View and download the program guidelines here

Review our Application Tips and Frequently Asked Questions here.

Learn what constitutes a well-prepared grant application and ask questions about LMCC's grant programs from our staff.

Register for an information session webinar: LMCC.net/RSVP

First-time applicants are required to attend an Information Session or watch a recorded session before applying.

We thank our cultural partners for helping us bring Information Session webinars and our Application Lab to you:

• Afro Latin Jazz Alliance - Belongó
• Asian American Arts Alliance (A4)
• Chatham Square NYPL (Location)
• Chinese American Arts Council (CAAC)
• The Clemente Cultural Center
• Community Word Project (CWP)
• El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109
• El Museo del Barrio
• Harlem Arts Alliance (HAA)
• Loisaida
• Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA)
• NYC Arts in Education Roundtable (NYCAIER)
• Think!Chinatown
• West Harlem Arts Alliance (WHAA) 

Interested in accessing resources to further develop your knowledge and skills in raising the resources to support your practice? Click here to learn more about LMCC’s professional development offerings.

Complete and submit the Online Application Form HERE.

Please Note: The application form has been updated for 2026. We strongly recommend familiarizing yourself with the application form in advance.

If you have additional questions or technical issues please contact CreativeEngagement@LMCC.net

Dance

• Romanee Kalicharran, Kathak Dancer/Scholar, Romanee and Company

• Tiffany Mangulabnan, Co-Artistic Director, konverjdans

• Lai-Lin Robinson, Creative Producer

• Minila Shah, Director, Ajna Dance Company

• Orlando Zane Hunter, Choreographer, Brother(hood) Dance!
  

Theater

• Amara Brady, Artist
• Frank Dunham Jr, Creative Director
• Katie Madison, Musical Theatre Composer, SUN SONGS The Musical
• Karen Oughtred, Theatre Artist
• Jessica Pilot, Comedy Producer & Writer
• Maya Quetzali Gonzalez, Grants Manager, MAP Fund
• Akia Squitierii, Artistic Director, Rising Sun Performance Company

Multidisciplinary & Literature

• Jenny Boissiere, Choreographer, DanceBoissiere
• isabel crespo pardo, Vocalist, improviser-composer, interdisciplinary artist
• Daniel Gallant, Executive Director, House of SpeakEasy
• Ethan Lercher, Consultant of Arts, Culture, and Placemaking
• Richard Morales, Director of Public Programs and Community Engagement, Socrates Sculpture
• Julie Tay, Executive Director, Mencius Society for the Arts

Music

• Victoria Cheah, Composer and Assistant Professor, Berklee College of Music

• Amanda Ekery, Musician, El Paso Jazz Girls

• Inti Figgis-Vizueta, Composer

• Mỹ Tâm Huynh, Artist

• Ashley Jackson, Assistant Professor, Hunter College

• Eric Lemmon, Visiting Assistant Professor, Knox College

• Brian Mummert, Co-Founder & Organizer, ChamberQUEER

• Julia Rocha, Artist

• Adriana Vergara, Grant Programs Associate, Chamber Music America

• Kyle P. Walker, Pianist, Harlem Chamber Players

Visual Arts, Media & New Media

• Arantxa Araujo, Artist

• NAN COLLYMORE, Co-Founder of Material Industries

• Alejandro Epifanio Torres, Executive & Artistic Director of Loisaida, Inc.

• Zac Hacmon, Artist

• Hsuan Yu Pan, Film Director

To nominate yourself or someone to be considered for the jury, please use or share LMCC’s Jury Nomination form available here.

Find all the relevant resources to manage your Creative Engagement award, including the forms to submit your event notification, final report, and changes in the supported project, here.