August Grantee Events

Experience a wide range of art activities by supporting our Creative Engagement, Creative Learning, and UMEZ Arts Engagement grantees and their events this month. Learn more! TWEED TheaterWorks Garden Variety August 1 - August 15, 2023 at 7:00 PM 6&B Garden, corner of East 6th Street and Avenue B TWEED TheaterWorks presents Garden Variety, a…

Creative Engagement & UMEZ Arts Engagement Information Session

Information session webinars are intended for Manhattan-based artists, groups, and non-profit organizations interested in applying to LMCC’s grant programs. Each session will include a review of the Program Guidelines and useful information to help you put your best foot forward. There will be time for questions and answers throughout the meeting. This session will cover…

Earth Matter: Make an Herbarium: Plants Can Live Forever

Studio A4, Upper Gallery, The Arts Center at Governors Island

1pm-4pm Studio A4, Upper Gallery, The Arts Center at Governors Island Meet 12 farmers who have captured the ephemeral nature, from seed to flower (or vegetable), of common, everyday plants. Experience 12 collages of preserved specimens, from roots to shoots, and then learn to make your own flower press to take home. You can create…

By What Means and What Measure

A reading and panel discussion with exhibiting artist Daniel Shieh, poet Chia-Lun Chang, and authors Lisa Hsiao Chen and Ly Tran. Saturday, August 12, 3pm Upper Gallery at The Arts Center at Governors Island Daniel Shieh and Chia-Lun Chang met as LMCC artists in residence at The Arts Center on Governors Island in 2021 and worked together on the…

Creative Engagement & UMEZ Arts Engagement Information Session

Esta es una sesión de información en español del Programa de Subvenciones de Arte de Manhattan 2024 de LMCC. Hosted in partnership with El Barrio's Artspace PS 109 & Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) El Barrio's Artspace, PS109, 215 East 99th Street, New York, NY 10029 Esta sesión será presentada en español This session presented…

Creative Engagement & Creative Learning Information Session

Information session webinars are intended for Manhattan-based artists, groups, and non-profit organizations interested in applying to LMCC’s grant programs. Each session will include a review of the Program Guidelines and useful information to help you put your best foot forward. There will be time for questions and answers throughout the meeting. This session will cover…

September 2023 Grantee Events

Experience a wide range of art activities by supporting our Creative Engagement, Creative Learning and UMEZ Arts Engagement grantees and their events this month. Learn more! Samantha McLoughlin Morningside Park Classes Wednesday’s, September 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023 at 11:15 AM Morningside Park, Morningside Dr, New York, NY 10026,Near 114th Street entrance - Next…

The moon is just a mirror: Lantern Giveaway

The Arts Center at Governors Island

RSVP Here! September 3, 6:30pm - 8:30pm Rhonda Weppler and Trevor Mahovsky host a special evening event marking the transformation of their installation, there is nothing you can think that is not the moon, which currently houses over 300 handmade lanterns the artists started making in 2022. Rhonda and Trevor invite you to take home…

Applications for the 2024 Manhattan Arts Grants are due September 12!

Calling all Manhattan artists and arts organizations - apply for the 2024 Manhattan Arts Grants by September 12, 2023, 5pm! Applications for the 2024 Manhattan Arts Grants are now live. If you’re brimming with exciting plans for a project for Manhattan audiences and communities in 2024, we have great news for you! With support from…