2018 April Newsletter
Studio in the Park 2018 Residency – Open Call!
Attention Artists: Apply to Studio in the Park residency!
LMCC is excited to announce the launch of Studio in the Park 2018 residency organized by ArtBuilt in partnership with New York City Parks, the Queens Museum, The Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco), DreamYard, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), and Immigrant Social Services (ISSNYC). This residency opportunity will provide an artist or artist collective the use of a 150 square foot mobile studio space, situated in a NYC public park, to carry out a community-engaged art project over the course of six weeks.
LMCC is thrilled to collaborate with these partners to bring the project to Seward Park. The information session on Wednesday, April 18 is already full, but we will be live-streaming the event as well. Check our website closer to the date for more information about the livestream link.
The information session is facilitated by ArtBuilt and hosted by LMCC.
Artists are welcome to propose projects that align with their existing practice, or that demonstrate alignment with one of the 2018 residency themes: Immigration, Neighborhood Change, and Cultural Heritage. Applications are accepted for the residency at Seward Park (Manhattan) as well as two other sites: Railroad Park (Bronx) and Flushing Meadows Corona Park (Queens).
For more information about eligibility, application process, key dates for the residency and expectations from selected artists by clicking here.
Seward Park Artist Residency dates: July 1-August 15, 2018
Application deadline: Monday, April 23, 2018
Please address your questions to ArtBuilt staff at submissions@artbuilt.org.
Interested in more open calls for artists? Sign up for our Opportunities for Artists mailing list here!
Workspace Open Studios on May 11-12: Save the Date!
Our Workspace Open Studios weekend is coming up! On May 11 and 12, come to 101 Greenwich Street to get to know our artists-in-residence and see what they have been creating. The studios are all on the 15th floor, and will be open from 6-9pm on Friday, May 11, and from 1-8pm on Saturday, May 12. Learn more about our artist-in-residence cohort here.
SU-CASA Spotlight: Andrew Suseno
Andrew Suseno, a founder of Parcon NYC, is a current LMCC SU-CASA artist-in-residence at Corsi House Neighborhood Senior Center in East Harlem. We were thrilled to have to some time to speak with Andrew and learn more about the creative and inclusive movement practice of parcon.
What is Parcon?
Andrew describes parcon as a movement form inspired by parkour, which uses the city or environment as an obstacle course, contact improvisation, an improvised dance form where movers share weight in a dialogue between any part of their body as they fall and rebalance through the space together, and social justice.
Andrew developed his approach to parcon over the last two to three years, through his workshops and exploration with Parcon NYC. Originally a professional modern dancer, and always interested in the integration of the mind/body experience, he studied somatic therapies and eventually became a physical therapist.
Andrew’s work bridges body movement and touch with social interactions, consent, and negotiations of identity and power. Parcon uses touch as a powerful way to get to know oneself: to address who we are in relation to where we are, and who we are around through an interdependent, dynamic contact with everything.
Who participates?
Everyone! This approach to parcon evolved out of Andrew’s physical therapy practice with various populations and people of varying levels of physical abilities. It’s a particularly accessible movement form, regardless of class or able-bodiedness, due to a focus on developing active listening and a shared language of agency. From this, movers can rely on each other in ways that go beyond status-quo boundaries.
It redefines embodiment and the relationship between humans and their surroundings.
Why SU-CASA?
Parcon is by and for people of color and marginalized identities. At Corsi House, Andrew is working with seniors of color in his class to develop relevant curriculum that engages them with movement, touch, and empathy through contact. The final phase of his residency will move toward an intergenerational sharing of parcon with a nearby school where he also offers classes.
Learn more about Parcon NYC.
Learn more about the SU-CASA program here.
