Artist News
Last chance to RSVP to A Toast to Downtown!
This is your last chance to RSVP to A Toast to Downtown and celebrate NYC’s artists with LMCC! A Toast to Downtown is tomorrow, Wednesday December 9 at 7pm. Each…
Read MoreApply for NYFA COVID-19 Relief Funding for Visual Arts Workers
Apply for the final cycle of the Tri-State Relief Fund to Support Non-Salaried Workers in the Visual Arts by Monday, December 14 at 11:59pm! The fund will distribute one-time unrestricted…
Read MoreArtists are the heart of LMCC’s work
The heart of LMCC’s work is to center artists and their contributions to the cultural life of New York City. Artists are our cultural creators and dreamers, our storytellers and…
Read MoreLMCC Partners with CIPA, a Recently-Formed Alliance of 50+ Independent Producers of Live Arts to Shore Up an Already Vulnerable Sector
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) has received a $150,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to embark on a year-long strategic planning process with Creative & Independent Producer Alliance…
Read MoreThe Arts Center at Governors Island wins 3 prominent architectural awards
LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island, photo by David Sundberg. LMCC’s Arts Center on Governors Island has won three prominent architectural awards this year! Winner, Cultural Projects, Global Design Awards…
Read MoreMagic Mondays with Artists-in-Residence at the Arts Center at Governors Island
Still from Erica Molesworth’s “The Box” This November, the artists based at LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island will share virtual presentations and informal sharing of practices/projects with the cohort of artists…
Read MoreView the winners of Mona Chalabi’s 100 New Yorkers Drawing Competition in the Oculus through November 30!
Congratulations to the 10 winners of Mona Chalabi’s 100 New Yorkers Drawing Competition! Artist Mona Chalabi created 100 New Yorkers to help us see what New York City looks like…
Read MoreOpportunity for artists and community members: Loisaida Center and Haus of Dust’s mural workshop!
The Loisaida Center is seeking participants for Creativity and Collaboration Through Murals, a creative, community workshop presented by the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS), Loisaida Inc. and Haus of…
Read MoreDeadline Extended to October 29 for Mona Chalabi’s 100 New Yorkers Drawing Competition
Mona Chalabi’s 100 New Yorkers in Westfield World Trade Center. Photo by Ian Douglas. The deadline is extended through Thursday October 29 for Mona Chalabi’s 100 New Yorkers Drawing Competition!…
Read MoreCelebrating LMCC’s Grantees : 2020 Virtual Manhattan Arts Community Breakfast
On October 21, LMCC celebrated Manhattan-based artists and arts organizations supported through our 2020 Manhattan Arts Grants and SU-CASA programs at the 9th annual Manhattan Community Arts Breakfast! Though the…
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