Support Us
At LMCC, we believe that arts and culture play a crucial role in the vitality of our communities, and in the economic landscape of this great city, home to an estimated 150,000 artists seeking a vibrant, creative environment in which to create new work. That is why we are asking for your support to not only sustain our important programs and services for artists and arts groups, but to meet their growing needs within the current economic climate:
More Art Per Square Foot:
LMCC’s renowned Artist Residencies innovatively activate vacant commercial space – from a storefront at The Seaport to an abandoned bank vault on Wall Street – for use by visual and performing artists and writers. And LentSpace – launched in September 2009 and located on Canal Street and Avenue of the Americas in the heart of Hudson Square – transforms a vacant lot awaiting redevelopment into a platform for sculpture and performance.
Helping Artists Plan for More Than Just Their Next Project:
LMCC’s Professional Development Workshops offer hundreds of artists – from the Bowery to Washington Heights – significant career-building resources and tools to help them develop long-term strategies to sustain their creative careers in such a competitive environment.
Making Art Accessible to All:
LMCC’s Free Public Programming offers the community new perspectives on downtown. LMCC engages audiences with ground-breaking new dance through its site-specific outdoor festival, Sitelines; opens often prohibited spaces in Lower Manhattan to the public through Access Restricted; and invites poetry lovers to share a pint with premier poets at downtown’s historic Fraunces Tavern through its poetry reading series, Poems & Pints.
Your support makes this possible.
Sign up for our newsletter. Visit LentSpace. Attend a Sitelines performance or an open rehearsal. Meet our artists at our Open Studio events. And, please, consider making a gift of any size so that these valuable programs can stay alive.
Please join us as we look forward. Help us continue to Make Art Happen.
