2025 Spring Opportunities for Artists!

Spring is in full swing and with it comes a fresh wave of opportunities for you to check out!   Upcoming Deadlines Open Call Zero Art Fair at the FLAG Foundation → 4/18 Open Call: NYC DOT Summer Street Art Interventions → 4/27 Open Call: AHL Foundation Visual Art Award → 4/30 2026 Dieu Donné…

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April 2025 Grantee Events

The Why Collective, 2025 Creative Engagement Grantee, Photo by Titilayo Ayangade Experience a wide range of art activities by supporting our Creative Engagement, Creative Learning, and UMEZ Arts Engagement grantees and their events this month.   The Trojan Women Project Sur March 29, 2025 – April 06, 2025 La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 66 East…

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Announcing 2025 Manhattan Arts Grants Recipients!

LMCC is thrilled to recognize the 2025 Manhattan Arts Grants recipients! Through our Creative Engagement, Creative Learning, and UMEZ Arts Engagement grants, we’re distributing more than $1.7 million to 277 talented artists and organizations, fueling creativity throughout Manhattan. Since 1983, LMCC’s Manhattan Arts Grants have supported Manhattan-based artists, arts groups and community-focused organizations in accessing…

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The 2025 SU-CASA program is here!

Proud to announce the 2025 SU-CASA cohort—29 exceptional artists and collectives dedicated to enriching NYC senior centers with the power of the arts! SU-CASA connects artists with older adults through hands-on arts experiences, fostering creativity, learning, and self-expression. Each residency culminates in a public showcase, celebrating community and artistic growth. Administered by LMCC, SU-CASA is…

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Welcoming the 2025 Arts Center Residency Cohort!

We are thrilled to welcome a new cohort of artists to LMCC’s Arts Center Residency at Governors Island! A warm welcome to twenty incredible artists at The Arts Center at Governors Island, including one collective duo, seventeen individual artists, and our on-site assistant! LMCC’s residency programs provide free, collaborative space for artistic development. This year’s…

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Announcing The 2025 Downtown Dinner

The 2025 Annual Gala, The Downtown Dinner, is almost here! LMCC and our Board of Directors invite you to join us at the 2025 Downtown Dinner on Monday, April 28, honoring Taylor Mac and LMCC alumni artists Jean Shin, Juliana F. May, and Keisha Bush. Tickets and tables are now on sale! Enjoy a night…

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Artist Open Calls and Grants: Opportunities for March to April 2025

Artists and creators, here are some opportunities worth checking out for late March and April 2025. Upcoming Deadlines NYC DOT 2025 Art Mural Artist Request → 3/16 Call for Curatorial Applications | SPRING/BREAK Art Show NYC 2025  3/16 Munson’s 9-Month Education-Based A-i-R Program (Photography) → 3/17 2025 Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship → 3/17 Open…

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Our 2024-2025 Workspace Artists Are Hard at Work in Their Studios!

A group of 11 artists of various genders and racial identities with colorful clothing smiling and posing for a picture in an indoor space. Three individual are sitting in the foreground: SaraNoa Mark, Kiyomi Quinn Taylor and Nima Jeizan (from left to right), and eight individuals are standing behind in a semi circle: Alex Dolores Salerno, sadé powell, Sunnie Liu, Liliana Farber, Spandita Malik, Antoinette Cooper, Ye Qin Zhu, and Delvin Lugo (from left to right).

Three individual are sitting in the foreground: SaraNoa Mark, Kiyomi Quinn Taylor and Nima Jeizan (from left to right), and eight individuals are standing behind in a semi circle: Alex Dolores Salerno, sadé powell, Sunnie Liu, Liliana Farber, Spandita Malik, Antoinette Cooper, Ye Qin Zhu, and Delvin Lugo (from left to right). 2024-2025 Workspace Artists:…

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Fresh Month, Fresh Artist Opportunities!

Explore the latest artist opportunities for January & February and beginning of April 2025. Upcoming Deadlines Yéigo Action First Peoples Fund Grants → 2/10 (recurring the 10th of every month) at Louis Place Artist Publishing Cohort → 2/15 Long Meadow Art Residency → 2/15 Cranberry Lake Biological Station Indigenous Writer-in-Residence → 2/15 CUNY Dance Initiative 2025 Call for Applications →…

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