The Respite invites cultural residencies for creative artists and healing practitioners, prioritizing queer, trans, nonbinary and/or black, indigenous, cultural workers of color working, resting or scheming for our collective liberation. There is not set price to stay in the Respite Roundhouse, nor specific artist program for funding support.
The Roundhouse and land will be open for Spring residencies through Summer and Fall 2025 Respite in the Round is a custom round treehouse turned land-based retreat offering individuals and small groups a place for rest, connection, creative making, grounding and vision-setting.
Situated within a rare alluvial forest on a tributary of the Upper Tar River in the Piedmont of North Carolina, The Respite is a small business that operates according to solidarity scale and is in a shared, rematriating relationship with the Jeffries soil sisters who are also farm partner member-owners of Handèwa Farms. Together, the Respite and the Jeffries soil sisters co-habitate - along with the visitors they welcome to the land - on 23 acres of Rare Occaneechi Saponi Alluvial (R.O.S.A.) land.
We welcome nature-based immersion for artists, healers, cultural organizers and their families taking time for restful or creative resistance.
Pick-up and Drop off from the RDU airport is available for an additional fee, as is pre-shopping and stocking house with perishables and food items.
Residency Eligibility
Residency Experience Summary
Application Information
Follow the Book page on our webpage https://www.respiteintheround.org/contact and submit your dates, intention for residency and budget for proposed time at the Respite and the Steward will be back in touch via email to formalize the residency. There is no set price to stay at the Respite. Negotiated stays according to solidarity scale are welcome.
Minimum of 3 nights at $40/night during the weekdays = $120.00. One would self-clean at this rate.