April 2022 Grantee Events
MorDance, 2022 Creative Engagement Grantee, Courtesy of MorDance, Photo by: Kelsey Campbell Experience a wide range of art activities by supporting our Creative Engagement, Creative Learning, and UMEZ Arts Engagement grantees and their events this month. Mason Holdings Theatre Hart Island March 8 – April 9, 2022 Thursday – Saturday at 8:00PM, Saturday at 2:00PM,…
Read MoreLMCC Grantee Mason Holdings Theatre’s Hart Island in The New York Times!
Photography by Maria Baranova Hart Island, a theatrical multimedia meditation on New York City’s Potter’s Field and the humans connected to it by LMCC Grantee Mason Holdings Theatre was recently featured in The New York Times! Based on historical research, Hart Island weaves together six seemingly disparate voices, all connected to Hart Island. As audiences…
Read MoreAnnouncing our Honorees for The Downtown Dinner 2022!
We are thrilled to announce our honorees and celebrate their incredible contributions to New York City’s cultural landscape at The Downtown Dinner on May 18 at Cipriani 25 Broadway! This year, we honor Pam Tanowitz with the Liberty Award for Artistic Leadership, recognizing her trailblazing work as a dancer and choreographer. LMCC Alumni awardees include…
Read MoreElizabeth Meggs’s Experience as a Participating Artist at 2022 Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show!
On behalf of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Trust for Governors Island, the submissions from ten creative artists were selected to the first-ever 2022 Governors Island Winter Ice Sculpture Show. Artists were paired with skilled carvers from Okamoto Studio to complete their pieces and turned blocks of ice into glistening pieces of temporary artworks. Elizabeth Meggs,…
Read MoreLMCC in Hyperallergic!
Marta Blair, UMEZ Arts Engagement 2022 LMCC was recently featured in Hyperallergic amid the announcement of the 2022 Creative Engagement, Creative Learning, and UMEZ Arts Engagement program grantees! We are beyond thrilled to announce the awardees of over $1.3 million in grants to 255 artists and arts organizations! Our Manhattan Arts Grants programs support artists, arts groups,…
Read MoreIn Solidarity with Ukraine
All of us at LMCC are outraged by the Russian invasion and military aggression of Ukraine. We join fellow arts and cultural organizations internationally in solidarity with Ukraine and condemn attacks on the freedom and human rights of its people. learn more below about the crisis and how you can support organizations providing essential aid…
Read MoreThe Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show featured in Gothamist!
March 2022 Grantee Events
Earth Celebrations, 2022 Creative Engagement Grantee, Photo by Rachel Elkind Experience a wide range of art activities by supporting our Creative Engagement and UMEZ Arts Engagement grantees and their events this month. Samantha Mcloughlin SammyJDance Classes March 1 – March 30, 2022, on Wednesdays at 11:00 AM 2307 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York,…
Read MoreAnnouncing the selected artists for Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show!
Photo courtesy of Okamoto Studio LMCC along with The Trust for Governors Island will host the Island’s inaugural Ice Sculpture Show on Saturday, February 26, 2022, from 2 – 5 pm at the Governors Island Winter Village. A lively afternoon featuring live ice carving, ice dance performances from Ice Theatre of New York, ice skating and more will celebrate the final weekend of…
Read MoreArtist Opportunities!
Creatives Rebuild New York, New York Artists in Need Can Apply for $1,000 a Month! CRNY’s Guaranteed Income for Artists program will support 2,400 artists with regular, no-strings-attached cash payments. Each artist will receive $1,000 per month for 18 consecutive months. CRNY’s Guaranteed Income for Artists program aims to help artists meet their basic needs…
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