

FREE and ALL AGES!

Thanks to and for making it all possible! 💖

04/18/2025

Reminder! Next Thursday, 4/24 @ 7PM, performs live at the Forest Theatre! FREE and ALL AGES!

Craig will be performing his long form semi-improvised drone composition, “Mr. Blue and His Tongue”, for electric guitar and bass clarinet.

We’re keeping an eye on the weather, with a potential rain date and/or venue change of Friday, 4/25. Watch here or sign up for our email list at levelretreat.com for updates!

Thanks to – their generous support makes all of this possible. And don’t forget to check out Craig’s Sun Boxes at the , on display through April 28. See details at https://news.dasa.ncsu.edu/sun-boxes-music-as-a-tool-for-community-and-environmental-engagement/

03/27/2025

LEVEL is pleased to announce one of our favorite artists and humans, sound sculptor , will be presenting work in North Carolina next month!

First, be sure to check out his “Meditation with Sun Boxes” – a meditative installation comprised of 20 solar-powered speakers, each playing a distinct guitar note that converges to create the harmonious Bb6 chord – on display at from April 8-25th, as part of the the “Your Brain on Art” exhibition curated by the . The soothing sounds of the Sun Boxes form a perfect backdrop for mindfulness, encouraging wandering, pauses and reflection.

Then, on Thursday April 24th (rain date Friday April 25th), LEVEL presents a free, live performance of Craig’s “Mr. Blue and His Tongue” at the Forest Theatre in Chapel Hill, an extended and semi-improvised piece for bowed electric guitar and bass clarinet. Truly not to be missed, this singular voice in contemporary sound and sculpture playing in a perfectly suited setting!

Presented with thanks to for their generous financial support!

Additional thanks to and for making all of this possible! 💖

03/16/2025

Thanks to everyone who came out to yesterday's Loops & Bloops embroidery/electronic music workshop, especially our artists-in-residence and for their excellent tutelage, for hosting, and for supplying the support that makes it possible for us to throw such a fun filled, free, community event! 💖🧵🎛

03/15/2025

We're at for Loops & Bloops, an embroidery and electronic music workshop hosted by our artists in residence and .city! Come on by, we're looping and blooping till 5PM! FREE!

02/17/2024

We are always ✨SO EXCITED✨ for Cosmic Rays!

Repost from the festival:
📣 Our full program is up and ready at cosmicraysfilmfest.com !

📽 We are thrilled to be screening our program blocks at this year!! And our live a/v performance will be at .nc!

🎟 Also new this year...we are introducing a special festival pass option in addition to individual program block tickets. Passes admit you to all 4 (!!) programs + our amazing live a/v performances!

🕶 Cosmic Rays is a festival of experimental, essay, first person & artists’ film. Watch this space for more details and previews, spread the word, and see you there!

01/11/2024

🔥🔥🔥¡FRIDAY! If you can sneak out of work early, hit up this amazing 1 day exhibit in the Genome Science Center at UNC (4-6pm)! Then be sure to catch Sam Beam’s opening at Peel and open studios at Attic 506! 🔥🔥🔥

12/06/2023

We love seeing funding opportunities like this. Yay Durham Arts Council / North Carolina Arts Council! Go Chatham!

Painting by Isabel Lu

Original post:
CALLING ALL CHATHAM ARTISTS! Funding Opportunity!

We are partnering again with Durham Arts Council to bring the Emerging Artist Grant opportunity to Chatham artists. The final info session for grant applications is being held on Monday, December 11 at 6pm. If you're an artist living in Chatham County, please visit our website for more information about this fantastic funding possibility. You can request a Zoom link to the online information session by emailing [email protected].

This grant opportunity is made possible through the generous support of North Carolina Arts Council.

https://www.chathamartscouncil.org/emerging-artists-grants/

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